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March 2020

Thu, March 26, 2020
3:00 PM

From Crisis to Community: Reading Martin Buber in a Time of Social Distancing with Rabbi Bill Plevan

More than a century ago, Martin Buber worried about a crisis in modern life: how would increased alienation and "social distance" of modern societies affect the well-being of humanity? Buber writes about the spiritual dimension of human relationships as the basis for creating genuine community as the response to this crisis. How might his writings help us reflect on the consequences of "social distancing" during current pandemic and appreciate the value of the communities in which we live? Join Ansche Chesed member Rabbi Bill Plevan to…

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Thu, March 26, 2020
7:00 PM

A Sweet and Kosher Pesach for 2020 With Rabbi Kalmanofsky

This year will present challenges for observing the holiday according to our customary standards and styles. Will we be able to obtain food in the typical way? How can we kasher and clean, especially if some friends and family are unavailable to help? What are the musts and what are the maybes of Pesach rules? Please join us to ask questions and share ideas on doing the best we can do under sub-optimal conditions. If you'd like, send questions in…

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Sun, March 29, 2020
4:00 PM

AC Brain Games!

Calling all 5th and 6th graders. Do you like math puzzles? Join this fun and interactive session on Zoom with AC teen Jacob Graybow, a ninth-grader and avid math student at Hunter College High School. He'll show you some cool math problems -- with no homework!    RSVP's appreciated to jacob.graybow@gmail.com. Zoom-ins welcome. 

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Tue, March 31, 2020
7:00 PM

Singing Our Way Into Freedom With Cantor Hirschhorn

It's impossible to imagine celebrating Passover without a song. From The Song of the Sea to Dayeynu to Chad Gadya, this season is brimming with great tunes that link us to our shared history and invoke many joyous, and sometimes poignant, memories of seders past.  Listen to this beautiful setting of B'chol Dor Vador, and join Hazzan Natasha Hirschhorn on Tuesday night to sing it together, along with many other old favorites and new discoveries. This song invites you to imagine as if you,…

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April 2020

Thu, April 2, 2020
7:00 PM

How Will This Feel Like Pesach? With Rabbi Lilly Kaufman

This year, our holiday of freedom, zman heruteinu, will pose unprecedented challenges. Some of us will feel isolated from friends and family, some unable to share favorite foods or songs, some unable to clean and cook as we are accustomed. How will we successfully create that holiday spirit? How will we deal with our worries and disappointment? Please join this Zoom call with Rabbi Lilly Kaufman to share our concerns and worries, plus our ideas and hopes for how to make this,…

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Thu, April 2, 2020
8:30 PM

AC Parent Community Check-In and Intro to Mindful Parenting

AC parents are invited to come together virtually for an "AC Parent Community Check-In" with Rabbi Yael and Liz Emens. Liz Emens is an AC parent, and Director of the Mindfulness Program at the Columbia Law School. Liz will lead us in an introduction to mindfulness meditation, and discussion on how mindfulness can help us as parents (and people!), especially in this unique moment. Please Register Here, so we know to expect you Be in touch with Rabbi Yael with…

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Sun, April 5, 2020
11:00 AM

AC Salons with Martin Sinkoff Everything You Wanted To Know About Wine…

While we can't be together in person, that does not mean that we can not learn from each other. Join us for our first Virtual Salon on Sunday, April 5 at 11am when Martin Sinkoff, former President of Ansche Chesed, recent Oleh to Israel, and Founder of Martin Sinkoff Associates shares with us his lifetime of wisdom from the wine world. Do you want to know what the real difference between kosher and non-kosher wine is? What is exciting in the world…

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Sun, April 5, 2020
7:00 PM

Scenes from the Haggadah and History

While the "Zoom Seders" of our current reality may seem unprecedented to many of us -- throughout Jewish history, our ancestors have had to adapt the traditional Seder time and time again to celebrate Pesach during unusual times and in unconventional circumstances. Join Rabbi Yael Hammerman to explore the themes of our Haggadah together, and be inspired by the resilience and experience of Seders past.

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Tue, April 7, 2020
4:00 PM

Passover Sing-Along and Stories

Join Deena and Sam for a pre-Passover sing-along and story time! There will be songs, laughs and maybe a Sammy Spider appearance, so you don't want to miss it! JOIN US VIA ZOOM

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Wed, April 8, 2020
9:00 AM

Zoom Siyyum WIth Rabbi Kalmanofsky

On the Wednesday April 8, the morning before the Seder at 9am, please join Rabbi Kalmanofsky to conclude Tractate Berakhot.

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