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April 2022
Singing Our Way Into Freedom With Cantor Hirschhorn and Shirei Chesed Chorus – CANCELLED
Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled. We hope to see you for a musical Shirei Shabbat with members of the Shirei Chesed Community Chorus on Friday, April 29!
Find out more »Jewish Climate Action Network NYC (JCAN) Speaker
Friday, April 22nd - 7th Day of Pesach / Earth Day During the Sanctuary Service Jeff Levy-Lyons will join us on the 7th day of Pesach, representing the Jewish Climate Action Network NYC (JCAN). JCAN raises a distinctly Jewish voice in the work of addressing our climate crisis. We provide pathways for the Jewish community to engage with this work to make a real difference. We see climate change as not just a technical crisis (the planet is dangerously warming) but…
Find out more »#TheSabbathChallenge with St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Opening: Saturday, April 23rd (8th Day of Passover) at 12:30PM Hosted by Ansche Chesed (251 W. 100th) Closing: Sunday, June 5th (1st Day of Shavuot / Pentecost) at 12:30PM Hosted by St. Michael's Episcopal Church (225 W. 99th) "The Sabbath is the most precious present humankind has received from the treasure house of God.” ― Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel The weeks between Passover / Easter and Shavuot / Pentecost, offer us 7 weeks -- a week of weeks -- of…
Find out more »“Our Will to Live” Live Reading & Musical Selections with Mark Ludwig of the Terezin Music Foundation
As we observe Yom HaShoah, we welcome Mark Ludwig, musician and author of "Our Will to Live,” for an educational and reflective evening. “Our Will to Live” presents the first English translations of the 26 concert critiques Viktor Ullmann wrote in the Terezin concentration camp, plus a trove of very rarely seen concert posters, programs, and artist portraits recovered after the War. As the current Executive Director of the Terezin Music Foundation, Mark is dedicated to documenting, preserving, and advancing awareness of the…
Find out more »May 2022
HaTikvah in 2022: Reasons for Hope in 2022 – A Conversation with Masorti Rabbi Arie Hasit
Please join Rabbi Arie Hasit, of Mazkeret Batya, Israel, to hear about Zionism, pioneerism, and reasons why one Masorti (Conservative) rabbi is particularly optimistic about pluralistic Jewish life in Israel. Arie will be "Zooming in" from Israel. You can either join us via Zoom, or join us for a cup of coffee and Israeli treats at AC. Please RSVP if you plan to join in person. JOIN US IN-PERSON AT AC or JOIN US VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 810 3570 0434…
Find out more »Tribute 2022: With Joyous Shouts of Gratitude
Join us as we honor Sara & Scott Harris, Judy Margolin & Seth Schwartz and Mark Paul for their exceptional leadership and commitment to Ansche Chesed. Place a journal ad expressing your thanks through the AC website. We’ll be livestreaming the speeches and tributes at approximately 6:30pm.
Find out more »Jews, God, and History (Not Necessarily in That Order)
Jews, God, and History, a theatrical production featuring AC’s own Michael Takiff, is both reverent and irreverent as it explores the big questions asked by all people. As Michael Takiff provokes you to think, he also gets you to laugh. Venturing into rarely explored territory he pulls no punches, challenging audiences to question their assumptions about Jews, God, history, and everything in between. Join us on May 22 for an AC group outing to the theatre. This performance features a talk back after…
Find out more »Ukraine from the Eyes of a Rabbi
Rabbi Alisa "Tzipi" Zilbershtein is a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Before her studies at JTS, she taught History of Jewish Philosophy at the National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" in Ukraine. Rabbi Zilbershtein lived in Kyiv, Ukraine, where her partner Viktor was born, and has every intention of returning to Ukraine to serve as a Rabbi as soon as it is safe to do so. Since the first day of the war, Rabbi Zilbershtein has been doing everything in her power…
Find out more »June 2022
Lunch and Learn: B’Midbar – Journey to the (un)Promised Land?
Co-facilitated by Hilary Forrest, MSW, Synagogue Partnership Outreach Social Worker at DOROT & Jack Sherratt, LCSW, current Rabbinical Student at Hebrew Union College & Former Director of Project ORE, Educational Alliance Join members of Ansche Chesed and DOROT on Thursday, June 2 @ 1pm for an outdoor discussion paired with light refreshments and snacks. The conversation: “B'midbar: Journey to the (un)Promised Land?“ will reflect on the weekly parsha and story of the Jews in Egypt while also reflecting on the time we find ourselves in now. Like the…
Find out more »Shavuot Tikkun Under the Stars
Please join us to greet Shavuot with study, celebration and cheesecake on the Ansche Chesed roof, as Shabbat ends and the holiday of "Giving and Receiving Torah" begins. We'll gather for an early evening “Pre-kun Leil Shavuot” as we explore the theme of "Widening Our Holy Space." Yizhar Hess, Vice Chairman of the World Zionist Organization, will teach about current issues of religious pluralism in Israel. Rabbi Mia Simring, Jewish prison chaplain, will teach about holiness on the margins and finding kedushah in…
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