Shabbat with Guest Speaker Rabbi Angela Buchdahl

  • December 5, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

  • Wilshire Boulevard Temple

    3663 Wilshire Boulevard
    Los Angeles, California 90010
Ticket Price $0.00-$32.00 Register
Description

New York Times best selling author Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Senior Rabbi of New York’s Central Synagogue and the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi, will join Rabbi Joel Nickerson and Cantor Lisa Peicott for a special Shabbat on Friday, December 5 at 6 PM. During the service, Rabbi Buchdahl and Rabbi Nickerson will explore themes from her new memoir, Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi’s Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging. Her book traces her journey from outsider to one of the most influential spiritual leaders in the world. Also ordained as a Cantor, she will join Cantor Lisa Peicott in song. Please join us in our historic sanctuary for an inspiring evening.

A limited number of pre-signed signed copies of Rabbi Buchdahl's book are available for purchase. 

Bio
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl serves as the Senior Rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York City, the first woman to lead this flagship congregation in its 185 year history. Under her leadership, Central Synagogue has grown to become one of the largest synagogues in the world, including congregants attending via livestream in more than one hundred countries. Born in Korea to a Jewish American father and a Korean Buddhist mother, she is the first Asian -American to be ordained as a rabbi in North America. Rabbi Buchdahl was invited by President Barack Obama in 2014 and President Joe Biden in 2023 to share blessings for the White House Chanukah Party. She has been featured in dozens of news outlets including the Today Show, NPR, Wall Street Journal, PBS and Newsweek's Most Influential Rabbis. Rabbi Buchdahl and her husband, Jacob Buchdahl, live in New York City and have three children.

Date & Time

Fri, Dec 5, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Venue Details

Wilshire Boulevard Temple

3663 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90010 Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Wilshire Boulevard Temple - Los Angeles

Celebrating 162 years in Los Angeles and one of America’s most highly respected congregations, Wilshire Boulevard Temple has been serving the Los Angeles Jewish community since its founding in 1862 as Congregation B’nai B'rith, the city’s first synagogue. Today, Wilshire Boulevard Temple carries out the mission through a variety of ways, as a center for Jewish spirituality and celebration, a place for lifelong learning and friendship and home to an engaged congregation where every person can make a difference. 

 


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