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September 2025
Kabbalat Shabbat
Join us as we begin Shabbat with our traditional Kabbalat Shabbat and maariv service. Please join the Ansche Chesed clergy to reconnect with our community as well as find nourishment and inspiration in the music and words of our tradition.
Find out more »Tashlikh
Please join us for the ritual casting off of our sins. We will meet at Ansche Chesed at 4:45pm to walk to the Hudson River. Please bring something to toss! While many people throw bread crumbs, anything may be tossed in. We invite you to bring either crumbs, or something more sustainable such as chopped lettuce or grated carrots, dry/unsalted & unflavored oats, or birdseed, or to gather pebbles, twigs and leaves in the park, in order to protect the…
Find out more »October 2025
Sukkot Evening Services
Join the Ansche Chesed community for our Sukkot services.
Find out more »TeleTefila Sukkot Services
Join TeleTefila for Sukkot services on Zoom
Find out more »Sanctuary Sukkot Services
Join the Ansche Chesed community for our Sukkot services in the Sanctuary or virtually (on day 1, 10/7).
Find out more »Minyan M’at Sukkot Services
Join Minyan M’at for Sukkot services. Learn more about Minyan M'at
Find out more »Family Yoga Shacharit in the Sukkah
Exhale and stretch during Family Yoga Shacharit with AC member + yoga teacher Ellen Braitman, and children's tefilah leader, Leilah Rosen. Move, breath and relax in our Sukkat Shal-ommm - our Sukkah of Peace. Bring a yoga mat or towel, and wear clothing you can move in. RSVP here Note, this will be in place of our regular children's services. Since this program will fall on October 7th, we will dedicate this Yoga Tefilah to the memory of Carmel Gat…
Find out more »Family Shabbat Service & Kiddush with Aliza
Join Aliza for Family Shabbat Services! Kids and adults will help lead tefillot (prayers) and read Torah. Stick around after for a family kiddush in the Rooftop Sukkah! If you're interested in helping lead, please reach out to Aliza and Rabbi Yael. Tot families are invited for Mishpacha services too!
Find out more »January 2026
Learner’s Minyan
The more comfortable you feel in synagogue, the more comforted you can feel in synagogue. Our rabbis and JTS interns -- Rabbi Hammerman, Rabbi Kalmanofsky, Toby Banks and Abigail Goldberg-Zelizer -- will rotate as leaders. You will become more familiar with the literary, spiritual, and musical highlights of the Saturday morning service. After the 45-minute sessions, we will rejoin the wider community in the Sanctuary. 9 Shabbat morning sessions, January 10 - March 7. RSVP here, walk-ins welcome!
Find out more »Shabbatones at AC
We are delighted to welcome the Shabbatones to AC for Shabbat! The Shabbatones will perform in Hirsch Hall during Kiddush, and will also add their voices to Sanctuary services and children’s tefillah. For more than 20 years, the Shabbatones, the University of Pennsylvania’s premier Jewish a cappella group, have brought joyful, high-energy Jewish music to communities across the country. Founded in 2001, they blend contemporary American pop, Israeli hits, and beloved Jewish choral pieces into dynamic, engaging performances for audiences of…
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