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March 2017
Passover Stories with Storyteller Peninnah Schram
Join Ansche Chesed Family Programs, as we prepare for Passover, with master storyteller, Peninnah Schram. Peninnah will share stories of miracles and freedom during a lively, family-friendly Kabbalat Shabbat service, and will also join us for Shabbat dinner - as we infuse our Shabbat tables with our own family stories and traditions.
Find out more »April 2017
Pesach Family Program: Dorot Package Delivery
ACHS Kitah Hey + All invited!
Find out more »Feast for the Hungry
Our annual Feast for the Hungry
Find out more »Joe’s Violin: A Yom HaShoah Program
Join us for a screening of the Oscar Nominated Documentary Short Film Joe's Violin, followed by a Q & A with Brianna Perez and Joe Feingold, the two people who are the focus of this film. In the award-winning short documentary film Joe's Violin, a donated musical instrument forges an improbable friendship between 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Joe Feingold and 12-year-old Bronx school girl Brianna Perez, showing how the power of music can bring light in the darkest of times and how a small act…
Find out more »Israel Looking Forward: A Conversation with MK Omer Barlev
Join Ansche Chesed and BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change for an intimate conversation with Member of Knesset עמר בר-לב - Omer Barlev (Zionist Union) in honor of Israel's 69th birthday, with a special focus on the future and how Israel can move forward constructively into its next decade. Mr. Barlev will share his own experience and insight on the topics of Israeli diplomacy, democracy, conflict, and peace - and on his own BARLEV INITIATIVE to ending the conflict. Free. RSVP Required. Click here to…
Find out more »UWS Celebrates Israel
The Upper West Side celebrates Yom Ha'atzmaut together. Synagogues, schools, and Jewish organizations sponsor events throughout the UWS, celebrating the rich and complex culture, history, and people of Israel.
Find out more »Megillat Ha’atzmaut
Please join Ansche Chesed and Omer Bar-Lev Barlev on Sunday, April 30 at 10am for a special community-wide event. Explore Israel's Declaration of Independence as a modern Jewish sacred text. Join Knesset Member Omer Bar-Lev and others to mine Israel's founding document, seeking beyond politics to values and national vision. Co-sponsored by Bina: The Jewish Movement for Social Change, part of its "Israeli Talmud: Tractate Independence" project. Free. Click here to RSVP.
Find out more »May 2017
Seudah Shelishit: Pulpits and the President
President Trump has signed an executive order inviting clergy to endorse political candidates, changing a law of more than 60 years standing. Join Rabbi Kalmanofsky to discuss how much room there should be for churches and synagogues to be explicitly political.
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