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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s Cabinet approved a bill which would criminalize the use of the phrase “Polish death camps” in reference to Nazi-run extermination camps in occupied Poland. Come here Konstanty Gebert speak about how this law, and other developments, are impacting the Jewish community in Poland.   Gebert is co-founder of the (unofficial) Jewish Flying University, 1979 and, in September 1980 in Warsaw, of an independent white-collar trade union that soon merged with Solidarność. After avoiding interment in…

Join Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky as we explore the Passover Hagaddah in preparation for Pesach. We invite you to bring lunch and your questions to help make your Passover seder unforgettable. Don’t worry, your lunch does not have to be Pesadik.

LOCATION: Society for the Advancement of Judaism (SAJ), 15 West 86th Street Each Year, Ansche Chesed participates with Synagogues on the Upper West Side and the JCC Manhattan in the annual commemoration of Yom HaShoah, by reading from books of names of those who perished in the Shoah. The Reading of the Names will begin on the night of Wednesday, April 11 at 10pm and continue until Thursday, April 12, at 8am. Our synagogue has a designated 20 minute slot for members…

David Fishman’s new book The Book Smugglers tells the nearly unbelievable story of ghetto inmates who rescued thousands of rare books and manuscripts--first from the Nazis and then from the Soviets--by hiding them on their bodies, burying them in bunkers, and smuggling them across borders. It is a tale of heroism and resistance, of friendship and romance, and of unwavering devotion to literature and art. And it is entirely true! Based on Jewish, German, and Soviet documents, including diaries, letters,…