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October 2022
Tekiat Shofar
Ne’ilah services will conclude in the sanctuary at approximately 7:12pm, when Yom Kippur ends.
Find out more »Simchat Torah Morning Services
Join us to continue the singing and dancing as we finish reading the Torah and begin reading it all over again.
Find out more »November 2022
Kabbalat Shabbat: Shabbat Shalom Banayich
We invite all kids to bring their families to Ansche Chesed, to welcome Shabbat together with songs and stories, led by our clergy and Aliza Sebert. The service will highlight our ACHS Kitah Dalet and Hey students - but all are welcome! There will also be a special Thanksgiving-themed snack! Join us in-person in the Chapel, or virtually on Zoom.
Find out more »Thanksgiving Kabbalat Shabbat
The most important religious emotion? Gratitude. On this Thanksgiving Shabbat, we will devote our 5:30pm Friday night services to the theme of expressing gratitude, both toward heaven and on earth. Please come with a story in mind that expresses your personal thankfulness.
Find out more »January 2023
Learner’s Minyan
The more comfortable you feel in synagogue, the more comforted you can feel in synagogue. Please join Rabbi Hammerman, Hazzan Hirschhorn, and Rabbi Kalmanofsky - who will rotate as leaders - to become more familiar with the literary, spiritual, and musical highlights of the Saturday morning service. After the 60-minute sessions, we will rejoin the wider community in the Sanctuary. 9 Shabbat morning sessions, January 7 - March 4
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat with New Voices – Shira B’Dira
This Friday evening we open our doors to the Shira B’Dira community and celebrate the beginning of Shabbat with joyful song and powerful ruach. All are welcome! Shira b’Dira (literally translates as "song in apartment") was started by Eliana Light and Sam Blustin in 2015 as a liturgically traditional, egalitarian singing prayer community based on the UWS. It is now led by team members Marty Feuerstein-Mendik, Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin, Sharon Litwinoff, and Ben Gellman. Our intention is to build and hold…
Find out more »February 2023
Refugee Shabbat – Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Then and Now
We will have a unique opportunity to meet some of the refugee families supported by the ACRA tireless volunteers, including a talented Burmese pop singer, who will share some of his story through music! Shabbat morning services will feature a dvar torah from Ruth Messenger as our speaker, and highlighting the work of ACRA. Ruth was a New York City Council Member, Manhattan Borough President, President of the American Jewish World Service and has been an exemplary Jewish activist for…
Find out more »March 2023
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed: The Bluegrass Kabbalat Shabbat Experience
Please join us this Friday (March 31) for fresh-sounding and family-friendly Shabbat services, and stay for an oneg afterwards to wish farewell to Josh Hanft, on his final day as our Executive Director. Josh’s contributions to AC as both a professional and lay leader have been incalculable over the years. Come and express your thanks and good wishes to him in person! RSVPs requested to help our planning, but not required. Please come anyway! The Oneg will follow a special Kabbalat Shabbat…
Find out more »May 2023
Friday Night with New Voices
We invite all teens to bring their friends and families to Ansche Chesed, to welcome Shabbat together with songs and stories, led by our teen leaders, clergy and Aliza Sebert.
Find out more »Shirei Shabbat – with a Musical Surprise!
Join Hazzan Hirschhorn for an evening of song and prayer as we support and elevate the voice of our community with the help of Shirei Chesed singers. We hope that everyone will feel empowered and inspired to lift their voice with us in holy harmony, b'nima kedosha. Come to hear what musical surprise we have for you today!
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