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April 2020
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,…
Find out more »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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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…
Find out more »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.
Find out more »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
Find out more »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.
Find out more »Second Night Seder
We wish we were hosting our usual public Seder, but that is obviously impossible. Under normal circumstances, we would not choose to have a seder through electronic media, but these are not normal circumstances. Given all the social distancing, we need some communal togetherness. So we are going to Zoom Through the Haggadah for those who want it. On Thursday, April 9 at 7 pm please join us at https://anschechesed.org/2ndSeder. No prior registration is necessary. But if you're planning on joining…
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AC Salons with Steven Skiena and Steven Belovin: Internet Security and Artificial Intelligence Today
While we can't be together in person, that does not mean that we can not learn from each other. Join us for our second Virtual Salon on Sunday, April 12 at 11am when Steven Skiena and Steven Bellovin shares their take on the current reality and future of Artificial Intelligence and Internet Security. Steven M. Bellovin is the Percy K. and Vida L. W. Hudson Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University, member of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Center of…
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Kaplan and Heschel on the Meaning of Freedom with Rabbi Bill Plevan
Mordecai Kaplan and Abraham Joshua Heschel offered starkly different theological orientations to Judaism. At the same time, they both believed that American Jews should participate in the pursuit of social justice within American society as an expression of Jewish ideals. In this session, join AC member, Rabbi Bill Plevan to look at Kaplan and Heschel's conception of freedom in light of their common concern for justice and each one's unique theological vision. JOIN VIA ZOOM
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AC Salon with Dan Lenchner: A Photographic VIew of Life In Israel
While we can't be together in person, that does not mean that we can not learn from each other. Dan Lenchner is an Israeli born photographer and collector of vintage images. He recently spent five weeks in Israel during which time the country first began to experience the coronavirus, was engaged with its third election in one year, and celebrated Purim. During the salon he will talk about images he made in this period which reflect these three events as…
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