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May 2021
Family Shavuot Pop-Up and Popsicles
Come by Ansche Chesed on Sunday, May 16th from 3:00-4:30 PM to celebrate Shavuot with popsicles and crafts with Rabbi Yael Hammerman! May the words of Torah be sweet in your mouths! The event will be on the AC steps (100th and West End Avenue). Registrations requested; walk-ins welcome.
Find out more »June 2024
Shavuot Family Pajama Party
Join us for a family-friendly Shavuot celebration with stories, songs, dairy dinner and ice cream, as we celebrate receiving the Torah. Pajamas welcome! Learn More and Register Online
Find out more »West Side Minyan Shavuot Tikkun
The West Side Minyan is hosting an online Tikkun for Erev Shavuot. Join via Zoom
Find out more »TeleTefila Shavuot Service
Held virtually via Zoom 9:40am P'sukei D'zimra, 10am Shacharit Includes Yizkor
Find out more »Community-Wide Shavuot Potluck Lunch Celebrating Vivian Awner
After services, the Ansche Chesed community will join together for a potluck lunch to celebrate our wonderful friend Vivian Awner. Please wear turquoise (her favorite color) in her honor. Salmon will be provided and we ask each attendee to please bring a dairy or pareve salad, side dish, or dessert to share. Food may be purchased under rabbinic supervision, cooked in a kosher kitchen, or prepared uncooked in any kitchen. All are welcome and because we are planning a personalized gift for each…
Find out more »Conversation with Tammy Gotlieb
On the second Day of Shavuot, Ansche Chesed is very fortunate to welcome Tammy Gotlieb, who will davven with us in the Sanctuary and speak after services in the Multi-Purpose Room. Please take Kiddush from Hirsch Hall and join us for the conversation. Tammy Gotlieb is a long-time path-breaker in building liberal and feminist Judaism in Israel, from her days as a combat soldier when few women took that role. Tammy is the Director of New Initiatives for our Masorti…
Find out more »June 2025
Shavuot Tikkun Under the Stars: Healing in Jewish, Muslim and Christian Traditions
As the holiday of giving and receiving Torah begins, we'll greet Shavuot with study, celebration, cheesecake and light nosh on the Ansche Chesed roof. We will be joined by our Muslim partners from the Peace Islands Institute and neighbors from Trinity Lutheran Church. Together, we will study texts about healing from our different religious traditions, as through study and interfaith connection, we heal. The learning will conclude with a short Festival evening service for Shavuot and end in time to enable those who…
Find out more »Sanctuary Shavuot Services
Join the Ansche Chesed community in the Sanctuary to celebrate Shavuot. The first day will feature our "First Fruits" group aliyah celebrating recent births in the community. Families of newborns are invited to join us. You can come for the whole service, or just slip in for a short visit around 10:30am for the aliyah. Email Rabbi Yael Hammerman with any questions at rabbiyael@anschechesed.org. Yizkor service will be held on the second day.
Find out more »Minyan M’at Shavuot Services
Minyan M’at is a lay-led, participatory, independent, traditional, egalitarian community within Ansche Chesed. More than 30 years old, our group of over 150 households comes together to davven (pray), to learn, to celebrate and to sustain each other.
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