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Mark your calendars, and plan to join us on Sunday, May 23rd at 7:30pm for The Ansche Chesed Virtual Tribute. This year's tribute is focusing on the theme of "Standing Beside Each Other In Celebration and Support".   Visit our Tribute website to buy Journal Ads and Register to be with us.

Caring for their mothers at the end of their lives and grieving for them after their deaths brought them together. Seven women from diverse racial, cultural, and religious traditions with differing sexual orientations and life experiences became seven “sisters in mourning,” meeting to share their grief and to remember together— not only their mothers but themselves as daughters. Join us as we welcome Ansche Chesed member Rabbi Mychal Springer and Su Yon Pak, as well as five of the “Sisters”…

We  are sorry that we have to cancel Monday Meditation this week. Please stay  tuned as we consider our summer schedule. Join us for virtual mindfulness meditation and contemplative practices to help us keep centered in these unpredictable times.  A number of our fellow congregants are experienced meditation leaders and will act as facilitators.  Through the wonders of technology, we can enjoy the power of meditating together as a community. No prior meditation experience is necessary. Each session will be…

What lies at the intersection of Jewish law and queer/trans experiences?  Too often our conversations about queer realities and traditional norms are about solving perceived problems and figuring out how to make adjustments or concessions to a normative system. What happens when we shift the conversation away from problems and "issues," and turn our attention to the areas of expansion in Jewish law that queer realities can create? We'll investigate one example that addresses questions of self-determination in medical transition…