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“Welcome! Ask me about Ansche Chesed” isn’t just a tag Bena Medjuck-Bruckner and Gustavo Bruckner wear. It’s their neshama. Learn more

Elaine Morris, Elisheva Urbas and David Morris’s involvement in Minyan M’at spans four decades and three generations. Learn more

Then there are the new kids on the block, Deb and Sol Mowshowitz, who arrived at Ansche Chesed in the 1970s and helped found the West Side Minyan. 

RSVP for the gala and place a journal ad to express your gratitude to these incredible community builders, and view the journal to see everyone's good wishes.

The Executive Director Search Committee would appreciate your help spreading the word by sharing the recently-posted description within your networks.

For more information about the position or to apply, please send a cover letter and résumé by email to directorsearch@anschechesed.org.

Pass along THIS VIDEO to anyone in your network who may have an interest. Post on social media! You’ll be helping us establish an important source of revenue.

Aging Alone, Together—with DOROT

Aging Alone, Together is designed for anyone seeking tools, strategies and support to age successfully and plan for the future. Space is limited, register here.

In partnership with DOROT, Romemu, SAJ, and West End Synagogue.

For more than 50 years, day-in and day-out, Mayer Cavalier z"l davvened in our chapel, always in his own makom kavua, his fixed place, just to the right of the ark. Since Mayer's passing, we miss him every day. Yet we still feel illuminated by the memory of his 1000-watt smile.

Please join the Cavalier family and Ansche Chesed to dedicate the chapel in memory of this dear person. After a short ceremony, a light reception will follow.

All are welcome to attend. To help us plan the event, please RSVP here; responses are appreciated but not required.

RuPaul's Drag Race brought drag culture to the mainstream, and with it some fierce Jewish queens, but this art form has a long and diverse history. We will trace the subversive roots of cross-dressing in ancient texts, move through the traditions of drag queens and kings in Yiddish diaspora theatre, visit modern day gender-bending drag in prime-time TV and examine sabra drag among the LGBTQIA+ Israeli community. Learn more and register.

Join us at our popular literary program to hear emerging and established Jewish writers read from their recent work, all on our breezy and beautiful rooftop space (or indoors if it rains). Snacks, beverages and books available for purchase.

Adam Kirsch, The Revolt Against Humanity and The Discarded Life

Joseph Berger, Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence

Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

Michael Frank, One Hundred Saturdays

Judy Katz, How News Travels

Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds

Meryl Frank, Unearthed

Learn more about our authors!

Jewish life often seems to demand a lot of background knowledge. Where do you learn it all, especially as an adult? Join Rabbis Hammerman and Kalmanofsky to learn anew or go back and review core Jewish practices and concepts.

Shirei Chesed continues to build community by learning a rich repertoire of Jewish music, bringing harmony into a world that needs it more than ever. For more information, or to schedule an audition, please email Hazzan Natasha Hirschhorn.

Wednesdays at 7pm in the 5th Floor Office Conference Room or via Zoom

This year we are studying Bava Metzia chapter 6, "One Who Hires Artisans," on the obligations of employers and employees. It also includes spiritually rich material about freedom and obligation, and ethical excellence beyond the letter of the law.

Saturdays, 9am in the Chapel or on Zoom

Led this Shabbat by Rabbi Lewis Warshauer

Come before class at 8:45am for hot coffee and schmoozing! This class is dedicated to Rabbi Jules Harlow, a great teacher of Torah and Jewish liturgy. Click here for this week's Source Sheet (updated on Friday afternoon).

Join Rabbi Kalmanofsky and his buddies, Rabbis Barry Chesler and Eliot Malomet, for their weekly Parsha Talk, more popularly known as "Three Old Guys Talking About the Parsha." Click here for the latest episode!

We invite all teens to bring their friends and families to AC, to welcome Shabbat together with songs and stories, led by our teen leaders, clergy and Aliza Sebert.

Lift your voice with us in holy harmony, b'nima kedosha. Come and hear what musical surprise Hazzan Hirschhorn and the Shirei Chesed Chorus have for you!

We invite you to add the names of your dear ones to our Misheberakh List so that we can include them in our weekly Shabbat prayers for healing. Click here to submit names. Names will remain on the Mishaberakh list for one month.

Calling all teens! Volunteer at our annual Feast for Our Neighbors, where we invite all who are hungry to come and eat. We'll begin with pizza and learning with Rabbi Kalmanofsky and Aliza Sebert followed by setup, serving food, schmoozing with our neighbors, and cleanup. Volunteer hours available. Email Aliza if interested.

It's a Jewish tradition to stay up all night on Shavuot, eating dairy treats and studying Torah. Join us for a family-friendly celebration with stories, songs, dairy dinner and ice cream. Pajamas welcome - come party in your PJs! Register here.

ACRA is part of AC's response to the world refugee crisis. Over the past year, we have helped four families rebuild their lives in the US.

Please CLICK HERE for a copy of Ruth Messenger's dvar torah from Refugee Shabbat.

Team TLC NYC is active in assisting asylum seekers arriving in NYC. They need volunteers and donations.

CLICK HERE to sign up to volunteer with their Little Shop of Kindness.

CLICK HERE for instructions on how to donate money or order needed items.

HIAS often asks us to join them in advocating with members of congress, to remind them that "Welcoming the Stranger" is important to our community, and we expect our representatives to act. We know that hearing from large groups of constituents affects what they prioritize. Congregations across the country are joining this advocacy by signing a letter for our elected officials.

CLICK HERE. Read it, then scroll down to the list of congregations. Select Ansche Chesed and fill out the form.

Learn more about AC's Refugee Assistance efforts HERE.

To become more involved, please reach out to us HERE.

Music appreciators with memory loss and their loved ones (from all synagogues!) are invited to join a new choral initiative at Park Avenue Synagogue for weekly enrichment. Conducted by Cantor Mira Davis and based on the success of the Unforgettables Chorus at NYU. If interested, please email Cantor Mira Davis.

Howard and I live in Delaware. Our daughter, Annie, and son-in-love (as I call him), Pierce, live in our old NYC apartment. They are expecting, and we are going to be full time caregivers of the new baby when Annie has to go back to work!

We're looking for a studio, 1-bedroom, digs of some sort, for the two of us plus our cat, for the months of October, November, through December 22. Also, Annie will need to work there during the day while we are in their home with the baby. Any leads very appreciated, happy to discuss pricing. Email or call us at 917-324-7658.

I am recommending my housekeeper who is excellent and very experienced. She also served as my mother's caretaker and definitely enhanced my mother's quality of life. Please feel free to email or call me at 212-864-8163 for further details.