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August 2021
Scribblers On Zoom: “Beloved Comrade: A Novel in Stories” and “This Was Toscanini: The Maestro. My Father. and Me”
Beloved Comrade: A Novel in Stories This Was Toscanini: The Maestro. My Father. and Me Yermiyahu Ahron Taub Lucy Antek Johnson This summer, when we cannot hold our popular literary series "Scribblers on the Roof" as usual, we are excited to present our virtual reading series, on the zoom platform. A wonderful selection or writers will read from and discuss their work in fiction and poetry. Join us Monday evenings from 8-9pm through August 9. This week we welcome Yermiyahu…
Find out more »Still Small Voices: Davvening as Jewish Spiritual Practice “Yaaleh: Let our Voices Rise,” with Hazzan Hirschhorn
Jews spend LOTS of hours -- especially during Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur -- reciting ancient prayers. Maybe during those long hours you wonder what you’re doing. Does God hear? Or exist? Might some other activity be more useful? During the month of Elul, as Rosh HaShanah approaches, please join AC’s clergy to explore how we can make our prayer meaningful. Be not afraid! No honest question or proposed answer is out of bounds. Yael, Natasha and Jeremy will facilitate…
Find out more »Still Small Voices: Davvening as Jewish Spiritual Practice: “The Merciful One Desires the Heart,” with Rabbi Kalmanofsky
Jews spend LOTS of hours -- especially during Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur -- reciting ancient prayers. Maybe during those long hours you wonder what you’re doing. Does God hear? Or exist? Might some other activity be more useful? During the month of Elul, as Rosh HaShanah approaches, please join AC’s clergy to explore how we can make our prayer meaningful. Be not afraid! No honest question or proposed answer is out of bounds. Yael, Natasha and Jeremy will facilitate…
Find out more »Still Small Voices: Davvening as Jewish Spiritual Practice: “Writing Your Way into the Machzor,” with Rabbi Hammerman
Jews spend LOTS of hours -- especially during Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur -- reciting ancient prayers. Maybe during those long hours you wonder what you’re doing. Does God hear? Or exist? Might some other activity be more useful? During the month of Elul, as Rosh HaShanah approaches, please join AC’s clergy to explore how we can make our prayer meaningful. Be not afraid! No honest question or proposed answer is out of bounds. Yael, Natasha and Jeremy will facilitate…
Find out more »Still Small Voices: Davvening as Jewish Spiritual Practice: “Theology by Poets: Doubt, Faith and Beauty,” with Rabbi Kalmanofsky
Jews spend LOTS of hours -- especially during Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur -- reciting ancient prayers. Maybe during those long hours you wonder what you’re doing. Does God hear? Or exist? Might some other activity be more useful? During the month of Elul, as Rosh HaShanah approaches, please join AC’s clergy to explore how we can make our prayer meaningful. Be not afraid! No honest question or proposed answer is out of bounds. Yael, Natasha and Jeremy will facilitate…
Find out more »Still Small Voices: Davvening as Jewish Spiritual Practice: “HaNeshama Lach: Giving in Without Giving Up,” with Hazzan Hirschhorn
Jews spend LOTS of hours -- especially during Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur -- reciting ancient prayers. Maybe during those long hours you wonder what you’re doing. Does God hear? Or exist? Might some other activity be more useful? During the month of Elul, as Rosh HaShanah approaches, please join AC’s clergy to explore how we can make our prayer meaningful. Be not afraid! No honest question or proposed answer is out of bounds. Yael, Natasha and Jeremy will facilitate…
Find out more »September 2021
Still Small Voices: Davvening as Jewish Spiritual Practice: “Making the Mahzor Your Own,” with Rabbi Hammerman
Jews spend LOTS of hours -- especially during Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur -- reciting ancient prayers. Maybe during those long hours you wonder what you’re doing. Does God hear? Or exist? Might some other activity be more useful? During the month of Elul, as Rosh HaShanah approaches, please join AC’s clergy to explore how we can make our prayer meaningful. Be not afraid! No honest question or proposed answer is out of bounds. Yael, Natasha and Jeremy will facilitate…
Find out more »October 2021
Meditation Monday’s: We’re Back!
With Ansche Chesed members and Meditation Teachers Sheila Lewis, Sheldon Lewis, and Peter Silverman Get your week off to a great start! Join us for a break from stress, anxiety, news cycles, and uncertainty—with calming and enlivening practices like mindful breathing, imagery, and introspection. Discussion and Q&A to follow. Beginners and advanced meditators are welcome. Note New Time for this Year JOIN US VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 871 3692 1161 Passcode: Breathe
Find out more »Meditation Mondays
With Ansche Chesed members and Meditation Teachers Sheila Lewis, Sheldon Lewis, and Peter Silverman Get your week off to a great start! Join us for a break from stress, anxiety, news cycles, and uncertainty—with calming and enlivening practices like mindful breathing, imagery, and introspection. Discussion and Q&A to follow. Beginners and advanced meditators are welcome. JOIN US VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 871 3692 1161 Passcode: Breathe
Find out more »Shlomo ibn Gabirol: Songs of Torture and Rapture
This year, 2021, marks 1,000 years since the birth of the greatest Hebrew poet of the Middle Ages. Gabirol composed sublime love songs to God, as well as groans of a suffering soul. A millennium later, his words still soar and sear. Please join Rabbi Kalmanofsky for four sessions to salute this extraordinary poet on this extraordinary birth day. Click here to view the poems that will be explored during the class JOIN VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 884 4849 4288…
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