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August 2023
Meditative Kabbalat Shabbat
Please join us for a contemplative service of welcoming Shabbat as we mark Rosh Chodesh Elul and begin the season of introspection and preparation for the Days of Awe - with master meditation teachers Sheila and Sheldon Lewis.
Find out more »September 2023
Confession, Repentance, and the High Holidays
To American Jewish ears, confession can sound so .... Catholic. And yet, in Jewish law and spirituality, the practice of confessing your sins, or vidui, is indispensable to the process of personal change. Join Rabbi Kalmanofsky to explore the Yom Kippur confession liturgy and the themes it reflects. What experiences might confession awaken in us? How can it help us make teshuva, and turn towards becoming our best selves?
Find out more »Selichot Program: A City of Migrants: Today and After WWII
Following the Shoah, New York City absorbed more than 140,000 survivors, including some who would become our own family and friends. In the last year, some 90,000 Latin American migrants have poured into New York, with some 50,000 still in temporary shelters. Like the refugees 75 years ago, today's asylum seekers are lodged in hotels and empty offices, verifying Mark Twain's famous observation: "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." Journalist Andrew Silverstein wrote a compelling story this month in The Forward…
Find out more »Selichot Service
Please join Rabbi Kalmanofsky and Hazzan Hirschhorn, along with our long-time friends, AC member Mike Cohen on woodwinds and percussionist Ronen Itzik, as we implore God to לשמוע אל הרינה ואל התפילה , “hear our prayer and praise,” and help us ready ourselves for this season of teshuva. Come before the service for our Selichot Program: A City of Migrants - Today and After WWII
Find out more »Reverse Tashlich
Each year during Tashlich, we cast our "sins" into the Hudson River. Join us this year for the "6th Annual Reverse Tashlich," where we will do the opposite and remove debris from the Hudson River Greenway, along Riverside Park -- our own local shore line. Organized by Tikkun HaYam / Repair The Sea, Reverse Tashlich is an international initiative to raise awareness in the Jewish Community about threats facing the ocean and the aquatic environment, and our responsibility as Jews to be…
Find out more »Highlights from the Musical Machzor
Join Hazzan Hirschhorn for an evening of singing some of the greatest melodies from the upcoming High Holiday season and exploring the deeper meaning behind the ancient texts that inspired the music.
Find out more »December 2023
We Have Come to Banish the Darkness: Chanukah Concert and Communal Candlelighting
Join us to hear a concert by Cantorial students from the Conservative and Reform movements, as they raise their magnificent voices together to lift our spirits, banish the darkness and support our beloved Israel in time of great need. All donations will support Israel relief. Learn more and register
Find out more »March 2024
ACHS Purim Carnival
Join us for a festive Purim celebration - fun for all ages! Kids and adults are encouraged to come in costume, and are invited to join our exciting Costume Parade at 11:50am! All are welcome! Register online to purchase all-access wristbands at a reduced price. Each wristband includes 1 Open Gym session and unlimited games. $30 online, $35 at the door. Gym session spaces are limited - RSVP now. The Purim Carnival is the annual fundraiser for the Ansche Chesed…
Find out more »ESTHER: The Eras Tour (Erev Purim Megillah Reading)
Shake it off in Shushan! Come hear Esther's Story during a lively megilah reading, including a children's costume parade, and a Taylor Swift concert aka a Purim Shpiel. All ages welcome! Join us in-person or via livestream at AnscheChesed.org/MegillahReading
Find out more »Minyan M’at Erev Purim Megillah Reading
Join with the Minyan M'at community to celebrate Purim and hear a full reading of megillat Esther. In addition to megillah reading & sumptuous refreshments, the event will feature a musical "send-up" of the megillah featuring a dozen beloved Broadway tunes, with a heavy dose of Sondheim, all written and performed by "our very own" Ron Meyers with support from a talented cast of minyanites. Get ready to "knock back" a Shushan Shpritzer and have a laugh!
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