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April 2024
Rugrats Passover
Join Tommy Pickles, Grandpa Boris and all their Rugrats friends for a morning of Passover fun at Ansche Chesed. We'll watch the classic '90's Rugrats Passover special (entertaining for the pre-schoolers AND nostalgic for their millennial parents!), get our hands dirty with a Passover craft, and do a taste test for the best Kosher for Passover snacks on the market. Geared at kids ages 2 - 6 and their families. Bring your own Rugrat pack -- aka your friends from…
Find out more »Questioning and Kashering with Rabbi Kalmanofsky
To get ready for Passover, please bring your Kashrut questions and your pots and pans. We'll help you prepare for the feast of freedom by boiling away the Hametz.
Find out more »Hametzfest Family Shabbat Dinner
Let us take care of Shabbat dinner on the last Shabbat before Passover! Families are invited to join us for a Family Shabbat Service and Dinner, with an Open Gym for kids. Stay tuned for registration details!
Find out more »Pesach Services
Join the Ansche Chesed community in the Sanctuary to celebrate Pesach. Services will be held in-person, on Livestream or via Zoom.
Find out more »Community Second Seder
Join us for an engaging participatory intergenerational Seder celebration. Rich in songs in many languages, rooted in tradition, highlighting and weaving together unique stories and experiences of everyone around the table. No one leaves a stranger! RSVP online, open to members and non-members of all ages
Find out more »May 2024
What’s Left for Progressive Jews: A Panel Discussion with Minyan M’at
Minyan M’at, an egalitarian kahal at Ansche Chesed, is thrilled to sponsor a series of panels devoted to exploring issues that affect our community after the horrors of October 7 and Israel’s response. Outstanding Jewish thinkers will come together to talk about Jewish communal responses to October 7, the role of Zionism for Diaspora Jewry, the role of “Jewish Progressives”, and how we should think about prayer in a time of war. All events are free and open to the…
Find out more »My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports
Beginning in late 1938, nearly 10,000 unaccompanied children were sent to Great Britain from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland as part of the "Kindertransport" movement. Most never saw their parents again. Please join New York filmmaker Melissa Hacker, executive director of the Kindertransport Association and daughter of a rescued child from Vienna, to view her renowned film My Knees Were Jumping, and discuss the bravery of the adults and children who took part in this historic rescue. AC member…
Find out more »Yom HaShoah Reading of the Names
Each year, AC joins the JCC and other Upper West Side synagogues in the annual commemoration of Yom HaShoah, by reading from the book of names of those who perished in the Shoah. This year, B'nai Jeshurun is hosting the nighttime reading. AC has a designated 30-minute slot starting at 11pm for members to read the names. Participants are also welcome to read their own family names. Please email AC member David Israel if you would like to participate. If…
Find out more »Private Tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Judaica Collection
Join us for a tour of the Met's Judaica Collection when the museum is closed to the public. Limited to 20 people because of the size of the galleries. Register here by Tuesday, May 7 at noon.
Find out more »Jewish Prayer in a Time of War: For Who and Why?: A Panel Discussion with Minyan M’at
Minyan M’at, an egalitarian kahal at Ansche Chesed, is thrilled to sponsor a series of panels devoted to exploring issues that affect our community after the horrors of October 7 and Israel’s response. Outstanding Jewish thinkers will come together to talk about Jewish communal responses to October 7, the role of Zionism for Diaspora Jewry, the role of “Jewish Progressives”, and how we should think about prayer in a time of war. All events are free and open to the…
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