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October 2024
Family Simchat Torah Celebration
Join us for a FREE light dairy dinner followed by our annual Torah Unroll, dancing and Hakafot with the rest of the AC Community. Stick around for ice cream and popsicles after the second Hakafa! No RSVP necessary, walk-ins welcome.
Find out more »Simchat Torah Evening Services
Come celebrate the Torah with singing, dancing, and hakafot (circling)! Join us beforehand for ma'ariv at 6:45pm in the Mayer Cavalier Chapel.
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The singing and dancing continue as we finish reading the Torah and begin reading it all over again. Join us on the Roof for Sanctuary and Minyan M'at joint services, with each minyan holding its own Torah reading.
Find out more »December 2024
Special Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Join us for special Kabbalat Shabbat services, led by students from our ACHS Kitah Zayin class with Hazzan Hirschhorn, and including musical instruments. Following services, we will have a special Shabbat Dinner for all of our Project Aliyah upcoming B'nai Mitzvah families, and the families of our Kitah Zayin students. Learn More and Register
Find out more »January 2025
Heschel Harmonizers at AC
We are delighted to welcome the Heschel Harmonizers to Ansche Chesed for Shabbat. The Harmonizers will perform in Hirsch Hall during Kiddush, and will also add their voices to Sanctuary services and children’s tefilah. The Heschel Harmonizers are the Abraham Joshua Heschel High School a cappella group. Founded in 2006 by students, to this day the group is still heavily student run, under the guidance of director Adena Korn. The Harmonizers' repertoire includes Jewish liturgical, American and Israeli pop music…
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AC Kids Services: January Birthday Shabbat
Calling All Kids with January Birthdays - Happy Birthday to You! We are starting something new for 2025 - the last Shabbat of every month we will be celebrating that month's birthdays in kids services. We invite you to do any of the following: bring a special book or kosher treat to share, participate in leading the service, or just come and celebrate! If you want to participate or have any questions, reach out to Rabbi Yael at rabbiyael@anschechesed.org. (Or…
Find out more »May 2025
Playing Hide and Seek with God in the 21st Century: A Theological Shabbaton with Minyan M’at
“This is not 'theology' to prove that God exists or answers your prayers immediately. My aim is to offer one Jewish believer’s account of how Judaism makes sense of our current world, post Oct 7th, post Holocaust, in our current American milieu.” In his book Seeking the Hiding God: A Personal Theological Essay, former JTS Chancellor Arnie Eisen delves into the profound mystery of divine hiddenness, presenting a compelling exploration of how this central theological dilemma resonates within modern Jewish life.…
Find out more »June 2025
Sanctuary Shavuot Services
Join the Ansche Chesed community in the Sanctuary to celebrate Shavuot. The first day will feature our "First Fruits" group aliyah celebrating recent births in the community. Families of newborns are invited to join us. You can come for the whole service, or just slip in for a short visit around 10:30am for the aliyah. Email Rabbi Yael Hammerman with any questions at rabbiyael@anschechesed.org. Yizkor service will be held on the second day.
Find out more »Minyan M’at Shavuot Services
Minyan M’at is a lay-led, participatory, independent, traditional, egalitarian community within Ansche Chesed. More than 30 years old, our group of over 150 households comes together to davven (pray), to learn, to celebrate and to sustain each other.
Find out more »August 2025
Tisha B’Av: Evening Service and Eikha Reading
Join the Ansche Chesed community for Ma'ariv and the reading of Megillat Eikha.
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