Ansche Chesed

With so much going on in America, we forget that we are members of a global citizenship. What happens internationally, affects us as well. Now that we are on the other side of the mid-term elections, join Ansche Chesed for a Trans-Atlantic conversation. Join Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg to learn more about the state of European Jewry. Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg is a Masorti rabbi, the Senior Rabbi of Masorti Judaism UK. He is a leading writer and thinker on Judaism. He is Rabbi of the New North London Synagogue, with approximately 2400 members. He is also a member of the Elijah Interfaith Institute Board of World Religious Leaders.

The tradition of Jewish wisdom stretches back millennia, to times and places unimaginably different from our own. Sometimes we can apply ancient wisdom to modern problems, and sometimes that's not so easy. Each month we will study modern rabbinic attempts —mostly heterodox, sometimes more traditional — to answer today's questions, in areas like medical, social, economic, and political ethics.

Join us for a potluck dinner co-hosted by Ansche Chesed in support of the Hernandez family who are living in sanctuary in the church building. In March 2018, Aura Hernandez was facing a forced return to Guatemala. Fourth Universalist welcomed Aura and her two children, Camila and Daniel, into sanctuary while she fights to secure a stay of deportation, have her immigration case re-opened, and secure a U-Visa. Bring a dish to share, bring your family, bring your friends. All are welcome to gather for dinner, community building, and to offer support. Aura Hernandez will share her story and you'll meet her and her family. Aura cannot step outside the 4th Universalist building. Monthly potlucks are a way to bring the Upper West Side (and beyond) to her, to show that she has a caring community all around her.

Inspired by the diversity of Jewish music around the globe, from liturgical settings, Israeli songs, Hassidic niggunim, and new compositions. Ability to carry a tune is important. Free for members; non-members $90 per semester or $180 per year. For more info, please email NHirschhorn@anschechesed.org.

This year we will study material from the first chapters of Bava Batra (in the Artscroll Talmud available at West Side Judaica or online) about the duties that neighbors have regarding each other's property. These sections will have interesting implications for economic competition, environmental safeguards and communal welfare in the modern age.

Inspired by the diversity of Jewish music around the globe, from liturgical settings, Israeli songs, Hassidic niggunim, and new compositions. Ability to carry a tune is important. Free for members; non-members $90 per semester or $180 per year. For more info, please email NHirschhorn@anschechesed.org.

This service delves into the structure and purpose of tefillot (prayers) and parshah (Torah portion). As they watch each other participate, children develop a feeling of community.

Babies and toddlers are exposed to the sights and sounds of Shabbat during this lively service. It is supplemented by fun and engaging songs, stories, and movement.

This service exposes children to a greater number of Shabbat tefillot (prayers) than are presented in the Mishpachah Service. Boys and girls are encouraged to help lead the prayers.

Meet, schmooze and enjoy the company of other Ansche Chesed families on shabbat afternoons while your children play in AC's gym. Shabbat gym is open for toddlers through pre-teen.