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What if Being a Stranger Is Actually Your Superpower? | Better in Person

August 12, 2026·34 min·6-min readinterviewculture
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Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, a trailblazing Asian American Jewish leader, reflects on her journey of identity, faith, and leadership in a polarized world, advocating for empathy, moral beauty, and the power of dialogue to transcend binary thinking. Her role as a public religious figure has brou

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Angela Buchdahl

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Angela BuchdahlStephen DubnerDacher KeltnerCharlie Cytron-Walker

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Heart of a Strangerby Angela BuchdahlThe Sabbathby Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Central Synagogue

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Judaism

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