[4][5] The West End building was designed to seat 1,600, have social events for 500, and like its predecessor, has a rooftop garden.

Cantor Natasha J. Hirschhorn[10] leads the sung portion of the service, and is also Ansche Chesed's music director.

Ansche Chesed runs a Hebrew School, with classes that begin in pre-school and continue through the teen years.

[11] The synagogue also runs an array of other educational initiatives, focused on adult learning, literature, and family programs.

Ansche Chesed hosts several unaffiliated nursery schools, including Purple Circle, Morningside Montessori, Yaldaynu Preschool, and Discovery Programs.

At the Havurah School, students learn a wide variety of Jewish subjects primarily through the arts.

Biblical improvisation, painting and drawing, work in clay, movement, creative writing, debate and music are some of the techniques used to experientially understand the Torah, the holidays, and the great themes of Jewish life, tradition, and philosophy.