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At the age of five, Buchdahl moved to the United States with her family. She was raised Jewish, attending Temple Beth El in Tacoma , Washington , which her great-grandparents had assisted in founding a century before.
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.
Buchdahl was born in Seoul, Korea to a Jewish American father and a Korean Buddhist mother, and is the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi or cantor in North America.
Buchdahl enjoys cooking, swimming and yoga, plays guitar and listens to “coffeehouse” music and indie rockers. Music is a passion in her family: Her sister, Gina Coletti, is a classical viola player in Los Angeles.
On her family background... My father is a secular Reform Jew, and his family had a tight-knit Jewish community in Tacoma, Washington. He grew up with friends of all faiths, and strongly identified with being Jewish.
Rabbi Angela Lee Buchdahl (Warnick) Birthdate: July 08, 1972. Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea (Korea, Republic of) Immediate Family: Daughter of Private and Sulja Warnick Wife of Private Mother of Private; Private and Private. Managed by: Randy Schoenberg.
July 6, 2021 — Angela Warnick Buchdahl, the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi, speaks about her unique experiences with Asia Society President a...
For Buchdahl’s family, the lessons she teaches inside the synagogue and at home are rooted in her lifelong journey through Korean, American, Buddhist and Jewish experiences.
Angela Warnick Buchdahl is a South Korean-born American rabbi who was the first Asian American to lead a major U.S. synagogue (2014– ) and to be ordained as a cantor (1999) and as a rabbi (2001). When Warnick was five years old, she moved with her family from Seoul to Tacoma, Washington, where her.
Buchdahl is Central Synagogue’s first woman Senior Rabbi and the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi and as a cantor in the world. She is married to Jacob Buchdahl and has three children, Gabriel, Eli, and Rose.