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May 2024
Shirei Shabbat Service and Potluck Dinner with Zemirot
Lift your voice with us in holy harmony, b'nima kedosha. Come and hear what musical surprises Hazzan Hirschhorn and the Shirei Chesed Chorus have for you! Stick around after services for a Potluck Dinner on the Roof (weather permitting), followed by spirited zemirot! Learn More and Register
Find out more »September 2024
Young People’s Shabbat Dinner
After Kabbalat Shabbat at 6:30, join us (the 20s and 30s) for a dairy potluck dinner on the 5th floor. Old and new faces are welcome. Please bring a dairy or pareve side dish or dessert to share. Food should be prepared in accordance with Ansche Chesed's Kashrut policy. Click Here to RSVP
Find out more »October 2024
CANCELLED: 18th Annual Sukkot Sing-Along
Unfortunately, this year's Sukkot Sing-Along Dinner has been cancelled. The Sukkah will still be open if you would like to eat your dinner there independently. Please see further details on our website: https://anschechesed.org/sukkot-5785-2024/#Communal-Sukkah-Use
Find out more »November 2024
Friendsgiving Shabbat Potluck for 20s and 30s
AC's young professionals invite 20s and 30s for a free Friendsgiving Potluck following AC's Kabbalat Shabbat services! Come celebrate Shabbat and enjoy an evening filled with warmth, gratitude, and togetherness. Bring your favorite (Certified Kosher dairy or pareve) dish to share, wear your best fall colors, and let's create wonderful memories together! RSVP at https://dinners.onetable.org/events/de2cdf7e-8b0a-4626-b8ac-37ec30bb1789/details?shared=true
Find out more »December 2024
Special Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Join us for special Kabbalat Shabbat services, led by students from our ACHS Kitah Zayin class with Hazzan Hirschhorn, and including musical instruments. Following services, we will have a special Shabbat Dinner for all of our Project Aliyah upcoming B'nai Mitzvah families, and the families of our Kitah Zayin students. Learn More and Register
Find out more »February 2025
Shirei Shabbat: Musical Service + Potluck Dinner with Zemirot
Join us at 5:30pm for a musical Shirei Shabbat service in honor of Shabbat Shirah, led by Cantor Natasha Hirschhorn, our intern Marc Szechter and Shirei Chesed singers -- with a Musical Surprise! Followed by a Potluck Dinner with Zemirot. Our Chef Bruce Soffer will provide a delectable dairy main dish, challah, and grape juice. Please bring a dairy or pareve salad, side dish, or dessert to share. You are welcome to bring your own wine or spirits. Please RSVP…
Find out more »March 2025
Home/Away From Home: Jews on College Campuses Today — Shabbat Dinner & Discussion
In the last 18 months, American college campuses have seen anti-Zionist encampments and protests, often strident and hostile. Many Jewish students have been felt intellectually under assault and sometimes socially excluded. Please join three AC members with expertise in the field, to hear more about this pressing issue than what you can read in the general and Jewish press. Nicholas Lemann, Columbia journalism professor, co-chair of the CU Task Force on Anti-Semitism Dahlia Lyss, co-author, while still a Tufts undergraduate,…
Find out more »April 2025
Pre-Pesach Shabbat Dinner
Don’t want to worry about cooking when your kitchen is already kashered? With the First Seder on Saturday night, let us take care of Shabbat dinner for you! Join us for a communal meal with AC friends old and new. Register here by Tuesday, April 8 at noon
Find out more »May 2025
Playing Hide and Seek with God in the 21st Century: A Theological Shabbaton with Minyan M’at
“This is not 'theology' to prove that God exists or answers your prayers immediately. My aim is to offer one Jewish believer’s account of how Judaism makes sense of our current world, post Oct 7th, post Holocaust, in our current American milieu.” In his book Seeking the Hiding God: A Personal Theological Essay, former JTS Chancellor Arnie Eisen delves into the profound mystery of divine hiddenness, presenting a compelling exploration of how this central theological dilemma resonates within modern Jewish life.…
Find out more »June 2025
Pride Month Shabbat: A Salute to Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum
For more than 30 years, Sharon Kleinbaum served Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, New York's prominent LGBTQ community, providing religious, spiritual, moral and social leadership. In her new retirement - she is still CBST's Rabbi Emerita - she remains an inspiring progressive activist. Join us as Sharon reflects on the arc of her long career, the changes she has witnessed in LGBTQ Jewish life and the challenges still ahead. Kabbalat Shabbat service will be held at 6:30pm, followed by Shabbat dinner around…
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