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Angela Buchdahl

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Angela Buchdahl · Historical & Religious Figures

What

Angela Warnick Buchdahl is the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi and cantor.

When

8 July 1972

Biography

Angela Buchdahl is recognized among Jewish contributors to Historical & Religious Figures — Angela Warnick Buchdahl is the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi and cantor.

How & why

Angela Warnick Buchdahl is the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi and cantor. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Helen Kim, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Helen Kim

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Angela Warnick Buchdahl is the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi and cantor.

1972

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Helen Kim