Past Events
May 2016
Interfaith/Interface: A Musical Collaboration Inspired By The Psalms
This concert will feature one of the today's most compelling and unusual ensembles, The Afro-Semitic Experience, dedicated to merging the Jewish and Afro-diasporic melodies and grooves, combining the core concepts of àse and shalom - power, action, unity, and peace. The group will be joined by Cantor Natasha J. Hirschhorn and Shirei Chesed Community Chorus with the musical settings of psalms from both Jewish and ecumenical perspectives, exploring a rich soundscape from classical to gospel to jazz and beyond.
Find out more »April 2017
Joe’s Violin: A Yom HaShoah Program
Join us for a screening of the Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Film Joe's Violin, followed by a Q & A with Brianna Perez and Joe Feingold, the two people who are the focus of this film. In the award-winning short documentary film Joe's Violin, a donated musical instrument forges an improbable friendship between 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Joe Feingold and 12-year-old Bronx school girl Brianna Perez, showing how the power of music can bring light in the darkest of times and how a small act…
Find out more »January 2020
Hearing Women’s Voices From the Shoah
Beginning with a performance of an excerpt of the play, Etty, adapted from the diaries of Dutch writer, Etty Hillesum and a look together at excerpts from Hillesum's and other testimonies, we can begin to uncover what women experienced under German occupation. Join us to think about how gender, age and family context shaped women's lives in flight, ghettos, concentration and death camps and in hiding. Our conversation will include talking about the process of performing Etty before so many…
Find out more »May 2022
HaTikvah in 2022: Reasons for Hope in 2022 – A Conversation with Masorti Rabbi Arie Hasit
Please join Rabbi Arie Hasit, of Mazkeret Batya, Israel, to hear about Zionism, pioneerism, and reasons why one Masorti (Conservative) rabbi is particularly optimistic about pluralistic Jewish life in Israel. Arie will be "Zooming in" from Israel. You can either join us via Zoom, or join us for a cup of coffee and Israeli treats at AC. Please RSVP if you plan to join in person. JOIN US IN-PERSON AT AC or JOIN US VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 810 3570 0434…
Find out more »December 2022
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 once again! Bring your menorah to light and a musical instrument to play along, if you wish. Hazzan Natasha Hirschhorn, Shirei Chesed Community Chorus singers and special musical guests, including Mike Cohen on woodwinds and Nir Furman on percussion, invite you for a rousing Chanukah sing-along from around the world. Be prepared to consume some delicious latkes! Free of charge,…
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