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June 2017
Kabbalat Shabbat and Oneg on the Roof
In honor of the Congregation trip to Poland, our Friday night davening and oneg will come with a Polish flavor. The Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv prayers will be led by a Warsaw born vocalist Channah Silverman, who is a Cantorial Student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Channah frequently davens at Ansche Chased's morning minyan and Shabbat services, and her singing is enriched by her training in classical opera and jazz. Further to our Polish theme, Kliskalach (potato dumplings) will be served…
Find out more »Pride Shabbat
Signaling our commitment to LGBTQ equality, we will be flying a rainbow flag during June for Pride Month. Please join us in the sanctuary on Shabbat June 24, the weekend of the Pride parade, as a member of our community, Seth Marnin will give the Dvar Torah. Seth is an attorney who worked as Vice President for Civil Rights at the ADL and has been a long-time legal activist around LGBTQ issues. He currently serves as a board member at Keshet,…
Find out more »July 2017
Tisha B’Av Services
Please join us on Monday evening, July 31 at 8:30pm for communal Tisha B'Av services in Hirsch Hall; and again on Tuesday morning, August 1 at 7:15am and 2pm in the Chapel.
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Minyan M’at
Shabbat at Ansche Chesed offers members and visitors alike many paths to spiritual engagement. Minyan M'at holds a lay-led service on the fifth floor.
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Communal Davening and Kiddush
Please join us on Shabbat of Labor Day weekend for communal davening and kiddush. All food should be dairy or pareve. If your last name begins with A-I, please bring an appetizer. If your last name begins with J-Q, please bring a salad. If your last name begins with R-Z, please bring a dessert. Those who cannot contribute food may make a donation to the kiddush fund.
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?
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Join Minyan M'at for Erev Rosh HaShanah services.
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