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June 2022
Shavuot Tikkun Under the Stars
Please join us to greet Shavuot with study, celebration and cheesecake on the Ansche Chesed roof, as Shabbat ends and the holiday of "Giving and Receiving Torah" begins. We'll gather for an early evening “Pre-kun Leil Shavuot” as we explore the theme of "Widening Our Holy Space." Yizhar Hess, Vice Chairman of the World Zionist Organization, will teach about current issues of religious pluralism in Israel. Rabbi Mia Simring, Jewish prison chaplain, will teach about holiness on the margins and finding kedushah in…
Find out more »Alan Mintz Memorial Study Session with Minyan M’at
Join Minyan M'at for the fifth annual Alan Mintz Memorial study session. We are delighted that our teacher for this session will be Alan’s former colleague in the Jewish Literature department of JTS, Professor Emeritus Ray Scheindlin, one of the world’s great scholars in the field of Medieval Hebrew Literature. You may know his translations of those Hebrew poems in two books, The Gazelle; and Wine, Women, and Death. JOIN US VIA ZOOM
Find out more »Mivtza Ukraine
The ongoing war in Ukraine concerns us all. We are in close contact with our Masorti/Conservative communities in Kyiv, Chernivtsi, Odessa, Kharkov and Dnipro – who are spending unimaginable nights in bomb shelters and are trying to find refuge in the west of Ukraine and in other countries. We stand with our sisters and brothers and all those in Ukraine under attack during this distressing time and pray for their safety. But with the crisis worsening with each passing day,…
Find out more »Annual Membership Meeting 2022
Please join us at the Annual Membership Meeting of Congregation Ansche Chesed on Sunday, June 26th at 5:30pm. Because of continuing public health risks and construction in the building, the annual meeting will be conducted electronically again this year. (Legislation signed by Governor Hochul allows religious institutions to hold meetings virtually.) All members in good standing of the congregation are encouraged to join this meeting. The Nominating Committee will be proposing the election of officers and trustees identified in the…
Find out more »July 2022
Shabbat Dinner with Congressman Jerry Nadler
Join Ansche Chesed for an engaging Shabbat dinner on the roof and evening discussion where we will be joined by Congressman Jerrold Nadler. Congressman Nadler has represented our UWS district since 1992 and has spoken at AC many times, most recently on the Shabbat before the 2016 presidential election. Serving as a leader in the impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, fighting gun violence, and standing up for civil liberties and rights as Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Jerry is making his…
Find out more »Scribblers on the Roof: “I am my Beloveds” and “Jerks”
I am my Beloveds Jerks Jonathan Papernick Sara Lippmann After two years on Zoom, Scribblers is back in-person on AC's Roof! Join us at our popular literary program to hear emerging and established Jewish writers read from their recent work, all on our breezy and beautiful rooftop space. Snacks, beverages and books available for purchase. This week we welcome Jonathan Papernick, author of I am my Beloveds, and Sara Lippmann, author of Jerks. Click here to view the other Scribblers…
Find out more »Scribblers on the Roof: “What Jonah Knew” and “Atomic Anna”
What Jonah Knew Atomic Anna Barbara Graham Rachel Barenbaum After two years on Zoom, Scribblers is back in-person on AC's Roof! Join us at our popular literary program to hear emerging and established Jewish writers read from their recent work, all on our breezy and beautiful rooftop space. Snacks, beverages and books available for purchase. This week we welcome Barbara Graham, author of What Jonah Knew, and Rachel Barenbaum, author of Atomic Anna. Click here to view the other Scribblers…
Find out more »Scribblers on the Roof: “Maybe It’s Me” and “Fear and Other Stories”
Maybe It's Me: On Being the Wrong Kind of Woman Fear and Other Stories Eileen Pollack Anita Norich tr. After two years on Zoom, Scribblers is back in-person on AC's Roof! Join us at our popular literary program to hear emerging and established Jewish writers read from their recent work, all on our breezy and beautiful rooftop space. Snacks, beverages and books available for purchase. This week we welcome Eileen Pollack, author of Maybe It's Me, and Anita Norich, translator…
Find out more »August 2022
Scribblers on the Roof: “Aunt Bird” and “The Lost Expert”
Aunt Bird The Lost Expert Yerra Sugarman Hal Niedzviecki After two years on Zoom, Scribblers is back in-person on AC's Roof! Join us at our popular literary program to hear emerging and established Jewish writers read from their recent work, all on our breezy and beautiful rooftop space. Snacks, beverages and books available for purchase. This week we welcome Yerra Sugarman, author of Aunt Bird, and Hal Niedzviecki, author of The Lost Expert. Click here to view the other Scribblers…
Find out more »Women of the Wall at AC
For more than 30 years, Women of the Wall (Neshot HaKotel) have met for monthly morning prayers and Torah reading at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, usually on Rosh Hodesh morning. (I myself attended the very first one, in 1989 - a particularly moving experience.) Despite their legal right to do so - as affirmed by the Israeli courts - the Women of the Wall and their supporters are usually set upon by scores of Orthodox opponents, often with verbal…
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