Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl is senior rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York City. She was the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi in North America, and before that the first ordained as a cantor. She is also a member of the Forward Association.
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl
By Rabbi Angela Buchdahl
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Opinion ‘There are no words’: When what’s not said is what hurts the most
“Words bolster nations, build bridges, and bring healing,” Rabbi Angela Buchdahl told her congregation. “But words can also become barriers, curses and weapons"
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Opinion Israeli Jews are ‘crying out in pain.’ How will we respond?
If we want to test whether or not the Jewish people are still one body, we must see how one head responds to the suffering of the other.
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Opinion ‘The awe of interconnectedness:’ Rabbi Angela Buchdahl on the worst day of her life, and the redemptive power of wonder
As the first rabbi to speak at Stanford's Baccalaureate in 20 years, Buchdahl recalled the terror of the Colleyville hostage crisis — and how awe helped her survive that day
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Opinion ‘You’re running out of time’: Rabbi details calls with Texas terrorist
This essay is adapted from the sermon that Rabbi Angela Buchdahl delivered Friday night at Central Synagogue in Manhattan. Buchdahl, Central’s senior rabbi, fielded two cellphone calls last Saturday from Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, where a British gunman had taken a rabbi and three congregants hostage. The gunman, Malik Faisal Akram, asked the…
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Life ‘We Jews are not a race’: A rabbi of color speaks personally on Yom Kippur
This essay is adapted from the sermon Rabbi Angela Buchdahl delivered to Manhattan’s Central Synagogue, where she has been senior rabbi since 2013. Buchdahl was the first Asian-American to be ordained as a rabbi and, before that, the first to ordained as a cantor. You can watch the sermon on video here. Are you Jewish?…
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Community Why My Synagogue Is Taking A Break From Singing Carlebach
Our nation’s reckoning with sexual assault has unfolded with powerful parallels in our Torah’s narrative of our liberation from Egypt. As more and more women have come forward to describe harrowing experiences of sexual assault, I am reminded of our enslaved ancestors who dared to mark their doorposts with blood, identifying themselves as one of…
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