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May 2026
Shavuot “Pre-Kun”: Wrestling and Embracing the Commandments
As we have in previous years, Ansche Chesed will host an early evening study session at the shul, prior to the JCC Tikkun and other learning opportunities. This year AC members and clergy will reflect on mitzvot we do and don't yet do. We will reflect on mitzvot relating to business ethics, prayer and eating. How can actual normative practices in these areas bring our values and ideas into real life? RSVP here Walk-ins also welcome.
Find out more »“Binders of the Covenant” Exhibit Tour
Please join AC member Lois Roman for a guided tour of the "Binders of the Covenant" exhibit at the Walsh Library of Fordham University. Lois is also a Trustee of the Memorial Scrolls Trust, a London-based charity that looks after Judaica that survived the Shoah in Prague. “Binders of the Covenant” brings to life the story of Torah binders from the Memorial Scrolls Trust. The exhibit spotlights 25 historic binders that survived the Shoah and explores their significance for European Jewry,…
Find out more »September 2026
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. This weekly class is dedicated to Rabbi Jules Harlow, a great teacher of Torah and Jewish liturgy. Click here for the Source Sheet (updated Friday afternoons). Also available by Zoom.
Find out more »October 2026
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. This weekly class is dedicated to Rabbi Jules Harlow, a great teacher of Torah and Jewish liturgy. Click here for the Source Sheet (updated Friday afternoons). Also available by Zoom.
Find out more »Wednesday Night Talmud with Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky
Our Talmud class will celebrate our 25th anniversary this year, our Silver Jubilee! Please join us -- in person or via Zoom -- to study the 4th chapter of Berakhot, about prayer. This year, we will also bring material from the "other" Talmud, from the Land of Israel, and hope to enjoy seeing where the two works are converge or diverge. Learn more and RSVP
Find out more »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. This weekly class is dedicated to Rabbi Jules Harlow, a great teacher of Torah and Jewish liturgy. Click here for the Source Sheet (updated Friday afternoons). Also available by Zoom.
Find out more »Wednesday Night Talmud with Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky
Our Talmud class will celebrate our 25th anniversary this year, our Silver Jubilee! Please join us -- in person or via Zoom -- to study the 4th chapter of Berakhot, about prayer. This year, we will also bring material from the "other" Talmud, from the Land of Israel, and hope to enjoy seeing where the two works are converge or diverge. Learn more and RSVP
Find out more »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. This weekly class is dedicated to Rabbi Jules Harlow, a great teacher of Torah and Jewish liturgy. Click here for the Source Sheet (updated Friday afternoons). Also available by Zoom.
Find out more »Maimonides and the Merchants: Jewish Law and Society in the Medieval Islamic World
Please join AC and Minyan M’at member, Mark R. Cohen, Professor Emeritus from Princeton, for a fascinating journey to Medieval Egypt. Jews were deeply embedded in commerce, but Halakha had not yet developed forms well-suited to the realities of the contemporary marketplace. Exploring Maimonides’ writings, Islamic law, and texts from the famed Cairo Geniza, we will see how Rambam developed legal tools that enabled Jewish courts to lead their communities. Learn more and register Course fee $100 (finances should never…
Find out more »Wednesday Night Talmud with Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky
Our Talmud class will celebrate our 25th anniversary this year, our Silver Jubilee! Please join us -- in person or via Zoom -- to study the 4th chapter of Berakhot, about prayer. This year, we will also bring material from the "other" Talmud, from the Land of Israel, and hope to enjoy seeing where the two works are converge or diverge. Learn more and RSVP
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