Past Events

Please join us to honor our treasured member, teacher, and friend with our inaugural Rabbi Jules Harlow Lecture. Jules’ poetic translations of the liturgy, and inclusion of excerpts from contemporary literature in Siddur Sim Shalom and his High Holiday Machzor, have enhanced and expanded our prayer experience. Rabbi Edward Feld, Senior Editor of the Conservative Movement's current High Holiday, Shabbat and Festival prayer books, and Chair of the Rabbinical Assembly’s Prayer Book Committee, will teach in honor of Rabbi Jules…

For more than 50 years, day-in and day-out, Mayer Cavalier z"l davvened in our chapel, always in his own makom kavua, his fixed place, just to the right of the ark. Since Mayer's passing, we miss him every day. Yet we still feel illuminated by the memory of his 1000-watt smile. Please join the Cavalier family and Ansche Chesed to dedicate the chapel in memory of this dear person. After a short ceremony, a light reception will follow. All are welcome to…

RuPaul's Drag Race brought drag culture to the mainstream, and with it some fierce Jewish queens, but this art form has a long and diverse history. We will trace the subversive roots of cross-dressing in ancient texts, move through the traditions of drag queens and kings in Yiddish diaspora theatre, visit modern day gender-bending drag in prime-time TV and examine sabra drag among the LGBTQIA+ Israeli community. Learn more and register.

Please join us for an evening of celebration and gratitude for our honorees: Bena Medjuck-Bruckner & Gustavo Bruckner, Deb & Mosh Mowshowitz, and Elaine Morris, Elisheva Urbas & David Morris. We will dine in our newly renovated Hirsch Hall and adjacent spaces and toast to the many, many, many years of their generous support and remarkable leadership. Delight in our garden-themed cocktail reception, passed hors d'oeuvres, and delectable food stations adorned with greens and herbs fit to take home. Mingle…