Since 1969, Rabbi Angel has served Congregation Shearith Israel, the historic Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York City, founded in 1654. He is now devoting himself full time to the work of the Institute, serving as its Director.
Rabbi Angel has a long career of service to his congregation and community. He has served as President of the Rabbinical Council of America, the Rabbinic Alumni of RIETS, Sephardic House, and various other organizations. He has served as an officer and board member of UJA-Federation of New York, the HealthCare Chaplaincy, American Sephardi Federation, Cancer Care and other agencies. He has won national rabbinic awards from the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations and the United Jewish Communities, and the Finkle Award of the New York Board of Rabbis.
Author and editor of 28 books and hundreds of articles, he has won a National Jewish Book Award in the category of Jewish Thought for his book, "The Orphaned Adult", published by Human Sciences Press; and a National Jewish Book Finalist Award in the field of Sephardic Studies for his book "Foundations of Sephardic Spirituality: The Inner Life of Jews of the Ottoman Empire"; and another National Jewish Book Finalist Award for Jewish Scholarship for his book "Maimonides, Spinoza and Us: Toward an Intellectually Vibrant Judaism." The latter two books were published by Jewish Lights Publishers.