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September 2023
Yom Kippur Yigdal Service
This service is geared towards children in Kindergarten through 2nd Grade (aged 5-7). Parents, younger and older siblings are welcome, and encouraged to attend as well.
Find out more »Yom Kippur Big Kids Service
This service is aimed at children in 3rd Grade through bnai mitzvah (ages 8-12, kids only).
Find out more »Sukkah Decorating Party
Join us on the roof to help decorate and beautify our Sukkah! We'll bring the art supplies, doughnuts and apple cider, you bring the Sukkot simcha - joy! Geared at kids ages 3-10. Questions? Contact Aliza.
Find out more »Family Potluck Kiddush
Join us for a Family Potluck Kiddush in the Sukkah! We'll meet on the roof after kids' services. Please bring a dairy or pareve dish to share.
Find out more »October 2023
17th Annual Sukkot Sing-Along
Join Hazzan Natasha Hirschhorn, Shirei Chesed Chorus singers and guest musicians for our Annual Sukkot Sing-Along. We will pick the most beautiful and fun Jewish folk songs from Israel and beyond to sing the night away! Free of charge – RSVP here, walk-ins welcome.
Find out more »TeleTefila Shemini Atzeret Services
Join TeleTefila for Shemini Atzeret services on Zoom
Find out more »Family Shemini Atzeret Nature Walk and Shacharit
Parents and children are invited to join us for a Shemini Atzeret nature walk in Central Park led by Jewish environmental educator, farmer, and storyteller Jacob Kose. We’ll follow the water around the north woods and discuss how Shemini Atzeret, the last day of Sukkot, is rooted in nature’s ancient rhythms. RSVP’s requested, walk-ins welcome.
Find out more »Standing in Solidarity With Israel
Ansche Chesed joins the Upper West Side Jewish Community, gathering together in prayer and solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Israel. Please join local rabbis and community members for an evening of prayer and song at 7 tonight, October 9 at Ansche Chesed, at the corner of West End Avenue and 100th Street. Doors open at 6 p.m. Please do not bring any bags, to facilitate easy and safe entry. If you cannot make this gathering in person, you can…
Find out more »Adult Beginning Hebrew Conversation Course
Would you like to learn how to have simple conversations in Hebrew, build your vocabulary of everyday phrases, and learn more about Israeli culture? Please join Nadav Wiesel, an experienced and skilled teacher, for a 10-session course that will enrich your participation in the language of the Jewish people. This class is appropriate for adults who know the alef-bet and have basic reading ability, but have little or no vocabulary. Nadav's study packets will include examples from Israeli media, like TV…
Find out more »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
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