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March 2020
Anchors of Identity: A Sculptor’s Search for Jewish Russian and Artistic Tradition
Join figurative sculptor James Sondow as he explores his current exhibition, which employs biblical narrative to allegorize his journey from the upper West Side to his ancestral roots in Russia. As the first American sculptor to graduate from Russia’s oldest art Institute, he describes finding refuge in Jewish community through the rigors of culture shock and his decade of academic training. With slides of his work portraying transformative moments of biblical matriarchs and patriarchs reconnecting to their essential ancestral lineage,…
Find out more »Understanding Advanced Directives: A What Matters Program
Join the “What Matters” program for an early Brunch and to learn from Carolyn Wolf. Join Carolyn, a former hospital administrator and current head of Mental Health Law Practice, to better understand the nuances of health care proxies, living wills, and end of life decision making. There is a great deal of misinformation out there and we will try to explain what the law, documents and implications are for individuals and families, in lay terms, as well as what it…
Find out more »Levana: A Rosh Chodesh Group For Women: Nisan Gathering
We look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones, over a Zoom Group Video Chat, at the next Levana, a women's Rosh Chodesh social group at Ansche Chesed. Bring your own cup of tea or glass of wine, as we check in with each other and prepare for the month of Nisan together. This month we are thrilled to learn with AC/Levana member Rachel Fremmer, who will dazzle us with a Pesach-friendly baking demonstration, from the comfort of…
Find out more »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…
Find out more »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…
Find out more »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.
Find out more »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,…
Find out more »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…
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