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January 2017
Poland Trip Info Session and Film Viewing
The History and Revival of Jewish Life and Culture in Warsaw and Kraków Film Viewing and Informational Session From June 25-July 2 2017, join Ansche Chesed on a journey of learning, culture, and commemoration. For 1,000 years, Poland was the heartland of European Jewish life and culture. Rabbinic Judaism, Yiddish and Hebrew literature, secular Jewish political parties, and other forms of a vital, diverse Jewish culture flourished in Poland until the Holocaust. Now, 28 years after the fall of Communism,…
Find out more »Looking South: Jews, Blacks, and the Civil Rights Struggle (Shabbat Dinner)
For much of the twentieth century individual Jews and eventually national Jewish organizations articulated common cause with the civil rights struggle. They used their personal and institutional clout to press for greater rights for African Americans in the South during the long age of Jim Crow. That effort which looked South, however, put southern Jews in an uncomfortable position as it complicated their adherence to the status quo. This talk with look at this triangulated dynamic of northern Jews, the…
Find out more »UJA Federation: Time For Good
Ansche Chesed invites you to serve with us on MLK Weekend to celebrate how powerful we can be together. We will be serving together as part of UJA-Federation's Time for Good MLK Day of Service, joining thousands of Jewish New Yorkers who will be volunteering side by side on projects region-wide that address vital community needs. Educational Alliance is doing a dynamic refurbishment of spaces at our Sirovich Center for Balanced Living, an innovative senior center in the East Village, during MLK…
Find out more »February 2017
Ansche Chesed Annual Tribute
Join us to honor Christopher Rothko, Lori Cohen, Marcia Talmage Schneider, and Cantor Natasha Hirschhorn.
Find out more »Tu B’Shevat Family Kiddush
Following Children's Services.
Find out more »Ansche Chesed Winter Dance
FEBRUARY 25TH FROM 7-11PM Advance tickets by February 19th include a glass of beer or wine Cost: $15 for members; $18 for nonmembers; $20 at the door Board games and light refreshments! Couples and singles welcome! 7pm: Square Dancing. Beginners welcome! 8:30-11pm: Dance to the music you love! Swing, Disco, R&B, Motown, Salsa, and more! Register here.
Find out more »March 2017
Black Tie: A One Man Show
A Son's Journey Through the Death and Life of His Father Written and Performed by Michael Takiff Directed by Brian Lane Green Register here.
Find out more »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.
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