August 1, 2024 | General News

This summer, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl celebrated three major milestones: 18 years at Central Synagogue, her tenth as our senior rabbi, and the opening of the Israel Education Research Center at Seoul National University in Korea.

May 29, 2024 | General News | Messages From Leadership

Watch Senior Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and President Shonni Silverberg deliver their remarks at our Annual Congregational Meeting, held on Thursday, May 30, 2024.

April 2, 2024 | General News

On Passover, we reflect on freedom and oppression, exodus and displacement—not just in the Biblical story but throughout the ages and across the globe. In that spirit, Central member Adam Muskin shares the story of his own exodus from Russia at the outset of the Ukrainian invasion.

November 30, 2023 | General News | Messages From Leadership | Repairing the World

Today, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) delivered a major address on antisemitism on the Senate floor. Click through to read Senator Schumer’s remarks as prepared for delivery.

November 9, 2023 | General News

As rabbi-educators at large synagogues in New York, Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal (Central Synagogue) and Rabbi Rena Rifkin (Stephen Wise Free Synagogue) have received feedback from parents expressing their frustration with their schools’ responses to the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel. After speaking with multiple families, both rabbis shared their advice and best practices that can help support other parents as they work with their schools in the coming weeks and beyond.