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November 2024
Ceramic Workshop: Menorah Making
AC is partnering with the Marlene Meyerson JCC Mannhattan for a pre-Chanukah Ceramics workshop. Join AC members at the JCC to create your own handmade Chanukiyah! This is a unique opportunity to express your creativity while celebrating the holiday in a meaningful way. During the workshop, you will have the chance to craft a distinctive chanukiyah that reflects your personal style. Choose from our curated selection of glazes, and our skilled staff will expertly finish each piece for you. Completed…
Find out more »December 2024
Lights, Latkes, and Love: AC Chanukkah Celebration
Join Hazzan Natasha Hirschhorn and your friends at AC to celebrate Chanukkah with light, song and joy on the 2nd night of Chanukkah. We will light candles together, sing, nosh on latkes and enjoy. If you'd like, bring your menorah to light and a dessert to share. Please RSVP here. Free to attend, all ages welcome!
Find out more »March 2025
ACHS Purim Carnival
Register here for a Wristband that you can pick up at the welcome desk. Each Wristband includes 1 Open Gym session and unlimited games. $30 online (below), $35 at the door. Reduced early online prices are available until Friday, March 7 at 10:00am. Register Online Kids and adults are encouraged to come in costume, and are invited to join our exciting Costume Parade at 11:50am! The Purim Carnival is the annual fundraiser for the Ansche Chesed Hebrew School, and it's…
Find out more »Purim Celebration with Song and Wine
Let's celebrate Purim with wine and song! Adults 21+ are invited for a celebration with friends and fellow AC members. There will be singing, desserts, and wine. Costumes optional. Please RSVP promptly so we can order an appropriately festive amount of libations.
Find out more »WSM/Rimonim/TeleTefila Erev Purim Megillah Reading
The WSM, Rimonim and TeleTefila will hold hybrid Purim services, beginning with maariv and followed by megillah reading. In-person attendance will be on the 5th floor of AC. We'll begin with songs and schmoozing at 7pm, with Ma'ariv at 7:30pm followed by megillah reading. The Zoom link for those attending online is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87381050174?pwd=SmmJvDFa1QFeOIP6S4fWD2mmbKRB6p.1 Meeting ID: 873 8105 0174 Passcode: 044295
Find out more »Minyan M’at Erev Purim Megillah Reading
Join M’at for Tisch for Purim. A tisch—a friendly gathering around a table to celebrate, drink a l’chayim, sing a bit, nosh a bit, and hear a little bit of Torah. Traditionally, tisches were done for the groom before a wedding, or on Shabbat with a rebbe. We are doing it 21st century style havurah style--ourselves! During Megillah reading, we have an amazing slideshow with some Purim Torah, some commentary on the Megillah itself, some fun pictures, and some classic…
Find out more »Megillah Reading & Wicked Purim Shpiel
Join Ansche Chesed for a Wicked Purim Shpiel and Megilah Reading Somewhere Over in Shushan, We'll be Defying Royalty! Join us for a Wicked Purim at Ansche Chesed, including a lively megilah reading, a children's costume parade, and a Wicked Purim Shpiel! All ages welcome. Join us in-person or via livestream at AnscheChesed.org/MegillahReading
Find out more »Morning Minyan and Megillah Reading
Join us on Purim morning for morning minyan and a full Megillah reading in the Chapel at 7am, also available via Zoom.
Find out more »Shushan Purim Kiddush Conversation: The Rich History of Jews in the Persian-Speaking World, with Ruben Shimonov
How did Jewish communities end up east of the Land of Israel? Join us as we explore the deep-rooted history of Persian-speaking Jews, including the Jews of Iran, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. Ruben Shimonov, Educator and National Director of the American Sephardi Federation’s Sephardi House will take us on a journey spanning 2600 years. As we come together on Shushan Purim, this exploration couldn’t be more timely! Please RSVP to help us plan, walk-ins also welcome.
Find out more »April 2025
Pre-Pesach ‘Meet Your Neighbor’ Dinner
Every year at the Seder we say “Let all who are hungry, come and eat.” Join AC and Knock Kock Give a Sock as we get ready for Pesach by bringing together the AC community and our neighbors living in local shelters to enjoy a meal sitting side-by-side. There will be ice breakers and delicious food. This is an opportunity for us to share and listen to one another, so that ultimately we can live in a community where we better know…
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