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Angela Buchdahl (née Warnick; Korean: 앤절라 워닉 북달; [2] born July 8, 1972) is an American reform rabbi. She was the first East Asian-American to be ordained as a rabbi, and the first East Asian-American to be ordained as a hazzan (cantor).
Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl serves as the Senior Rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York City and is the first woman to lead Central’s Reform congregation in its 180-year history. Rabbi Buchdahl first joined Central Synagogue as Senior Cantor in 2006.
God creates light–creates the entire world— with a directive, with WORDS. As a Jewish people, we understand the power of WORDS to create a reality. Words bolster nations, build bridges, and bring healing. But words can also become barriers, curses and weapons. Jews have never ascribed to the childhood rhyme that ‘words will never hurt us.’.
Angela Warnick Buchdahl serves as the Senior Cantor of Central Synagogue, a flagship synagogue of the Reform movement with a membership of over 6500 members.
Angela Buchdahl, senior rabbi of Manhattan’s Central Synagogue, was the first Asian-American to be ordained as a rabbi and, before that, as a cantor.
As the first Asian-American rabbi and cantor, Angela Buchdahl has shifted people’s perceptions of what it means to look Jewish, but it is her intellect, charisma, and deep spiritual curiosity that have made her the senior rabbi at a prestigious Manhattan synagogue.
Today, Buchdahl, who was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1972, is unquestionably a pioneer in the world of Reform Judaism. She was the first woman to be ordained as both a cantor and a rabbi, and...
She is the first Asian American to be ordained as a cantor or rabbi and the first woman to attain both positions. For the past seven years, she has not only served as senior cantor of Central Synagogue, a 2,000-family Reform congregation in New York, but also as a poster girl for the face of Jewish diversity in America.
Angela Warnick Buchdahl is the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi and cantor. She is the senior rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York and is a major leader in American Judaism’s continued work on diversity, equity, inclusion, and innovation.
Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl currently serves as the senior rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York and has been in the position since 2014, making her the first female leader that the...