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September 2023
Sukkah Decorating Party
Join us on the roof to help decorate and beautify our Sukkah! We'll bring the art supplies, doughnuts and apple cider, you bring the Sukkot simcha - joy! Geared at kids ages 3-10. Questions? Contact Aliza.
Find out more »Family Potluck Kiddush
Join us for a Family Potluck Kiddush in the Sukkah! We'll meet on the roof after kids' services. Please bring a dairy or pareve dish to share.
Find out more »October 2023
17th Annual Sukkot Sing-Along
Join Hazzan Natasha Hirschhorn, Shirei Chesed Chorus singers and guest musicians for our Annual Sukkot Sing-Along. We will pick the most beautiful and fun Jewish folk songs from Israel and beyond to sing the night away! Free of charge – RSVP here, walk-ins welcome.
Find out more »Family Shemini Atzeret Nature Walk and Shacharit
Parents and children are invited to join us for a Shemini Atzeret nature walk in Central Park led by Jewish environmental educator, farmer, and storyteller Jacob Kose. We’ll follow the water around the north woods and discuss how Shemini Atzeret, the last day of Sukkot, is rooted in nature’s ancient rhythms. RSVP’s requested, walk-ins welcome.
Find out more »Adult Beginning Hebrew Conversation Course
Would you like to learn how to have simple conversations in Hebrew, build your vocabulary of everyday phrases, and learn more about Israeli culture? Please join Nadav Wiesel, an experienced and skilled teacher, for a 10-session course that will enrich your participation in the language of the Jewish people. This class is appropriate for adults who know the alef-bet and have basic reading ability, but have little or no vocabulary. Nadav's study packets will include examples from Israeli media, like TV…
Find out more »2024 Bnai Mitzvah Families: Project Aliyah Orientation
Join us as we launch this year's B'nai Mitzvah cohort! Spend some time connecting as a family, getting to know other AC B'nai Mitzvah families and hearing more about the B'nai Mitzvah journey at AC. Parents will have the opportunity to meet with Rabbis Jeremy Kalmanofsky and Yael Hammerman and Executive Director Amy Shapiro-Kessler for an overview of the AC B'nai Mitzvah process. B'nai Mitzvah students will also do activities with Education Director Aliza Sebert. Register online!
Find out more »Let’s Have Lunch In Israel
Many of us are focused obsessively on the news and the social media out of Israel. Those channels are great, but mostly they connect us to loud voices. They rarely connect us to our brothers and sisters and their experiences. Please join us for a lunchtime Zoom with Ayala Dekel and Julia Tobias, extraordinary educators at BINA, the Tel Aviv-based Jewish Movement for Social Change, where several Ansche Chesed young people have studied. They are thinkers, teachers and organizers, as…
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Shabbat Dinner and a Show With Rabbi’s Wife and Comedian, Liz Glazer
Need a good laugh? Join us for "Shabbat Dinner and a Show"! Bring your friends, a bottle of wine (or Kedem if you prefer) and leave your political correctness at the door, as we welcome Shabbat and comedian Liz Glazer to AC. Register online by Wednesday, October 25 at noon. Liz Glazer is a Jewish, lesbian comedian, actor, and writer who used to be a tenured law professor, a job she was very funny at. Liz is a recent first…
Find out more »Tzelem Moving Traditions Group (13-18 year olds)
During this group nonbinary, trans, gender expansive, and LGBTQ+ Jewish teens will gather monthly with a trained adult mentor using a dynamic curriculum. Together in a circle of support, participants experience a brave, sacred space to celebrate and support together through joys and challenges, consider the impact of gender norms on their daily lives, be their authentic selves with their peers, and explore topics that matter most to them. This group is a partnership between Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, Ansche…
Find out more »November 2023
Assessing Israel’s Challenges in a Post-October 7 World, with Michael Koplow
Following Hamas’ devastating October 7 attack, Israel faces an array of challenges, from destroying Hamas’ military capabilities, to deterring Hizballah from opening up a second front in the north, to preventing the West Bank from tipping over into chaos, and perhaps most of all to do so following nearly a year of unprecedented governmental and societal upheaval. What might Israel’s responses to these challenges look like, and how will its choices shape not only Gaza, but the Israeli-Palestinian arena and…
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