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October 2023
Shabbat Shir Chadash
Back by popular demand! Join us to welcome Shabbat with ruach and musical flair as we bring klei zemer into our Friday evening services. “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” - Leonard Bernstein
Find out more »November 2023
“Meditation for Peace” Family Shabbat Service (Ages 5-10 and Families)
Geared at Kids ages 5-10 and their Families In these challenging times, what can we do to bring Shalom into the home and calm into our day? Sheila Lewis, AC member and meditation teacher, will share meditation, simple techniques, and activities tailored for age and interest level, that are easy to do, build resilience, and redirect stress. Stretch, move, imagine and relax as you embrace Shabbat.
Find out more »December 2023
Yoga Tefillah for Young Families, with Ellen Braitman
Geared at kids ages 5-10 and their families Exhale and stretch this Shabbat during Yoga Tefilah for Young Families with longtime AC member Ellen Braitman and Rabbi Yael. Ellen got her yoga teaching certification during the pandemic so she could share her love of yoga with others - like us! Move, breath and relax as you embrace Shabbat Shal-ommm. Bring a yoga mat or towel, and wear clothing you can move in. RSVP to Rabbi Yael. Walk-in's welcome!
Find out more »We Have Come to Banish the Darkness: Chanukah Concert and Communal Candlelighting
Join us to hear a concert by Cantorial students from the Conservative and Reform movements, as they raise their magnificent voices together to lift our spirits, banish the darkness and support our beloved Israel in time of great need. All donations will support Israel relief. Learn more and register
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat with Hostage Families and Israeli Guest Singer Bat Ella
At Kabbalat Shabbat services, Ansche Chesed will welcome a delegation from the Hostage Families Forum whose loved ones were kidnapped on October 7, who are working to #BringThemHomeNow. These hostage families will tell us about their loved ones, so viciously taken, and about their own unimaginably difficult passage since then. Please join us and our Israeli guests for Friday night services at 5:30pm – which will include the previously planned “New Member” Shabbat dinner, and participation by another guest, Israeli singer and…
Find out more »Shabbat Shir Chadash
Join us to welcome Shabbat with ruach and special musical flair as we bring klei zemer into our Friday Shabbat services. Invite your Shabbat dinner guests to join you! Led by Lindsay Zucker, this week's Bat Mitzvah, accompanied by Hazzan Hirschhorn. With special musical guests Michael Harlow -- musician, performer, and Rosh Shira at Ramah in the Rockies -- and Nir Furman, percussion.
Find out more »January 2024
Kabbalat Shabbat Led by ACHS Kitah Zayin Students
Kabbalat Shabbat this week will be led by students from the AC Hebrew School's Kitah Zayin. Kitah Zayin and upcoming B'nai Mitzvah families are invited to stay after for a family Shabbat Dinner -- details and registration.
Find out more »Shirei Shabbat Service
This Friday of Shabbat Shira, the Sabbath of Song, join Hazzan Hirschhorn and Shirei Chesed singers for an evening of song and prayer as we support and elevate the voice of our community with rich harmonies. Stay for a special Musical Surprise and a potluck dinner with zemirot after the service -- please bring a dairy or parve dish to share, online registration required.
Find out more »March 2024
Shirei Shabbat
Join Hazzan Hirschhorn for an evening of song and prayer as we support and elevate the voice of our community with the help of Shirei Chesed singers.
Find out more »ESTHER: The Eras Tour (Erev Purim Megillah Reading)
Shake it off in Shushan! Come hear Esther's Story during a lively megilah reading, including a children's costume parade, and a Taylor Swift concert aka a Purim Shpiel. All ages welcome! Join us in-person or via livestream at AnscheChesed.org/MegillahReading
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