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August 2022
Tisha B’Av: Learning Session
Ritual Innocence and Moral Guilt: Join Rabbi Kalmanofsky to discuss rabbinic sources attributing the destruction of the Temple to failures of interpersonal ethics -- and pointing the way forward through commandments of kindness.
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Sanctuary Service
The Sanctuary Service follows the traditional Conservative liturgy. We read the Torah on the annual cycle, completing the entire Torah each year.
Find out more »Women of the Wall at AC
For more than 30 years, Women of the Wall (Neshot HaKotel) have met for monthly morning prayers and Torah reading at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, usually on Rosh Hodesh morning. (I myself attended the very first one, in 1989 - a particularly moving experience.) Despite their legal right to do so - as affirmed by the Israeli courts - the Women of the Wall and their supporters are usually set upon by scores of Orthodox opponents, often with verbal…
Find out more »Rooftop Picnic Hosted by Minyan Rimonim and TeleTefila
Potluck dairy, following AC kashrut rules. In the event of inclement weather, the picnic will be held on Zoom.
Find out more »“Taste of ACHS” for Prospective Hebrew School Parents
... Is your little one finally vaccinated, and you're ready to check out indoor activities? ... Is your daughter starting 2nd grade and Bubbie's been asking -- when will she learn her Alef Bet?! ... Just realized that your son is 10, and it's time to start thinking about his bar mitzvah?! ... Looking for a warm and welcoming Jewish community for your child -- and, for you? If you answered YES to any of these questions, join us at "Taste…
Find out more »September 2022
Friday Al Fresco
Join us for lively services and some wine and cheese on the Roof (weather permitting), to welcome Shabbat on this Labor Day weekend, as we watch the sunset over the Hudson River.
Find out more »Meet Aliza + Back to Hebrew School Night
Come meet Aliza, see your ACHS friends, hang out on the AC roof and enjoy an end-of-the-summer-treat! RSVP to Aliza at asebert@anschechesed.org.
Find out more »Rabbi Kalmanofsky Goes to Church
Rabbi Kalmanofsky will lead Bible study at Marble Collegiate Church at 10-10:45 am on Sundays September 11 and September 18. From the Holy Scriptures that Jews and Christians share, we will study Jeremiah and Isaiah. Marble invites Ansche Chesed members to join in person at 1 West 29 Street, or on-line. Click here for more info.
Find out more »Meet the Mahzor, with Rabbi Hammerman
It can be hard to appreciate our High Holiday services – to find the prayers spiritually elevating or comforting – when you don’t understand the flow of the Mahzor (the High Holiday Prayerbook) and the arc of our holiday services. Join Rabbi Hammerman for a Preview of the Mahzor of our Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services, to help everyone find their place in our Mahzor, and in our prayer community. JOIN VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 839 4915 5061 Passcode:…
Find out more »Worship, Wordy and Wordless, with Rabbi Kalmanofsky
Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur are notable for the abundance of words in the lengthy prayer book, and for the inarticulate, animal groans of the Shofar. In these sessions we will reflect on how texts can be tools enabling our spiritual journeys, as well as on their limitations, and how the wordless Shofar can express what poetry cannot.
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