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June 2017
TREE OF LIFE: 270 years of Jewish Choral Music
Ninety voices bring to life the sounds of classical and contemporary Jewish Choral music in the beautiful sanctuary of Ansche Chesed. Handel, Mendelsohn, Schubert, and Lewandowski, as well as contemporary 21st Century compositions, based on Jewish texts and themes. With Shirei Chesed Community Chorus at Ansche Chesed, directed by Cantor Natasha J. Hirschhorn and Shir Chadash: The Brooklyn Jewish Community Chorus, directed by Cantor Rachel Brook. $15 in advance/$20 at the door; children under twelve $5 in advance/$10 at the door…
Find out more »The New Sanctuary Coalition of New York Training
The New Sanctuary Coalition of NYC is an interfaith network of congregations, organizations, and individuals, standing publicly in solidarity with families and communities resisting detention and deportation in order to stay together. One of its major projects is the Accompaniment Program which has provided support to hundreds, if not thousands, of immigrants facing deportation or detention. The program pairs immigrants in final removal proceedings with volunteers who accompany them to their required, periodic check-ins with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and…
Find out more »September 2017
Get Ready for Rosh HaShanah: Learn to Blow the Shofar
You can learn to play the shofar! It's not that difficult to get a sound out of it, and with a little practice, you can achieve a glorious resonant sound that can truly stir the soul. Bring your shofar, and AC member Ron Meyers will help you become a real baal tekia!
Find out more »Breaking, Repairing, and Making Whole Again at the Yamim Noraim
Friday Night, September 15 Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6:30pm Dinner at 7:30pm To have a personally enriching Elul, Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, we must endure the necessary honest pain of admitting what we break, working to repair it, begging forgiveness and pardoning others who do the same. Please join Rabbi Kalmanofsky at a Shabbat evening dinner for learning from Judaism's ethical and pietistic sources, and personal reflection. Click here to register.
Find out more »Unetaneh Tokef: Living in Clay Houses
Saturday night, September 16 Learning at 9:45pm Selichot Services at 11pm Please join Rabbi Kalmanofsky and Chazzan Hirschhorn to explore the meaning and music of the most religiously challenging yet most spiritually stirring passage in the High Holiday prayer book. What does Unetaneh Tokef really mean? Why and how does it move us so? How do its words and the musical versions through the ages combine for poetic power?
Find out more »Dunya from Susya and Fadel from Sarura
Dunya from Susya and Fadel from Sarura: Stories from Palestinian Life Under Israeli Occupation This past May, Eliana Fishman joined 130 diaspora Jews who spent a week doing solidarity work with Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Come hear stories about what Palestinian life under Israeli Occupation looks like.
Find out more »October 2017
Sanctuary Service Dinner in the Sukkah
Saturday night, October 7th Join your fellow members of the Sanctuary Service for a festive dinner in the sukkah. Enjoy a catered dairy meal, with a fish or vegetarian entrée from Chef Bruce Soffer. Ansche Chesed will supply kiddush wine only. Please bring your own challah and potable and palatable wine. Please sign up by Tuesday night, October 3rd so we can plan accordingly. $36.00 per person Click here to register.
Find out more »11th Annual Sukkah Sing-Along!
Tuesday, October 10 at 7pm Join Hazzan Natasha Hirschhorn, Shirei Chesed Chorus singers, Mike Cohen on woodwinds and other guest musicians for our Annual Sukkah Sing-Along! Partake in a festive meal on our rooftop Sukkah, bring your family, a friend or two, and a dairy or pareve dish to share. We will pick the most beautiful and fun Jewish folk songs from Israel and beyond to sing the night away! Free of charge.
Find out more »Israeli Film and Discussion in the Sukkah
Join Upper West Side Shaliach, Hai Piasezky, in our Sukkah to watch a few short films as a part of The Other Israeli Film Festival, followed by a conversation about the important topics raised in these films.
Find out more »Riverside Park Cleanup
Come out and enjoy a beautiful autumn day with other members of the AC community and help us take care of our park! Everyone welcome. Children under age 10 must be closely supervised. We will be working in an area near the synagogue. A wonderful opportunity to see friends and make new ones as we take care of this valuable part of our larger community. Click here to see more details.
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