Heart of A Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi’s Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging, by Angela Buchdahl. Pamela Dorman Books/Viking/Random House, 2025. 342 pages.
I learned a great deal from Rabbi Angela Buchdahl’s eloquent memoir, which shares her experiences and insights as the first East Asian-American rabbi to be ordained in America. At the end of each chapter, she includes a “dvar,” (explication) of vital Jewish values, and in doing so shares the complexity of these ideas in clear and moving words and examples.
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