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May 2020
Learn To Bake Challah with Nicole Duval
Shabbat is filled with sounds and smells that make it special. While we are not able to gather in the sanctuary to hear the familiar tunes of Shabbat, we can still enjoy the fragrance of fresh challah that reminds you that Shabbat is about to begin. Join Anshe Chesed member and expert break baker Nicole Duval, as she shares her recipe and tips for how to make delicious challah. Nicole is a South African born, Australian raised, Israeli American. Having…
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Stan Lee A Life in Comics: A Conversation with Liel Leibovitz
Few artists have had as much of an impact on American popular culture as Stan Lee. The characters he created—Spider-Man and Iron Man, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four—occupy Hollywood’s imagination and production schedules, generate billions at the box office, and come as close as anything we have to a shared American mythology. In the new biography by Liel Leibovitz, Stan Lee A Life In Comics, Liel focuses as much on Lee’s ideas as it does on his unlikely rise…
Find out more »Community Havdallah
When Shabbat concludes, please join members of our clergy as we make Havdalah, and get ready for a week of work, as God's partners in creation as a community. JOIN US VIA ZOOM or call: 929.205.6099 Meeting ID : 340 531 368
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Brain Games with Jacob Graybow
Do you like math puzzles? Join this fun and interactive session on Zoom with AC teen Jacob Graybow, a ninth-grader and avid math student at Hunter College High School. He'll show you some cool math problems (at grade level!) - with no homework! RSVP's appreciated to jacob.graybow@gmail.com. Zoom-ins welcome. JOIN US VIA ZOOM
Find out more »Freedom as Responsibility: A Discussion of Pirkei Avot 6:2
On Shavuot we celebrate the receiving of the Torah as the culmination of the Exodus from Egypt. Pirkei Avot 6:2 offers us an explanation of this connection by arguing that real freedom comes from a life of commitment to Torah. Join Ansche Chesed member Rabbi Bill Plevan to explore how this conception of freedom as responsibility match our conception of freedom in the individual or the political sphere? We will consider this conception of freedom in both Jewish thought and…
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Blintzes Making with Celia Reiss
It is a tradition to eat dairy on Shavuot, and everyone loves blintzes and cheesecake. Join Ansche Chesed member Celia Reiss as she helps you to prepare for the holiday by teaching you to make her mothers blintzes Make sure to download the recipe so that you will be ready to follow along. Equipment List Ingredients List Crepe or small fry pan 4 eggs 2 large bowls 3/4 cup milk Measuring cups 1/2 cup flour Measuring spoons Oil: 1 Tablespoon,…
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Levana: A Rosh Chodesh Group For Women Sivan Gathering
We look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones, over Zoom, at the next Levana, a women's Rosh Chodesh social group at Ansche Chesed. Bring your own cup of tea or glass of wine, as we check in with each other and prepare for the month of Sivan together. This month we are thrilled to welcome Rabbi Deena Cowans, who lead us in gentle yoga-inspired movement and meditation, and soulful stretching, as we welcome Sivan and prepare for Shavuot.…
Find out more »AC Pre-Kun: Revelation in Surprising Times and Unlikely Places
Please join Ansche Chesed for a "Pre-Kun," an early evening of study and discussion before the onset of Shavuot, "the holiday of the giving of the Torah." During this inauspicious time, we will reflect on stories, poems and concepts about being surprised by revelation. Please join several teachers and scholars among our AC members, including Barry Holtz, Sofija Grandakovska, Daniel Nevins, as well as our clergy, who will present short and stimulating teachings. Please join the call at 6:30 for…
Find out more »Shavuot Services
Please join the Ansche Chesed community for services on the first day of Shavuot. This will be our communities first Zoom services, so please bear with us as we enter a new phase of tefillah during this Covid outbreak. Our Zoom room will be open beginning at 8pm after our Pre-Kun, so we invite you to open it then and keep it open through Friday. For information on how to keep your computer from shutting down, please visit this instruction…
Find out more »June 2020
AC Salon: Tales of the Havurah with David Kronfeld
While we can't be together in person that does not mean that we cannot learn from each other. Forty years ago, AC member David Kronfeld put away a book that he had written, not sure if it would ever see the light of day. Now all these years later, "Tales of the Havurah" has been published and David is ready to share the story of the book, the stories behind the book, and some of the stories in the book. Tales…
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