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Heart to Heart With Rabbi Angela Buchdahl
Thursday, 11 December, 2025

In conversation with Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein, Angela Buchdahl, the trailblazing senior rabbi of New York City’s Central Synagogue and one of America’s most influential Jewish spiritual leaders, joins Hadassah Magazine Presents to discuss her remarkable journey from South Korea, where she was born, to the rabbinate; finding light and joy in Judaism today amid the many challenges; and her new memoir, Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi’s Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging.Further ResourcesPurchase a copy of Heart of a Stranger on BookshopRead Hadassah Magazine's profile "Angela Buchdahl, ‘An Unlikely Rabbi’" by Gary RosenblattFollow Rabbi Buchdahl on Instagram and on FacebookListen to Rabbi Buchdahl's sermons from Central SynagogueThe show is hosted by Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein and produced by Hadassah Magazine with the support of the Engagement and Marketing divisions of Hadassah.Arielle Kaplan edited this episode. Get more of Hadassah Magazine! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and subscribe to get the latest print magazine delivered to your mailbox.