Ammiel Hirsch
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Ammiel Hirsch 1958 or 1959 (age 65–66) |
| Nationality | American |
| Parent(s) | Rabbi Richard G. and Bella Hirsch |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Reform Judaism |
| Position | Senior Rabbi |
| Synagogue | Stephen Wise Free Synagogue |
| Other | Former Executive Director, Association of Reform Zionists of America/World Union for Progressive Judaism, North America |
| Residence | New York City |
| Semikhah | Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion |
Ammiel Hirsch (Hebrew: עמיאל הירש, also spelled Amiel Hirsch) (born 1958 or 1959) is an American Reform rabbi and attorney. He is the senior rabbi of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue and former executive director of the Association of Reform Zionists of America/World Union for Progressive Judaism, North America. In 2024, The Jerusalem Post named him among “The 50 Most Influential Jews of the Year.” In 2016, City & State New York magazine praised him as “the borough's most influential voice” for Manhattan's more than 300,000 Jews, and, in 2015, the New York Observer named him among “New York’s Most Influential Religious Leaders.” He has written two books: "The Lilac Tree: A Rabbi's Reflections on Love, Courage, and History" (2023) and "One People, Two Worlds: A Reform Rabbi and an Orthodox Rabbi Explore the Issues That Divide Them" (2003), which he co-authored with Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman.