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Note: All services in the Sanctuary (except for Minha/Ma'ariv on Monday and Tuesday) will also be available virtually via Livestream or Zoom.

We will be making a digital version of Mahzor Lev Shalem available to those who participate online. Use this link to access it: https://view.protectedpdf.com/bVky9e.

West Side Minyan Morning Services - 9:30am

On the 5th Floor (please email at least 3 days in advance to attend) or on Zoom

You can submit names and view the Book of Remembrance online here.

If you have any questions about submitting names, please contact the office.

As Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur approach, Ansche Chesed invites our community to join an exercise in collaborative poetry. Click here for a Google form with prompts for you to express what is in your heart and mind at this intense time of year. Feel free to respond to any or all of these eight prompts with one-line reflections. We will weave the threads you supply into a collaborative tapestry to share with the wider community on the holidays.

It’s easy to become overwhelmed by the magnitude of dire need across this world and the ongoing list of things we ourselves wish to change. But remember - change can only happen incrementally. Maybe as one person you cannot change the world, but what if you could change the world of just one person? DOROT offers unique opportunities to do valuable intergenerational work centered around the Jewish values of Tikkun Olam - repairing the world & doing good deeds; Tzedakah, stemming from ‘justice’ or helping people/causes in need; and Chesed, acts of loving kindness for someone else.

Email hforrest@dorotusa.org or click here for more info on getting involved with DOROT, so you can foster cross-generational relationships in your community and be the difference for someone else.

If we can be of assistance to you before the High Holidays, please contact us at chesed@anschechesed.org.

Note: All services in the Sanctuary will also be available virtually via Livestream.

We will be making a digital version of Mahzor Lev Shalem available to those who participate online. Use this link to access it: https://view.protectedpdf.com/bVky9e.

In-Person (please email at least 3 days in advance to attend)

Click the thermometer to pledge or donate to the Rav Chesed campaign, and to check out the campaign video and FAQs. If you already have donated, thank you for getting us this far. 

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

Please see our website for a full list of Covid Protocols:

Attendance: We are not requiring preregistration to attend services.

Vaccination: Attendees must have received all eligible vaccines.

Masks: We ask that everyone continue to wear masks during services except when leading prayers, reading Torah or taking speaking roles, or eating during Kiddush.

Click here for the Source Sheet for this week's class (updated on Friday afternoon).

Ability to carry a tune is important; reading Hebrew or music is not required; Tuesdays 7:30-9:00pm. Free for Ansche Chesed members; non-members pay $90 per semester or $180 per year. For more information, or to schedule an audition, please email NHirschhorn@AnscheChesed.org.

Continuing their tradition from summers at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, Rabbi Kalmanofsky and his buddies, Rabbis Barry Chesler and Eliot Malomet host #ParshaTalk, more popularly known as "Three Old Guys Talking About the Parsha."

Watch on YouTube or listen on Spotify.

With many ways to give back Lotsa Helping Hands has a calendar full of opportunities. From preparing dinner to running errands, volunteering is easy. Follow this link to join the community for Love in Action: Sanctuary for Arriving Migrants. Once approved you will receive an email and can view the calendar to select a task.

ACRA was created to respond to the world refugee crisis. Over the past six months, we have helped 4 family cohorts—a total of 10 people—who have fled violence to rebuild their lives in the US. We would like to extend our work to others in need.

Our experience shows that we need to raise an additional $40,000 - and increase our volunteer pool - to comfortably commit to sponsor an additional family and continue supporting those already in the ACRA “family.” For that, we need your help! 

Donations can be made online here.

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

Sublet or Apartment near Ansche Chesed: If anyone hears of a 3+ BR sublet or apartment walking distance from Ansche Chesed (within 25 blocks), and available starting in October (or thereabouts), please reach out to Ilan Stein at istein82@gmail.com. Thank you.

I have a large carton of Hebrew books, pictured below - novels, literature, poetry, philosophy. Some children’s books too. Looking to give to anyone who is interested. Please contact me at marionrichman@hotmail.com.