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Please join the Ansche Chesed community for the fully egalitarian Sanctuary Service, led by Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky, Cantor Natasha Hirschhorn, and Rabbi Yael Hammerman. We are able to welcome thirty-five vaccinated people to our services on the AC Roof. If you would like to request attendance at this service, please complete this form. JOIN US VIA ZOOM or call: 929 205 6099, Meeting ID: 875 1782 0145 Passcode: Shabbat  

Join us at Ansche Chesed Sanctuary on Friday, June 4, for a joyous, uplifting evening of song and prayer as we express our deep appreciation to our outgoing cantorial intern--Cantor Daniella Risman--for her two years of service at Ansche Chesed, and welcome Noah Rachels as our new cantorial intern. Cantor Daniella Risman, Soprano Cantor Risman is a performer of varied genres including opera, art song, chazzanut, Yiddishkeit, jazz, and of course liturgical music. She has had the honor of serving…

Anyone who has ever visited Ansche Chesed’s morning minyan will tell you that it is something very special. Meeting in the chapel on the ground floor, the minyan brings together all segments of Ansche Chesed’s diverse community. They gather to say Kaddish for loved ones, to comfort others in mourning, to celebrate simchahs (joyous occasions) and to ground themselves before starting their day. The service is brisk and allows for a more meditative and personal approach than the more formal Shabbat service…

Join us as we begin Shabbat with our traditional Kabbalat Shabbat and maariv service. Please join the Ansche Chesed clergy to reconnect with our community as well as find nourishment and inspiration in the music and words of our tradition. As Covid recedes in the city, we are thrilled that Ansche Chesed can safely open our Sanctuary to ever increasing numbers of davveners. Please join us in person in the coming weeks and months. Please download this PDF version of…

Join us as we begin Shabbat with our traditional Kabbalat Shabbat and maariv service. One interpretation of a deeper meaning of the month of Elul describes it as a time of a particularly beautiful and loving connection between God and the Jewish people, when read as an acronym of "Ani L'Dodi V'Dodi Li" - I am my beloved, and my beloved is mine, a quote from the Song of Songs. On this and the remaining Friday nights of Elul from now…