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October 2023
Teen Sushi Making in the Sukkah
Calling all teens! Come join us on Sukkot to make delicious Sushi in the Sukkah, play games and hang out with your friends. This event is free! Registration encouraged, walk ins welcome.
Find out more »17th Annual Sukkot Sing-Along
Join Hazzan Natasha Hirschhorn, Shirei Chesed Chorus singers and guest musicians for our Annual Sukkot Sing-Along. We will pick the most beautiful and fun Jewish folk songs from Israel and beyond to sing the night away! Free of charge – RSVP here, walk-ins welcome.
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Shirei Chesed Community Chorus
Shirei Chesed Community Chorus continues to build community through learning a rich and diverse repertoire of Jewish music, and bring harmony into the world that needs it more than ever. Our 4-part chorus brings together lovers of choral singing from both Ansche Chesed and the wider Jewish community. Recent performances include classical programs with The Bachanalia String Orchestra, a jazz concert with The Afro-Semitic Experience ensemble, Oratorio Souls on Fire based on the book by Elie Wiesel, a celebration of…
Find out more »Family Shemini Atzeret Nature Walk and Shacharit
Parents and children are invited to join us for a Shemini Atzeret nature walk in Central Park led by Jewish environmental educator, farmer, and storyteller Jacob Kose. We’ll follow the water around the north woods and discuss how Shemini Atzeret, the last day of Sukkot, is rooted in nature’s ancient rhythms. RSVP’s requested, walk-ins welcome.
Find out more »Family Simchat Torah Celebration
Join us for a FREE light dairy dinner followed by our annual Torah Unroll, dancing and Hakafot with the rest of the AC Community. Stick around for ice cream and popsicles after the second Hakafa! No RSVP necessary, walk-ins welcome.
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 »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 »2024 Bnai Mitzvah Families: Project Aliyah Orientation
Join us as we launch this year's B'nai Mitzvah cohort! Spend some time connecting as a family, getting to know other AC B'nai Mitzvah families and hearing more about the B'nai Mitzvah journey at AC. Parents will have the opportunity to meet with Rabbis Jeremy Kalmanofsky and Yael Hammerman and Executive Director Amy Shapiro-Kessler for an overview of the AC B'nai Mitzvah process. B'nai Mitzvah students will also do activities with Education Director Aliza Sebert. Register online!
Find out more »Let’s Have Lunch In Israel
Many of us are focused obsessively on the news and the social media out of Israel. Those channels are great, but mostly they connect us to loud voices. They rarely connect us to our brothers and sisters and their experiences. Please join us for a lunchtime Zoom with Ayala Dekel and Julia Tobias, extraordinary educators at BINA, the Tel Aviv-based Jewish Movement for Social Change, where several Ansche Chesed young people have studied. They are thinkers, teachers and organizers, as…
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Shabbat Dinner and a Show With Rabbi’s Wife and Comedian, Liz Glazer
Need a good laugh? Join us for "Shabbat Dinner and a Show"! Bring your friends, a bottle of wine (or Kedem if you prefer) and leave your political correctness at the door, as we welcome Shabbat and comedian Liz Glazer to AC. Register online by Wednesday, October 25 at noon. Liz Glazer is a Jewish, lesbian comedian, actor, and writer who used to be a tenured law professor, a job she was very funny at. Liz is a recent first…
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