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February 2024
Guess Who’s Coming to Shabbat Dinner
Our Shabbat dinner hospitality program encourages individuals and families to break and share bread and conversations with new and long-standing friends during Shabbat. We hope to strengthen the bonds between us, the “People of Lovingkindness.” You can register to be a host or a guest. If hosting, you may invite from the guest list and/or feel free to invite those you know and those you’d like to know better. We also welcome you to attend Kabbalat Shabbat services at 5:30pm…
Find out more »Refugee Shabbat Havdalah: An Interfaith Gathering of Support
Join your neighbors for Refugee Shabbat Havdalah: An Interfaith Gathering of Support. Alongside interfaith partners and the Synagogue Coalition on Refugee and Immigration Crisis, participants will hear from elected officials and insightful speakers, including NYC Comptroller Brad Lander and HIAS NY’s Vice President of Community Engagement, Merrill Zack. Look forward to diving into some learning, prayer, and collective action as we unite in support of those seeking refuge. This event is part of HIAS' annual Refugee Shabbat—an initiative inviting members…
Find out more »Family Beit Midrash – 2nd & 3rd Graders and Parents
All 2nd and 3rd graders -- from ACHS, Jewish day schools and beyond -- and their parents are invited to join our Shabbat Family Beit Midrash & Nosh! This Beit Midrash will be led by Rabbi Yael, Aliza Sebert & Jess Feiwus (former ACHS and Schechter Manhattan teacher). We'll study selections from Devash: Hadar's Weekly Parashah Magazine in family groups, and in groups of just kids and just parents; and we'll enjoy some nosh and being in community! After the…
Find out more »Shabbat Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky
As you prepare for your B'nai Mitzvah, take some time to enjoy Shabbat together and reflect on this journey with Rabbi Kalmanofsky. Please take lunch food from the Kiddush in Hirsch Hall and bring your plates to the Multi-Purpose Room. Please consider donating $10-$15 to the AC Kiddush Fund per person who will be attending the Lunch and Learn at AnscheChesed.org/CelebratoryKiddush. RSVPs encouraged, walk-in's welcome.
Find out more »Tour of the Stephane Mandelbaum Exhibition at The Drawing Center
AC member and writer (New Yorker, Vogue, NYTimes) Leslie Camhi will give us a private tour of this stunning exhibition of large-scale drawings by Belgian artist Stephane Mandelbaum (1961-1986) based on a recent exhibition at the Pompidou. Camhi, who wrote the exhibition catalogue, will illuminate the collection, and The Drawing Center will welcome AC members for refreshments, conversation, and an intimate viewing of the drawings. Limited to 25 people, admission $15. Learn more and register
Find out more »Stories from Israel Now, Hosted by Minyan M’at
Join us as recent travelers to Israel share their reflections. Jane Eisner will moderate a panel with Rabbi Kalmanofsky, Lisa Sayegh, and Esther Altmann. Afterwards, other community members including David Shapiro, Lee Adlerstein, and Pearl Beck will guide small group conversations. Snacks, of course, will be served. Please register by Monday, February 12.
Find out more »Christian Nationalism in America Today: Shul-Wide Kiddush and Conversation
All are welcome to join us for shul-wide Kiddush after services to hear AC member Prof. Marcia Pally, author of the new book White Evangelicals and Right-Wing Populism: How Did We Get Here? Going beyond headlines and polling, we'll discuss the big picture and the deep picture: why is right-wing populism so forceful in America? Are white evangelicals in Trump's "base" voting against their best interests? Why do they think Trump is in their best interests? We'll provide a light lunch,…
Find out more »March 2024
Shirei Shabbat
Join Hazzan Hirschhorn for an evening of song and prayer as we support and elevate the voice of our community with the help of Shirei Chesed singers.
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Potluck Kiddush
Join us immediately after services for a potluck kiddush. We’ll provide a warm chickpea/vegetable stew and rice, you bring salads (green, vegetable, grain or bean), side dishes or dessert. Please consult AC’s kashrut policy.
Find out more »Interfaith Iftar Dinner & Maktoub/Katuv: An Exploration of Arabic and Hebrew Calligraphy
Join AC and our Muslim partners from Peace Islands Institute for an Interfaith Iftar Dinner (Ramadan break fast), as well as an exploration into the rich visual worlds of Arabic and Hebrew calligraphy, discovering the parallels between both languages. Educator, community builder, and artist Ruben Shimonov will also take us on a journey of his own multilingual calligraphy and how he has used his art to build Muslim-Jewish interfaith bridges. Participants will then have the opportunity to engage with these two languages through…
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