Past Events
June 2016
Shavuot, First Day: Sanctuary
Holidays at Ansche Chesed are filled with prayer, learning and other opportunities for members to come together as a strong community. Join us.
Find out more »July 2016
Daily Minyan: Independence Day
Meeting in the chapel on the ground floor, this daily service is brisk and allows for a more meditative and personal approach to prayer.
Find out more »September 2016
Daily Minyan: Labor Day
Meeting in the chapel on the ground floor, this daily service is brisk and allows for a more meditative and personal approach to prayer.
Find out more »October 2016
Daily Minyan: Columbus Day
Meeting in the chapel on the ground floor, this daily service is brisk and allows for a more meditative and personal approach to prayer.
Find out more »November 2016
Daily Minyan: Veterans Day
Meeting in the chapel on the ground floor, this daily service is brisk and allows for a more meditative and personal approach to prayer. Time TBD.
Find out more »Daily Minyan: Thanksgiving
Meeting in the chapel on the ground floor, this daily service is brisk and allows for a more meditative and personal approach to prayer.
Find out more »December 2016
Torah Study with Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses
Rabbi Kalmanofsky leads a discussion on the weekly Torah portion, looking at it through the eyes of favorite commentators, ancient, medieval, modern, midrashic, mystical and academic. This week Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses will teach Toldot in place of Rabbi Kalmanofsky.
Find out more »February 2018
Torah Study with Rabbi Kalmanofsky
Rabbi Kalmanofsky leads a discussion on the weekly Torah portion, looking at it through the eyes of favorite commentators, ancient, medieval, modern, midrashic, mystical and academic.
Find out more »September 2019
Rosh Hashana Mincha/Ma’ariv
Holidays at Ansche Chesed are filled with prayer, learning and other opportunities for members to come together as a strong community. Join us.
Find out more »November 2019
Neim Zemirot Israel: Great Poems from the Hebrew Bookshelf
Judaism is not just rules and values. It is also great literary art. Please join us each month to study some of the most soaring songs of Jewish tradition, from ancient biblical writers to Medieval and modern poets. We'll read the words of King David, Judah HaLevi, Rachel, Amichai and Gouri.
Find out more »December 2019
Kabbalat Shabbat
Each Friday evening Ansche Chesed comes together to welcome Shabbat in the chapel on the ground floor. Services are often followed by an oneg Shabbat or a more formal dinner with a speaker. (Image: “An Illustrated Kabbalat Shabbat Siddur with Drawings by Daniel Nebenzahl” is shared by Daniel Nebenzahl with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International copyleft license.)
Find out more »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 »October 2022
Rabbi Jules Harlow Parshat HaShavuah Class
Join us for our weekly Parashat HaShavua class before the start of Shabbat morning services in the Chapel. Come at 8:45am for hot coffee and a chance to schmooze before the 9am class. Also available virtually via Zoom. This weekly class is dedicated to Rabbi Jules Harlow, a great teacher of Torah and Jewish liturgy. Click here for the Source Sheet for this week's class (updated on Friday afternoon).
Find out more »May 2023
Dedication of Mayer Cavalier Chapel
For more than 50 years, day-in and day-out, Mayer Cavalier z"l davvened in our chapel, always in his own makom kavua, his fixed place, just to the right of the ark. Since Mayer's passing, we miss him every day. Yet we still feel illuminated by the memory of his 1000-watt smile. Please join the Cavalier family and Ansche Chesed to dedicate the chapel in memory of this dear person. After a short ceremony, a light reception will follow. All are welcome to…
Find out more »July 2023
Meet Asaf Beiser of “The Jews are Coming”
היהודים באים/Hayehudim Ba’im is a highly acclaimed, satirical sketch show that presents classic stories, myths, and historic events – from Avraham Avinu to Itzhak Rabin – from a funny, satirical point of view. Please join us as we host the show’s co-creator, Asaf Beiser. We will sample some of its wittiest skits and learn why and how to examine Israeli history and Jewish myths with a satirical eye. Come talk about the importance of satire to Israeli society. We will…
Find out more »Tisha B’Av: Morning Service
Join us for Shacharit on Tisha B'Av, followed by the recitation of Kinnot .
Find out more »Tisha B’Av: Afternoon Service
Join us for mincha on Tisha B'Av.
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.
Find out more »August 2023
Meditative Kabbalat Shabbat
Please join us for a contemplative service of welcoming Shabbat as we mark Rosh Chodesh Elul and begin the season of introspection and preparation for the Days of Awe - with master meditation teachers Sheila and Sheldon Lewis.
Find out more »September 2023
Rosh HaShanah Mishpacha Service
Babies, toddlers and preschool age kids (ages 0-4) and their families are invited to join us. Learn about Rosh HaShana with songs, puppets, movement — and your friends from Ansche Chesed!
Find out more »Rosh HaShanah Tween Lounge
Come hang out with other AC teens - we'll provide snacks and games!
Find out more »Yom Kippur Mishpacha Service
Babies, toddlers and preschool age kids (ages 0-4) and their families are invited to join us. Learn about Rosh HaShana with songs, puppets, movement — and your friends from Ansche Chesed!
Find out more »Yom Kippur Teen Schmooze
Come hang out with other AC teens!
Find out more »October 2023
Wednesday Night Talmud with Rabbi Kalmanofsky
Join us to study tractate Sanhedrin, chapter 4. For those who wish to use the Artscroll Talmud, this is Sanhendrin vol. 1, (or #47 in the whole set). This class is best in person -- so please come! Also available via Zoom (Meeting ID: 837 8598 8052 | Passcode: chesed)
Find out more »Adult Beginning Hebrew Conversation Course
Would you like to learn how to have simple conversations in Hebrew, build your vocabulary of everyday phrases, and learn more about Israeli culture? Please join Nadav Wiesel, an experienced and skilled teacher, for a 10-session course that will enrich your participation in the language of the Jewish people. This class is appropriate for adults who know the alef-bet and have basic reading ability, but have little or no vocabulary. Nadav's study packets will include examples from Israeli media, like TV…
Find out more »November 2023
Assessing Israel’s Challenges in a Post-October 7 World, with Michael Koplow
Following Hamas’ devastating October 7 attack, Israel faces an array of challenges, from destroying Hamas’ military capabilities, to deterring Hizballah from opening up a second front in the north, to preventing the West Bank from tipping over into chaos, and perhaps most of all to do so following nearly a year of unprecedented governmental and societal upheaval. What might Israel’s responses to these challenges look like, and how will its choices shape not only Gaza, but the Israeli-Palestinian arena and…
Find out more »January 2024
Shirei Shabbat Service
This Friday of Shabbat Shira, the Sabbath of Song, join Hazzan Hirschhorn and Shirei Chesed singers for an evening of song and prayer as we support and elevate the voice of our community with rich harmonies. Stay for a special Musical Surprise and a potluck dinner with zemirot after the service -- please bring a dairy or parve dish to share, online registration required.
Find out more »March 2024
AC Intergenerational Mitzvah Knitting Group
Knitters needed! Please join our intergenerational AC Mitzvah Knitting Group. Bubbies, bring your grandkids; kids - bring your parents.
Find out more »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 »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.
Find out more »April 2024
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 »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 »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 »Wednesday Night Talmud with Rabbi Kalmanofsky
Join us to study tractate Sanhedrin, chapter 4. For those who wish to use the Artscroll Talmud, this is Sanhendrin vol. 1, (or #47 in the whole set). This class is best in person -- so please come! Also available via Zoom (Meeting ID: 837 8598 8052 | Passcode: chesed)
Find out more »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 »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.
Find out more »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 »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 »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 »Wednesday Night Talmud with Rabbi Kalmanofsky
Join us to study tractate Sanhedrin, chapter 4. For those who wish to use the Artscroll Talmud, this is Sanhendrin vol. 1, (or #47 in the whole set). This class is best in person -- so please come! Also available via Zoom (Meeting ID: 837 8598 8052 | Passcode: chesed)
Find out more »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 »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.
Find out more »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 »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 »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 »Wednesday Night Talmud with Rabbi Kalmanofsky
Join us to study tractate Sanhedrin, chapter 4. For those who wish to use the Artscroll Talmud, this is Sanhendrin vol. 1, (or #47 in the whole set). This class is best in person -- so please come! Also available via Zoom (Meeting ID: 837 8598 8052 | Passcode: chesed)
Find out more »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 »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.
Find out more »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 »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 »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 »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 »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.
Find out more »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 »