Join us as we honor Sara & Scott Harris, Judy Margolin & Seth Schwartz and Mark Paul for their exceptional leadership and commitment to Ansche Chesed.  Place a journal ad expressing your thanks through the AC website. We’ll be livestreaming the speeches and tributes at approximately 6:30pm.

Rabbi Alisa "Tzipi" Zilbershtein is a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Before her studies at JTS, she taught History of Jewish Philosophy at the National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" in Ukraine. Rabbi Zilbershtein lived in Kyiv, Ukraine, where her partner Viktor was born, and has every intention of returning to Ukraine to serve as a Rabbi as soon as it is safe to do so. Since the first day of the war, Rabbi Zilbershtein has been doing everything in her power…

Would you like to learn how chant the Torah, helping the community hear the holy text? Please join Hazzan Hirschhorn to learn the cantillation system. Participants in the class can prepare a section of the Torah to read during services on the second day of Shavuot, May 27. January 9, 23, February 13, 27, March 13, 27, April 17, May 8, 22

Jewish life often seems to demand a lot of background knowledge. Where do you learn it all, especially as an adult? Please join Rabbi Hammerman and Rabbi Kalmanofsky to learn anew or go back and review some core Jewish practices and concepts. January 9, 23, February 13, 27, March 13, 27, April 17, May 8, 22

One of Judaism’s major spiritual motifs is that God liberates the imprisoned, enabling them to begin again. This resonates in American life today: With so much incarceration, there are also many organizations devoted to helping people begin anew upon release, and examining the system that jails so many. On Martin Luther King weekend, what can we learn about spiritual and social liberation by studying how people leave physical prisons? Please join AC member Ben Metsch, vice president of the Fortune…

Shoshana Nambi will deliver the dvar torah in the Sanctuary, and then during Kiddush she will teach and share about her experiences growing up in the Abayudaya community. If you are planning to join us for Kiddush, please consider making a donation to the AC Kiddush Fund so we can continue to nourish our bodies and souls each Shabbat. Shoshana Nambi, grew up in Uganda’s Abayudaya Jewish community in her village of Nabweya, learning Hebrew at her synagogue and teaching…

With the youngest Shoah survivors growing older, we are the final generation who will hear their stories first-hand. Tova Friedman, mother of AC member Gadi Friedman, is one of the very youngest Auschwitz survivors, having entered that prison before her 6th birthday. Tova will join Ansche Chesed on Shabbat, January 21, to share the remarkable story she recounts in her new book The Daughter of Auschwitz: My Story of Resilience, Survival and Hope. Please join us to think about the…

We invite all families to welcome Shabbat with us and celebrate Israel with songs and stories, led by Rabbi Yael and Aliza Sebert. Service begins at 5:30pm. After the service, we will have a delicious Israeli Shabbat dinner with Open Gym! Please click here to register for the dinner below by Wednesday, April 19th at noon. Contact Aliza Sebert with any questions.

Calling all teens, come celebrate Yom Ha'azmaut with a Teen Cooking Class, Israeli style! Join special guest Israeli chefs and Aliza to learn how to make some of your favorite Israeli foods. Your friends are welcome too! Click here to RSVP by Wednesday, April 19.

Please join us to honor our treasured member, teacher, and friend with our inaugural Rabbi Jules Harlow Lecture. Jules’ poetic translations of the liturgy, and inclusion of excerpts from contemporary literature in Siddur Sim Shalom and his High Holiday Machzor, have enhanced and expanded our prayer experience. Rabbi Edward Feld, Senior Editor of the Conservative Movement's current High Holiday, Shabbat and Festival prayer books, and Chair of the Rabbinical Assembly’s Prayer Book Committee, will teach in honor of Rabbi Jules…

Come for a glorious evening of spirited vocal performance, presenting classics from Sondheim and Bernstein right up to brand-new compositions. We will be honoring our beloved Cantor Natasha Hirschhorn on the occasion of her 20th anniversary with Ansche Chesed, as well as featuring her friends and guest Cantors-Composers Gerald Cohen, Benjie Ellen Schiller and Isaac Sonett-Assor, with the Shirei Chesed Community Choir and internationally acclaimed pianist Alexandra Joan. Champagne reception and treats to follow! Register Online -- pay what you…

For a long time we've used separate blue printouts of Rabbi Kalmanofsky's updated Prayer for the State of Israel, and we need YOUR help to help us add it to our siddurim. Volunteers will put stickers with the updated prayer -- along with a refreshed version of our Prayer for the U.S. -- into the back of our siddurim. We appreciate your help, which will be tremendously valuable for our services going forward. Please email the office for details if…

Join us as we celebrate and show gratitude to our honorees for their wonderful commitment and dedication to Ansche Chesed. Purchase dinner tickets and place an ad in our tribute journal at AnscheChesed.org/Tribute Early bird registration ends May 9th. Help us to honor these stellar community leaders: Tamara & Martin Green Vivian Mamelak Ellen Braitman & David Shapiro

Join us after morning minyan for breakfast and study as our member, Rabbi Nevins, presents material from his new book of Halakhic studies on ethical quandaries in technocentric times. This sensitive and learned book applies our classic tradition to cutting-edge themes like artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and medical ethics.

Please gather in mourning and solidarity as our AC community remembers the fallen, mourns the losses and laments the destruction, in song, poetry and prayer. “My eyes are worn out from crying, and my innards tremble over the destruction of my people’s children .”