February 24, 2016 | General News

Central Synagogue was proud to partner with Free Bird Farm for the past five years in hosting a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program. As we aim to be very deliberate about how we are spending our time and our resources, and engaging our members deeply and meaningfully in exploring their Jewish lives, Central’s leaders have had to make choices about where to focus our efforts and have decided to discontinue the CSA program this year. However, we strongly encourage members to continue supporting the Free Bird Farm’s CSA program through one of their local New York sites.

February 16, 2016 | General News

After many months of careful work by our Search Committee, and a unanimous vote of approval by our Executive Committee which brought its recommendation to
The Board of Trustees, we are delighted to share with you that Central Synagogue's new Executive Director will be Marcia Caban. Marcia will join the
Central team on April 18th.

January 5, 2016 | General News

In her recent Kveller article, Danielle Shapiro talks about the struggles of bringing her 4-year-old twins to a Tot Shabbat service. She writes, "For the rabbi whose service we disrupted, and the parents who heard our screaming, running children, and for the lady who I cut ahead of in the buffet line to get nuggets - all I have to say is I'm sorry, we have twins."

As a rabbi who works with children and families, I appreciate parents who want their children to behave and engage in our programming. As a parent of young children, I want my children to behave reasonably every time we leave the house. But I also know those are wishes, not realities.

December 29, 2015 | General News

The world seems especially dark right now, as tragic world events combine with the early night. So when I saw that Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand
Action for Gun Sense were putting on a series of rallies and walks around the country to mark the anniversary of the Sandy Hook mass shooting, I knew I had
to be there.

This is one of those issues that keeps me up at night-worrying about the safety not just of my own children, but of all the children in this country. At a
time of year when darkness descends so early, and when most cultures celebrate light, the rally's occurrence on the last night of Hanukkah seemed like
God's way of telling me that this was how I could spread the light to close out the holiday.

December 21, 2015 | General News

As reports of terrorism and intolerance weigh heavily on the holiday season, is peace really possible? TODAY's Hoda Kotb posed the question to three female religious leaders: Rev. Jacqui Lewis of New York City's Middle Collegiate Church, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl of Central Synagogue in New York City, and Muslim peace advocate Sahar Alsahlani.