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September 2020
Learn To Toot Your Own Horn: Shofar Blowing Workshop
The central mitzvah of Rosh HaShanah is to hear the call of the shofar with your own ears. That will be more difficult this year, as we will gather virtually for the holidays. Some of us will opt to hear the shofar through virtual links. Others will choose to come to some of the in-person opportunities AC will create. But you can always blow the shofar for yourself! It’s not that difficult to get a sound out of it, and…
Find out more »Hear Our (muted) Voices – Shema Koleynu in the Age of Zoom, Part 3: Calling From the Depths to the Highest – Mima’amakim and 13 Attributes
The High Holiday liturgy gains power when recited by hundreds of voices in unison. This year the poems, pleas, and praises of our prayers will sound different as we hear them over electronic platforms and recite them to ourselves in our apartments. Join Hazzan Hirschhorn and Rabbi Kalmanofsky to study some classic High Holiday passage, and think together about what they will mean when recited during Covid isolation. Register to join us via Zoom
Find out more »Creating a Holy Space (Wherever We Are): Transforming Our Physical Space
Davvening in a synagogue is deepened and enhanced by so many aesthetic factors. Light, stained glass, decorative art, and sacred objects -- and certainly the strength of shared community and the residue left by the thousands of prayers uttered in the room over decades. This year will be different, as we davven via electronic platforms from living rooms and kitchens, without the in-person support of our fellow worshipers. What can we do so that these everyday spaces, can also enhance our Rosh…
Find out more »Welcome Back Picnic
Join us for a social distanced picnic to see old friends, meet new ones and kick off the year at AC! We will be meeting in Riverside Park around 100th St. (use the 99th street entrance, walk to the right and look for some friendly faces) and we suggest you bring a blanket for your family to sit on. Young families are invited from 10:30 - 11:30 and our middle school/teen families are invited from 11:30 - 12:30pm. Scooters, bikes,…
Find out more »Hear Our (muted) Voices – Shema Koleynu in the Age of Zoom, Part 4: Gates of the Righteous and the Book of Life
The High Holiday liturgy gains power when recited by hundreds of voices in unison. This year the poems, pleas, and praises of our prayers will sound different as we hear them over electronic platforms and recite them to ourselves in our apartments. Join Hazzan Hirschhorn and Rabbi Kalmanofsky to study some classic High Holiday passage, and think together about what they will mean when recited during Covid isolation. Register to join us via Zoom
Find out more »West Side Minyan Erev Rosh Hashanah Services
Our services will be somewhat truncated to relieve screen-fatigue but we assure you that our usual roster of highly talented and knowledgeable leaders will deliver our special West Side Minyan service. JOIN VIA ZOOM
Find out more »West Side Minyan 1st Day Rosh Hashanah Services
Our services will be somewhat truncated to relieve screen-fatigue but we assure you that our usual roster of highly talented and knowledgeable leaders will deliver our special West Side Minyan service. JOIN VIA ZOOM
Find out more »🌳 Outdoor Shofar Blast
🌳 Please join us outside the building on West End Avenue to hear the Shofar live. Please come masked and maintain social distancing.
Find out more »🌳 Shofarot On Broadway
🌳 Please join members of many Upper West Side communities, who will blow Shofar along Broadway, from Lincoln Center to Columbia. Please come masked and maintain social distancing.
Find out more »Meet the Mahzor with Rabbi Hammerman (Yom Kippur Edition)
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. Register To Join Us Via Zoom
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