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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Maariv: Netanyahu Proves He Does Not Care About American Jews
Jun 28, 2017
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch is quoted in an article in a popular Israeli newspaper about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to halt a project that would have allowed men and women to pray together at the Western Wall. (In Hebrew)
New York Daily News: Why We Cannot Close Our Doors to Refugees
Jun 28, 2017
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch draws on the synagogue’s recent refugee relief mission to Greece and Germany and responds to President Trump’s travel ban.
The Forward: Inside the Lives of Middle Eastern Refugees
Jun 21, 2017
Stephen Wise member Roberta Schuhalter Karp reflects on the synagogue’s refugee relief mission to Greece and Germany.
The New York Jewish Week: A Passion for Teaching, from Shul to Prison School
May 25, 2017
Kayla Kirshenbaum, assistant director of education at our Religious School, is named among the Jewish Week’s “36 Under 36.”
New York Times: Bernie Sanders’s Criticism of Israel
Apr 19, 2017
“Don’t attack Israel, and Israel will not attack you,” Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch wrote in a letter published in the New York Times.
The Times of Israel: This Passover, Let Us Step Into the Shoes of the Refugee
Apr 6, 2017
“This year in particular, in the aftermath of a deadly chemical attack in Syria, Passover offers a call to action to all Americans to defend human dignity and uphold our common humanity,” Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch wrote in the Times of Israel.
NY1 New Yorker of the Week: Norman Roth
Mar 18, 2017
NY1 Spectrum News features Norman Roth as “New Yorker of the Week.”
Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Not Just Prayers
Mar 10, 2017
“Judaism is a faith that believes in action, in making the world a better place through policy,” Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch said in an article that highlights the synagogue’s recent social action work.
YNET: Ambassador Nominee Apologizes, As Rabbis Call for Fair Hearing
Feb 15, 2017
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch responds to President Trump’s controversial pick to serve as US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman.
The Forward: How I’m Turning Tu B’Shevat Into A Subversive Political Act
Feb 7, 2017
“Tu B’Shevat is not fun only anymore,” Rabbi Diana Fersko wrote in this column.“With the election of a climate-change-denier-in-chief, it’s a chance to assert our values and even our politics.”
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