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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Israel Hayom: Biden’s ‘starvation politics’ help with his base; Israel is perplexed
Apr 20, 2024
It’s not just Israelis that are bothered by the voices coming from the Democratic administration, but also leaders of the American Jewish community. The loudest and boldest public voice was raised recently by Reform Rabbi Ammi Hirsch at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. In an unprecedented warning speech that directly addressed senior Democratic officials, Hirsch said: “Allow me to express a nonpartisan word to all of our friends in elected office from the Democratic Party… do not take American Jews for granted.”
J-Wire: Israel needs to loved and feared
Apr 19, 2024
On the Zionist liberal left, one United States Jewish leader, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, a prominent American Reform Rabbi who has a lifelong reputation for being an outstanding Israel advocate, beautifully expressed his own community’s relationship with Israel, as he works hard to bring his congregants and others, along with him. Rabbi Hirsch said: “Our synagogue and American Jewry support Israel unconditionally, not uncritically, there never was such a Jew who was an uncritical Jew. But we support Israel unconditionally
Makor Rishon (Hebrew): An American Reform rabbi in a message to Biden: ‘Don’t take America’s Jews for granted’
Apr 16, 2024
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, one of the Reform movement’s prominent leaders, issues a warning to the Democratic Party. And famous evangelical Pastor John Hagee calls on the administration to encourage escalation.
Fox News: Left-wing rabbi warns Biden, Democrats not to count on Jewish votes from the pulpit
Apr 16, 2024
Sending a warning to Democrats, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch spoke about the 2024 elections and how liberal Jewish voters are planning to cast their ballots.
NY1: Jewish rabbis in city sound alarm over Iran
Apr 15, 2024
“Iran is the chief fomenter of terrorism and radicalism in the Middle East. It has developed proxies from seven different fronts surrounding Israel,” said our Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch in an interview with NY1’s Nia Clark.
JNS: Reform rabbi to Democrat politicians: ‘Do not take American Jews for granted’
Apr 15, 2024
Ammi Hirsch, senior rabbi at New York City’s Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, shared a video, posted on Sunday, during a service noting some fraught conversations with Jewish Democrats of late. “Neither I nor our synagogue engage in partisan politics. So allow me to express a nonpartisan word to all of our friends in elected office from the Democratic Party,” he said. “From one who is finely attuned to American Jewish sentiment, do not take American Jews for granted.”
The Jerusalem Post: Prominent Reform rabbi to Democrats: Don’t take American Jews for granted
Apr 15, 2024
The Democratic Party should not take the vote of American Jews for granted in the upcoming U.S. elections, prominent American Reform Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch cautioned in a Friday sermon at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York. “Allow me to express a non-partisan word to all our friends in elected office from the Democratic party from one who is finely attuned to the American Jewish sentiment: Do not take American Jews for granted,” said Hirsch. “Be careful: The results of the upcoming election do not only depend on Michigan.”
World Israel News: Reform rabbi warns Democrats not to take Jewish vote for granted
Apr 15, 2024
Our Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch warned the Democratic Party not to take the Jewish vote for granted in the 2024 elections. During a sermon at the Stephen Wise synagogue in New York City, Hirsch said, “Allow me to express a non-partisan word to all our friends in elected office from the Democratic party from one who is finely attuned to the American Jewish sentiment: Do not take American Jews for granted.”
Jewish Link: UN Rally Demands Release of Hostages
Apr 11, 2024
At an April 7 rally for the hostages still being held in Gaza, rabbinical figures offered words of strength. Addressing the hostages’ families present, our Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch said, “We are here to urge you to not lose hope, and we will stand with you no matter how long it takes.”
eJewishPhilanthropy: Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch and the possible ‘crisis’ facing Reform Judaism
Apr 5, 2024
For decades, our Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch has been an unequivocally pro-Israel voice within the Reform movement. During a time that Hirsch, fresh off his latest solidarity visit to Israel, calls “a period [that will] be viewed 100 years from now as consequential in Jewish history,” he sat down with eJewishPhilanthropy’s Haley Cohen to discuss where the Reform movement is now, where it should be and where it is headed. With efforts underway in the Reform movement to enhance Zionist identity, Hirsch warned, “It’s not too late. But it is late.”
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