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September 2025
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 »Alan Mintz Memorial Study Session
Join Minyan M'at for the annual Zoom teaching session in memory of our dear friend Alan Mintz, z”l. Alan was the Kekst Professor of Hebrew Literature at JTS and a longtime member of Ansche Chesed and Minyan M’at. This session commemorates Alan’s 8th yahrzeit. Teaching this year's session will be Alan’s friend Rabbi Daniel Lehmann. Rabbi Lehmann received his doctorate in Jewish Studies and Jewish Education from NYU and has served as the president of Boston Hebrew College and president…
Find out more »Of A Certain Age: Welcome Back Luncheon
Welcome back to our monthly Of A Certain Age luncheons! Music – popular and upbeat - is planned for this luncheon. Hope to see you all there to tell you about the other events we have planned. Can’t wait to get together with you all. Please RSVP here to help our planning. Walk-ins also welcome.
Find out more »Sweet New Year: Family Shabbat Services and Dinner
Back to School, new extracurriculars and... Rosh Hashanah?? Oh my! Let AC take one thing off your plate, and cook Shabbat dinner for you before the High Holidays. Families with kids are invited to join us for a participatory Family Kabbalat Shabbat Service at 5:30pm and dinner on the roof at 6:00pm. Please register for dinner by Tuesday, September 16 at 10am.
Find out more »Akedat Yitzhak in Fine Art, with Lilly Kaufman
For almost 1,500 years, fine artists have grappled with the terse, complex story of the Binding of Isaac, giving us powerful visual interpretations which many of us have never seen. Following kiddush, AC member Lilly Kaufman will share selected historic and modern images, and lead a conversation about these works to help deepen our experience of this story when we hear it chanted on the second day of Rosh HaShanah. Learn More and RSVP Picture credits: Beit Alfa Synagogue, 6th…
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