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February 2019
Love, Sex, and Relationships Shabbaton: Dinner and Conversation
Our community has no shortage of psychotherapists! Please join us for a conversation with Drs. Esther Altman, Laura Gold, Daniel Oppenheim, and Hadar Schwartz, who will share reflections, based on years of clinical practice, on what people need and want.
Kabbalat Shabbat will begin at 5:30, followed by Shabbat Dinner at 6:30. The program will begin at approximately 7:15.
If enough families register, we will be able to have supervised play in the gym.
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Love, Sex, and Relationships: Shabbat Morning Torah Study
Is the Torah Patriarchal? If so, then What?
The Bible comes from a non-egalitarian society and is filled with accounts – some beautiful, some disturbing – about sex and gender. Please join Rabbi Amy Kalmanofsky, Bible professor from JTS, to study what Jews today do with the canon we’ve inherited.
Love, Sex, and Relationships: Shabbat Potluck Lunch
Jewish Values in Contemporary America
After services, we will break into small group discussions over lunch. Each table will address different issues regarding intimate relationships, including sources drawn from Jewish tradition and the news. High school students will have their own table for their own conversation.
Love, Sex, and Relationships: Havdalah
A Conversation For Young Professionals (20’s & 30’s) at Moishe House UWS about Love, Sex, Relationships and Judaism Havdalah marks the separation between Shabbat and weekdays, between holy and profane. After a spirited Havdalah, we will explore how the idea of havdalah - separation, relates to Jewish thought and practice regarding love, sex and relationships. What is kodesh (holy) and what is chol (mundane) in our intimate relationships?
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Game On!
Join us for the inaugural Ansche Chesed game night! An evening of games, snacks, and friendly (or fierce!) competition. Board games, card games, bring your own, or try something new. Challenge your old friends, make some new friends, and let the games begin! Starting at 8pm in Upper Hirsch Hall, we’ll have food and a variety of games, from Rummy to Catan and everything in between. We’ll close the night out with Bingo and surprise prizes. We’ll have plenty of…
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“Yes You Can” Workshops for Jewish Living
El Baruch Ne'imot Yiteinu: Offering Sweet Song to the Source of Blessing
Join Hazzan Natasha J. Hirschhorn for a hands-on workshop discussing effective strategies for leading the community in prayer, and practice applying them in a small nurturing environment. This session will focus on the section of Shacharit from Nishmat Kol Chai to poem El Adon.
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Levana: A Rosh Chodesh Group for Women
We hope you can join us for the next Levana, a women's Rosh Chodesh social group at Ansche Chesed. Come for conversation, a glass of wine and a bite to eat. Bring your old friends or make some new ones. Open to AC members and non-members at any age and stage.
Find out more »Celebrating Women’s Voices: Zemirot and Niggunim Service and Dinner
Help mark International Women's Day by celebrating musical contributions by Jewish women composers. From early 20th century first women cantors, to historic contributions by the late Debbie Friedman, z’l, to today's many talented and prolific cantors, rabbis, and songwriters, let their songs and stories move and inspire you!
Join us for a spirited and joyous service, and stay for dinner with friends with soulful and rousing sounds of Zemirot and Niggunim.
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Launch of the Rav Chesed Campaign
Celebrate with us when we kick off the Rav Chesed Campaign. Named for our community’s abundant kindness (חסד רב / rav chesed), the campaign will let us open up and update our historic building. We will create the spaces we need to continue our remarkable growth and build an even stronger community.
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Purim Eve: The Greatest Show in Shushan
Including children's costume parade, interactive Purim sing-along! Fun for the whole family.
Featuring: Circus performers from The Muse Brooklyn! Jugglers, acrobats, and contortionists will dramatize scenes from the Purim story!
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