Media coverage of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue has included feature articles and highlights in the many local, national and international news outlets. Below is some select coverage that highlights the synagogue.
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JTA: Netanyahu says he supports a Palestinian ‘state-minus’ controlled by Israeli security
Oct 24, 2018
At the Jewish Federations GA in Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said what worried him more than the Western Wall was loss of Jewish identity outside of Israel. He cited an op-ed in JTA by our Senior Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch to illustrate his point: “In the modern world, those who are not committed to Jewish survival will not survive as Jews.”
The Jerusalem Post: Netanyahu: Loss of Identity is Most Serious Challenge for Diaspora Jews
Oct 24, 2018
At the Jewish Federations GA in Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quoted our Senior Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, who wrote in JTA: “Those who are not committed to Jewish survival will not survive as Jews.” Hirsch’s op-ed, adapted from his 2018 Yom Kippur sermon, “From the Ghetto,” is here.
Times of Israel: Blaming ‘ultra-Orthodox street,’ Netanyahu defends freezing Western Wall deal
Oct 24, 2018
At the Jewish Federations GA in Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quoted our Senior Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, who wrote in JTA: “Those who are not committed to Jewish survival will not survive as Jews.” Hirsch’s op-ed, adapted from his 2018 Yom Kippur sermon, “From the Ghetto,” is here.
JTA: Non-Orthodox leaders downplay ‘backchannel’ delegation of rabbis that met with Netanyahu
Oct 23, 2018
Leaders of the Reform and Conservative movements in the United States downplayed the delegation of 20 rabbis, which included our Senior Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, who were invited to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Haaretz: Fed Up With Critics, Netanyahu Opens Back Channel to Undermine US Reform, Conservative Leaders
Oct 22, 2018
Our Senior Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch traveled to Israel as part of a delegation of 20 rabbis to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials. “Our movement is too narrowly focused on politics and religious pluralism, and not focused enough on what’s going to make or break our movement in Israel,” he told Haaretz. This article was also published in Hebrew here.
Macaroni Kid Upper West Side: How to Build Your Young Child’s Independence
Oct 16, 2018
Miriam Kalmar, director of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue’s Early Childhood Center, shares expert advice for building independence in young children.
NY Jewish Week: Liberal Branches On Rise In Israel
Oct 16, 2018
Our Senior Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch responded to a new study showing Israeli Jews are increasingly identifying as Reform or Conservative. “There is a huge unrealized potential,” Hirsch said, a “historic” opportunity for non-Orthodox streams of Judaism to strengthen their foothold in the Jewish state.
Broadway World: 80 Years After Kristallnacht, Classical Concert in NY will Commemorate Nazis’ Victims
Oct 9, 2018
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue and its Anti-Semitism Task Force will host a concert this Oct. 28 to commemorate 80 years since “Kristallnacht,” the Nazi pogrom against German Jews.
JTA: This is the gravest threat to the future of liberal Judaism
Oct 5, 2018
In this op-ed based on his 2018 Yom Kippur sermon, “From the Ghetto,” our Senior Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch writes about how the growing inclination among liberal Jews to de-emphasize Jewish distinctiveness is the gravest threat to the future of liberal Judaism.
The Jerusalem Post: The 50 Most Influential Jews of the Year
Sep 9, 2018
Our Senior Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch was named one of The Jerusalem Post’s “50 Most Influential Jews of the Year.” “Hirsch is a charismatic and passionate Jewish leader, a strong advocate for Israel and a standard-bearer for liberal values, messages he is disseminating from his pulpit in New York,” wrote The Post’s Jeremy Sharon.
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