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October 2021
CANCELLED: Shirei Chesed Community Chorus
Due to Weather concerns, Shirei Chesed has been cancelled for this evening, Tuesday, October 26. We hope that you will stay warm and safe indoors and we look forward to seeing you next week. Shirei Chesed Community Chorus continues to build community through learning a rich and diverse repertoire of Jewish music, and bring harmony into the world that needs it more than ever. During the height of Covid Era we focused on growing our repertoire and musicianship, as well…
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat: Sabbath Among the Spirits
This final Shabbat in October coincides with America's secular Halloween holiday, a fun time for ghostly, spooky play and dress-up. Please join us for 6:30 Kabbalat Shabbat services in the Sanctuary, which will incorporate tales of mystery and the occult. (Don't be frightened! No actual ghosts will be present.) Costumes not required. Please download this PDF version of the siddur we will be using at our Kabbalat Shabbat service. Join Us In Person Or JOIN US VIA ZOOM or call…
Find out more »November 2021
What Remains: Selected Poems by David Curzon
Join us to celebrate the publication of What Remains: Selected Poems, a new work by David Curzon. This evening will feature David Curzon in conversation with award-winning journalist Sandee Brawarsky and readings from the collection by Stuart Klawans, Sharon Dolin and David Roskies “These striking poems read like the carefully distilled observations of a wise and reflective mind illuminating the experiences of day-to-day life in words that seem as if they were engraved in stone.” —Barry W. Holtz “Aphoristic, ekphrastic,…
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat: Reshet Ramah
Ansche Chesed is hosting the Ramah Minyan, a spirited group of the Camp Ramah alums, now the young professionals in their 20’s and 30’s. Everyone is warmly invited to join us for Kabbalat Shabbat in the Sanctuary at 6pm. 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. As Covid recedes in the city, we are thrilled that Ansche Chesed can safely open our…
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat: Shabbat In Harmony
Our Shabbat prayers convey multiple images of angelic choirs singing praises to God in sweet harmony - and we are encouraged to imitate such music making here on earth. On Friday November 19 we will do just that, supporting and elevating the voice of our community with the help of Shirei Chesed members and our talented team of Meshorerim - the same skilled singers who enhanced our prayers on Kol Nidre night. We hope that everyone will feel empowered and inspired to lift their voice with…
Find out more »Ansche Chesed Annual Chanukah Sing-Along
This year we hope to bring song, light and joy into each other's hearts through the power of in-person gathering! Hazzan Natasha Hirschhorn, Shirei Chesed Community Chorus singers and surprise musical guests invite you for a rousing Chanukah sing-along from around the world. Free of charge, all are welcome. Vaccination if you are eligible, masking and pre-registration are required. Bring a musical instrument to play along, if you wish. Register to Join Us In Person View the LiveStream Join Us…
Find out more »December 2021
Chesed, Chanukah and Chumor
Celebrate the Festival of Lights with a laugh, a chuckle, or a chortle (pronounce those with guttural "chets" please). Join the "People of Kindness" for a family-oriented program of games and stories, and a program for all ages with funny holiday videos and stories. Then we'll all gather for songs, candle-lighting, latkes and donuts. Register to Join Us In Person
Find out more »From This Broken Hill I Sing To You: God, Sex and Politics in the Work of Leonard Cohen
On the fifth anniversary of the death of the iconic Leonard Cohen, Marcia Pally’s From this Broken Hill I Sing to You: God, Sex, and Politics in the Work of Leonard Cohen explores the bard's thoughtscape through 60 years of song, poetry, and novels. Pally traces Cohen’s understanding of humanity’s relational, indeed covenantal, nature and his despair at our breaches of the relationships we need in our personal and political lives. Cohen knew himself to be a covenant fail-er par excellence and struggled with why God…
Find out more »Studying Sanctified Sex
Join Rabbi Kalmanofsky and Judith Shulevitz in conversation with Noam Sachs Zion, author of the new book Sanctified Sex: The 2,000-Year Jewish Debate on Marital Intimacy. We will discuss how old and new Jewish sages reflect on human eros, emotions, and ethics. Zion is one of our generation's greatest Jewish educators and interpreters of our tradition. You may have encountered him through his extraordinary haggadot, A Different Night and A Night to Remember, as well as A Day Apart: Shabbat at Home, and his…
Find out more »January 2022
The Torah of Reproductive Freedom
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, NCJW's scholar-in-residence, will lead us on a deep dive into Judaism's approach to reproductive health, rights and justice. We will draw out connections from ancient and modern sources to the political, theological, social and medical issues underlying the contemporary conversation around abortion. This lively, interactive conversation will help you understand how Judaism addresses this critical moment for abortion justice. JOIN US VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 830 4129 6270 Passcode: chesed
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