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June 2017
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…
Find out more »“Thank You” Family Kiddush
Following Children's Services.
Find out more »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.
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