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September 2025
Caregivers’ Circle, with DOROT Social Worker
The Caregivers' Circle is an ongoing group facilitated by DOROT social worker Jane Blumenstein, LCSW, designed to provide a supportive community where caregivers can connect and find strength alongside others who understand the joys and complexities of caregiving. Together, we’ll explore topics such as managing stress and preventing burnout, navigating family dynamics, and prioritizing self-care. Whether you’re caring for a spouse, parent, or another loved one, this group is here to support you. Learn More and Register
Find out more »The Longings of Our Hearts and Offerings of Our Lips, with Hazzan Natasha Hirschhorn
Join Hazzan Hirschhorn for an evening of song and reflection, as the month of Elul begins. Let's open our hearts to the music of the High Holiday season, rich with memories of years past and inspiration for reconnection with God, our community and our truest selves. RSVP here, walk-ins welcome.
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat
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.
Find out more »Young Professionals: “Who’s Coming to Shabbat?” Dinners for 20s and 30s
We're starting a series of monthly Shabbat dinners for community members in their 20s and 30s to bring together Ansche Chesed's young professionals. These dinners will be hosted in community members' homes, beginning after AC's Kabbalat Shabbat service. If you are in this age-range and want to sign up as either a guest or host, please reach out to the office.
Find out more »Screening of “Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire” Followed by Q&A
Eighty years after his family's deportation and the wholesale slaughter of European Jewry, Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire explores the man behind the searing memoir Night. Told through his own words and eloquent voice, it reveals the known and unknown Elie Wiesel - his conflict, memories, and his legacy as one of the most public survivors of the Holocaust. With unique access to personal archives, and using original interviews with his wife Marion and son Elisha, the film has a…
Find out more »Mirroring the Thirteen Middot of God, with Rabbi Yael Hammerman and Rabbinic Intern Abigail Goldberg-Zelizer
Join Rabbi Yael Hammerman and AC Rabbinic Social Action intern Abigail Goldberg-Zelizer as we look closely at selections of the High Holiday liturgy through the lens of communal obligation, and think together about how we can shape our own behavior this Elul as a reflection of God’s 13 Middot (attributes). RSVP here, walk-ins welcome.
Find out more »Welcome Back Elul Potluck Picnic
AC members of all ages are invited to a Shabbat afternoon "Welcome Back Elul Potluck" in Central Park to enjoy the beginning of fall together, and reconnect before Rosh Hashanah! We will eat, play and schmooze. Learn More and RSVP
Find out more »Selichot: Judges on the Day of Judgement
Please join us for a Selichot evening program that will stimulate your mind and your soul, and help you get ready for the season of Teshuva, or “repentance.” Rosh HaShanah is called Yom HaDin, the “day of judgment,” when Jews stand before God, the “judge of all the world.” Join three thoughtful Jews who serve as judges in their day jobs – the Hon. Seth Marnin of the New York Court of Claims, and the Hon. Ralph Wolf, of NYC criminal court,…
Find out more »Elul Reflections Through Watercolor and Collage, with Amy Tenenouser and Rabbi Yael Hammerman
In this Elul workshop presented by AC member and artist Amy Tenenouser and Rabbi Yael Hammerman, participants will be introduced to visual ideas of memory, reflection and change through the work of artists such as Marc Chagall, Hannah Hoch and Phillip Guston, and Jewish poetry to ground our process. Working from both Still Life Set-ups as well as themes that invoke imagination and life stories, participants will use watercolor and/or collaging to tap into their own unique form of creative…
Find out more »Children’s Book Drive for PS 145
The 1,700+ books generously donated by Ansche Chesed households during the last academic year for the PS 145 Bookshelf flew off the shelves. The students of PS 145 would love more books as the new school year begins! Please bring children’s books to the Ansche Chesed lobby on Sunday, September 14th, from 11 am to 1 pm. The books will stock the PS 145 Community Bookshelf, where students can select books for free to take home, keep, and enjoy. The…
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