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October 2021
Meditation Mondays
With Ansche Chesed members and Meditation Teachers Sheila Lewis, Sheldon Lewis, and Peter Silverman Get your week off to a great start! Join us for a break from stress, anxiety, news cycles, and uncertainty—with calming and enlivening practices like mindful breathing, imagery, and introspection. Discussion and Q&A to follow. Beginners and advanced meditators are welcome. JOIN US VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 871 3692 1161 Passcode: Breathe
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat: A Musical Experience
Join us to welcome Shabbat with instrumental music for the last time this season. We are thrilled to welcome back our own Interim ACHS Director Matt Check on guitar, and Nir Furman on percussion, after they brought us so much joy and ruach with The Bluegrass Shabbat last week. They will join Hazzan Hirschhorn and Rabbi Kalmanofsky on this Shabbat Lech Lecha, as we continue our journey of returning to in-person services. Please be sure not to miss a special Shabbat in Harmony service…
Find out more »Shlomo ibn Gabirol: Songs of Torture and Rapture
This year, 2021, marks 1,000 years since the birth of the greatest Hebrew poet of the Middle Ages. Gabirol composed sublime love songs to God, as well as groans of a suffering soul. A millennium later, his words still soar and sear. Please join Rabbi Kalmanofsky for four sessions to salute this extraordinary poet on this extraordinary birth day. Click here to view the poems that will be explored during the class JOIN VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 884 4849 4288…
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! This Friday night, we will do just that, with the help of our talented team of Meshorerim - the same skilled singers who enhanced our prayers on Kol Nidre - supporting and elevating the voice of the congregation. We hope that everyone will feel empowered and inspired to lift their voice with us…
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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…
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