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April 2017
Joe’s Violin: A Yom HaShoah Program
Join us for a screening of the Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Film Joe's Violin, followed by a Q & A with Brianna Perez and Joe Feingold, the two people who are the focus of this film. In the award-winning short documentary film Joe's Violin, a donated musical instrument forges an improbable friendship between 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Joe Feingold and 12-year-old Bronx school girl Brianna Perez, showing how the power of music can bring light in the darkest of times and how a small act…
Find out more »Israel Looking Forward: A Conversation with MK Omer Barlev
Join Ansche Chesed and BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change for an intimate conversation with Member of Knesset עמר בר-לב - Omer Barlev (Zionist Union) in honor of Israel's 69th birthday, with a special focus on the future and how Israel can move forward constructively into its next decade. Mr. Barlev will share his own experience and insight on the topics of Israeli diplomacy, democracy, conflict, and peace - and on his own BARLEV INITIATIVE to ending the conflict. Free. RSVP Required. Click here to…
Find out more »Megillat Ha’atzmaut
Please join Ansche Chesed and Omer Bar-Lev Barlev on Sunday, April 30 at 10am for a special community-wide event. Explore Israel's Declaration of Independence as a modern Jewish sacred text. Join Knesset Member Omer Bar-Lev and others to mine Israel's founding document, seeking beyond politics to values and national vision. Co-sponsored by Bina: The Jewish Movement for Social Change, part of its "Israeli Talmud: Tractate Independence" project. Free. Click here to RSVP.
Find out more »May 2017
Seudah Shelishit: Pulpits and the President
President Trump has signed an executive order inviting clergy to endorse political candidates, changing a law of more than 60 years standing. Join Rabbi Kalmanofsky to discuss how much room there should be for churches and synagogues to be explicitly political.
Find out more »June 2017
Kabbalat Shabbat on the Roof
I have come to my garden, my one, my bride... Friday night, June 2 we invite you to join us for a Kabbalat Shabbat service devoted to romance. June remains the most popular month for weddings (at least according to Wikipedia), so to begin the month, Hazzan Hirschhorn and Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky have crafted a service from the Bible's love poem, Song of Songs, to celebrate human companionship. We especially want to invite the many couples who celebrate their anniversaries…
Find out more »June 6 Vigil
780 Third Avenue at 48th Street in front of the office of Senators Schumer and Gillibrand Join us in commemorating the day that the SS St. Louis was forced to set sail back to Europe under Nazi threat after its passengers were refused asylum by the United States. Over 900 passengers were on that boat, and almost 1/3 of them died in the Holocaust as a result of their return in 1939. This vigil is part of a kick-off event…
Find out more »Iftar Dinner for Muslim Refugees
On June 7th, we will host an Iftar dinner at the shul with a number of Muslim refugees here in the US, in cooperation with a social activist group called Purpose. One of these refugees joined us at the synagogue seder on Passover, and helped us celebrate our holiday. At a time when too many Americans are working overtime to keep refugees out, and too many voice hateful anti-Islamic bigotry, it will be an honor to welcome these guests into our community, and to help…
Find out more »50 Years After the Six-Day War
Join Dr. John Ruskay and Rabbi Kalmanofsky for a thoughtful conversation as we commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the six-day war after Shabbat Dinner on Friday, June 9th. Dr. John Ruskay is Executive Vice President emeritus of UJA-Federation of New York and a Commissioner appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Dr. Ruskay is also a Senior Fellow at the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, and a Senior Consultant to the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East…
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