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March 2021
The Four Children: The Superhero, The Supervillain, The Mentor and the Sidekick
Get ready for Passover with Batman editor and Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel creator Gorf's zoom presentation: "The Four Sons: The Superhero, the Supervillain, the Mentor and the Sidekick" — a SUPER 1-hour interactive session using "Marvel-ous” clips and art, and popular culture icons, for revealing multiple layers of the classic parable. It's fun, insightful, unique and engaging. Watch the teaser trailer video here! Registration requested, Zoom-in's welcome! JOIN VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 821 7548 6081
Find out more »A Sweet and Kosher Pesach for 2021 With Rabbi Kalmanofsky
At least we can say: This year is better than the last! Are you ready for Covid Pesach, Round 2? Join us to reflect on Passover's musts and maybes, to ask Halakhic and aesthetic questions about shopping, cleaning, cooking and planning seders under another year of sub-optimal conditions. Among other topics, we consider the traditions of "telling the tale of the Exodus." What are the basics and the extras? If you'd like, send questions in advance to rjk@AnscheChesed.org. JOIN US VIA…
Find out more »Zoom Siyyum with Rabbi Kalmanofsky
On Thursday, March 25, please join Rabbi Kalmanofsky after morning minyan to conclude Tractate Makkot and participate in a virtual Siyyum for the Fast of the First Born. JOIN VIA ZOOM
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat
Please join members of the Ansche Chesed clergy for a shortened Kabbalat Shabbat -- including a Prayer for Healing, recitation of the week's yahrzeit list and Mourner's Kaddish. Please click in at 5:15 pm for some time to schmooze and greet each other first. JOIN US VIA ZOOM or call: 929 205 6099, Meeting ID: 875 1782 0145 Passcode: Shabbat
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Supporting Women’s Leadership: An Ansche Chesed Salon with Ambassador Meryl Frank
In honor of Women’s History Month, please join us in hearing from Ansche Chesed member Ambassador Meryl Frank (ret), as she shares the important work that she is doing throughout the Middle East and third world countries, to support women’s leadership and political participation. Meryl Frank was appointed as the United States Representative, and subsequently, as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women by President Barack Obama in February 2009. Frank is currently…
Find out more »April 2021
Non-Orthodox Conversion in Israel
Join Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky for a roundtable discussion on the Recent Israeli Supreme Court Decision on non-Orthodox conversion, and the legal status of non-Orthodox streams in Israel. The conversation will include the legal perspective, the religious perspective as well as the personal perspective. Joining Rabbi Kalmanofsky for this program will be: Rabbi Peretz Rodman serves as head of the rabbinical court (av bet din) of the Masorti (Conservative) rabbinate in Israel. A graduate of Brandeis University and Boston’s Hebrew College, he was…
Find out more »Yom Hazikaron/Yom Ha’atzmaut Sing Along
Tonight the State of Israel ushers in Yom HaZikaron, remembering its fallen heroes. Join Cantor Hirschhorn and Shirei Chesed singers for a zoom Sing Along to mark it with some of the most poignant and beloved Israeli songs. We will also include old and new favorites to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, as we add our voices in contemplation of the miracle of Israel's existence and love for our Jewish homeland. JOIN VIA ZOOM Meeting ID: 9830 7068 203 Passcode:…
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The Marshall Project: Educating On Criminal Justice with Susan Chira
Join us as we invite Ansche Chesed member Susan Chira to speak about her work leading The Marshall Project, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. The Marshall Project, is a journalism organization and does not advocate positions or policy prescriptions, but rather seeks to expose the systemic discrimination that distorts the criminal justice system. It does so by writing with care, fairness, and humanity…
Find out more »Ansche Chesed Yom Ha’atzmaut Family Mesibah
Shlomit Oren-Ross, an Israeli performative artist, will lead AC families through a fun Yom Ha’atzmaut Mesibah - a party for Israel’s 73rd birthday! Shlmoit will lead us in games, movement activities and an art project. The whole program will be in Hebrew and English. It is geared for kids ages 4 to 9 and their families. Register Here
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“Dying Doesn’t Feel Like What I’m Doing” A Conversation with Paula Weiman-Kelman about her film and the Legacy of Rabbi Rachel Cowan
Paula Weiman-Kelman’s moving documentary, Dying Doesn’t Feel Like What I’m Doing, celebrates the life of Rachel Cowan—a beloved rabbi and influential mindfulness teacher, who is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Living each day fully, she turned dying into an opportunity to experience gratitude. Paula will join us live from Israel for a conversation about the experience of filming this intimate portrait of Cowan’s final year, and an opportunity to reflect on Rachel Cowan, who played such an important part in sustaining Ansche…
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