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July 2021
Weekday Morning Minyan
Morning Minyan is held in person in the Mayer Cavalier Chapel, Sundays through Fridays. Minyan begins at at 7:30am on weekdays and at 8:30am on Sundays and Civil Holidays. Services are also available virtually via Zoom. Please click here for more info. JOIN US VIA ZOOM at https://anschechesed.org/morningminyan Meeting ID: 933 006 171 | Passcode: minyan or call 929 205 6099
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat
Join us as we begin Shabbat with our traditional Kabbalat Shabbat and maariv service. 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 Sanctuary to ever increasing numbers of davveners. Please join us in person in the coming weeks and months. Please download this PDF version of…
Find out more »Scribblers on Zoom: “The Professor Of Immortality” and “Morningside Heights”
The Professor of Immortality Morningside Heights Eileen Pollack Joshua Henkin This summer, when we cannot hold our popular literary series "Scribblers on the Roof" as usual, we are excited to present our virtual reading series, on the zoom platform. A wonderful selection or writers will read from and discuss their work in fiction and poetry. Join us Monday evenings from 8-9pm through August 9. This week we welcome Eileen Pollack, author of The Professor of Immortality and Joshua Henkin, author…
Find out more »Scribblers On Zoom: “The Nesting Dolls” and “The Yellow Bird Sings”
The Nesting Dolls The Yellow Bird Sings Alina Adams Jennifer Rosner This summer, when we cannot hold our popular literary series "Scribblers on the Roof" as usual, we are excited to present our virtual reading series, on the zoom platform. A wonderful selection or writers will read from and discuss their work in fiction and poetry. Join us Monday evenings from 8-9pm through August 9. This week we welcome Alina Adams, author of The Nesting Dolls, and Jennifer Rosner, author…
Find out more »Scribblers on Zoom: “Truthtelling” and “At the Narrow Waist of the World”
Truthtelling At the Narrow Waist of the World Lynne Sharon Schwartz Marlena Maduro Baraf This summer, when we cannot hold our popular literary series "Scribblers on the Roof" as usual, we are excited to present our virtual reading series, on the zoom platform. A wonderful selection or writers will read from and discuss their work in fiction and poetry. Join us Monday evenings from 8-9pm through August 9. This week we welcome Lynne Sharon Shwartz, author of Truthtelling, and Marlena…
Find out more »August 2021
Scribblers On Zoom: “Field Light” and “(Re)Born in the USA”
Field Light (Re)Born in the USA Owen Lewis Roger Bennett This summer, when we cannot hold our popular literary series "Scribblers on the Roof" as usual, we are excited to present our virtual reading series, on the zoom platform. A wonderful selection or writers will read from and discuss their work in fiction and poetry. Join us Monday evenings from 8-9pm through August 9. This week we welcome Owen Lewis, author of Field Light and Roger Bennett, author of (Re)Born…
Find out more »Scribblers On Zoom: “Beloved Comrade: A Novel in Stories” and “This Was Toscanini: The Maestro. My Father. and Me”
Beloved Comrade: A Novel in Stories This Was Toscanini: The Maestro. My Father. and Me Yermiyahu Ahron Taub Lucy Antek Johnson This summer, when we cannot hold our popular literary series "Scribblers on the Roof" as usual, we are excited to present our virtual reading series, on the zoom platform. A wonderful selection or writers will read from and discuss their work in fiction and poetry. Join us Monday evenings from 8-9pm through August 9. This week we welcome Yermiyahu…
Find out more »Still Small Voices: Davvening as Jewish Spiritual Practice “Yaaleh: Let our Voices Rise,” with Hazzan Hirschhorn
Jews spend LOTS of hours -- especially during Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur -- reciting ancient prayers. Maybe during those long hours you wonder what you’re doing. Does God hear? Or exist? Might some other activity be more useful? During the month of Elul, as Rosh HaShanah approaches, please join AC’s clergy to explore how we can make our prayer meaningful. Be not afraid! No honest question or proposed answer is out of bounds. Yael, Natasha and Jeremy will facilitate…
Find out more »Still Small Voices: Davvening as Jewish Spiritual Practice: “The Merciful One Desires the Heart,” with Rabbi Kalmanofsky
Jews spend LOTS of hours -- especially during Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur -- reciting ancient prayers. Maybe during those long hours you wonder what you’re doing. Does God hear? Or exist? Might some other activity be more useful? During the month of Elul, as Rosh HaShanah approaches, please join AC’s clergy to explore how we can make our prayer meaningful. Be not afraid! No honest question or proposed answer is out of bounds. Yael, Natasha and Jeremy will facilitate…
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat
Join us as we begin Shabbat with our traditional Kabbalat Shabbat and maariv service. One interpretation of a deeper meaning of the month of Elul describes it as a time of a particularly beautiful and loving connection between God and the Jewish people, when read as an acronym of "Ani L'Dodi V'Dodi Li" - I am my beloved, and my beloved is mine, a quote from the Song of Songs. On this and the remaining Friday nights of Elul from now…
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