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Open Your Heart: Jewish Book and Arts Festival Begins

Houston Press 07 Nov 2025
Already on the New York Times Best Seller list, Angela Buchdahl’s new autobiography Heart of a Stranger ... Born in Seoul, Buchdahl’s story of growing up in Tacoma, Washington as the daughter of a Jewish ...
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Jewish divide over Mamdani shrinks

Israel Hayom 03 Nov 2025
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, who leads Manhattan's Central Synagogue – among the city's most important and historic Reform congregations – delivered sharp criticism Friday evening against Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor.
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Angela Buchdahl, prominent NYC rabbi, ratchets up criticism of Zohran Mamdani — and cautions against Jewish infighting

Forward 02 Nov 2025
Buchdahl had faced public and private criticism for declining to sign a rabbinic letter condemning Mamdani. .
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N.Y.C. rabbi moves off sidelines to condemn Mamdani amid Jewish divide.

New York Times 02 Nov 2025
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl of Central Synagogue in Manhattan took issue with Zohran Mamdani’s view of Israel, but said that religious leaders should not be in the endorsement business ... .
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New York Synagogues Speak of Courage — But Then Retreat in Fear in New York ...

The Algemeiner 30 Oct 2025
Opinion. Zohran Mamdani. Photo. Ron Adar / SOPA Images via Reuters Connect. Rabbi Angela Buchdahl’s recent message to members of Central Synagogue in New York City struck a nerve ... It’s a familiar move from American Jewish institutions ... It is confusion ... .
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Rabbis Angela Buchdahl and Elliot Cosgrove show the split in the pulpit over political endorsements

The Jerusalem Post 29 Oct 2025
Should a rabbi endorse a candidate? Two influential leaders offer different answers to a question vexing synagogues ....
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Rabbi Angela Buchdahl on finding belonging through "radical compassion"

CBS News 21 Oct 2025
As the first Asian American and first female senior rabbi in New York's Central Synagogue's history, Angela Buchdahl reflects on identity and empathy ... .
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Rahm Emanuel, Dan Senor, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl to headline JFNA GA

The Jerusalem Post 16 Oct 2025
This year’s conference will focus on three themes that organizers say define the moment for global Jewry. rebuilding Israel, community security, and driving Jewish engagement ....
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JCC Jewish Book & Arts Festival: Rabbi Angela Buchdahl is Festival’s Opening Night speaker

Jewish Herald Voice 16 Oct 2025
During her junior year in high school Angela Buchdahl applied for a Bronfman Youth Fellowship ... one Reform, one Chabad), Buchdahl was blown away by the rigorous text study ... In contrast, Buchdahl’s mother was not encouraging.
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We can feel brokenhearted for the suffering of the children of Isaac and of Ishmael. ...

Jewish Telegraph Agency 25 Sep 2025
This piece was originally delivered as a sermon titled “The Cries of Isaac and Ishmael” at Central Synagogue on the first day of Rosh Hashanah in 2025 ... But if I tell you these things, all of which I believe, some of you will just stop listening ... --.
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