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March 2018
Teen Class
High School students are welcome to join the bi-weekly Tuesday class with Rabbi Kalmanofsky and Sam Hollander. Spring Semester: The Jewish People, America, Zionism, and Judaism How is Judaism like a religion, comparable to Christianity and Islam? How is it like a nation, comparable to France or Japan? For us American Jews, what is our connection to the modern state of Israel and to an ancestral homeland? Pizza will be served. Click here to register. For more info contact Sam.
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Mahloket Leshem Shamayim: Sacred Art of Disagreeing, with Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Join us for Shabbat Dinner as we welcome Rabbi Amy Eilberg (the first woman ordained as a Conservative Rabbi by The Jewish Theological Seminary) as our scholar in residence. Rabbi Eilberg will discuss Mahloket Leshem Shamayim, the Sacred Art of Disagreeing.
Find out more »Mahloket Leshem Shamayim: Sacred Art of Disagreeing, with Rabbi Amy Eilberg Potluck Lunch
Join us for a potluck Shabbat lunch after davening to welcome our Scholar In Residence Rabbi Amy Eilberg, (the first woman ordained as a Conservative Rabbi by The Jewish Theological Seminary) as our scholar in residence. Rabbi Eilberg will discuss Mahloket Leshem Shamayim, the Sacred Art of Disagreeing. This is a potluck meal, so we invite you to bring food according to the following schedule: If your last name begins with A through D, please bring a salad. If your last…
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Passover Package Delivery with DOROT
Brighten the day of a senior! Share the joy and warmth of Passover with an elder by delivering a package of traditional holiday foods and visiting for about an hour. Join others from Ansche Chesed for this important and rewarding mitzvah. We'll meet as a group for an orientation and then break up into pairs or families for our visits. A number of us participated in the previous package delivery and found it an easy and meaningful way to support…
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Konstanty Gebert: How Political Developments in Poland are Impacting the Jewish Community Today
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…
Find out more »All Programs Except Morning Minyan and Shelter are Cancelled
Due to the snow storm, all programs except Morning Minyan and Shelter are Cancelled.
Find out more »Kasher for Passover
Have questions about kashering for Passover? Want to bring over some of your own utensils, pots, and pans to kasher? Join Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky, who will answer your questions and assist you in kashering.
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Prepping for Pesach a Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Kalmanofsky
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.
Find out more »April 2018
The Book Smugglers of the Vilna Ghetto: A Story of Spiritual Resistance
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,…
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