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Sharon Kleinbaum



Sharon Kleinbaum is an American rabbi, human rights advocate, and spiritual leader of New York City’s Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST). Sharon was named one of the fifty most influential rabbis, one of the top ten women religious leaders, and one of fifteen inspiring LGBT religious leaders by various news outlets. She is most well known for her social justice work for the LGBTQIA community.

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Diversity: Race, Gender, and Civil Disobedience -Urvashi Vaid & Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum

This session featured activist, author and attorney, Urvashi Vaid and CBST's own Senior Rabbi ‎Sharon Kleinbaum for a conversation on diversity.

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Interview: Sharon Kleinbaum

In conversation with Sharon Kleinbaum, Senior Rabbi at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah.

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Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Strikes Out Against Religion Based Bigotry

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum zof Congregation Beth Simchat Torah addresses protesters in New York City on the Proposition 8 Day of Decision. She tells the crowd that those who want to codify their religious biases into civil law are bigots.

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Inspiring LGBT Religious Leaders

Reflecting and shaping the culture in which it is embedded, religion has historically been hostile to LGBT-identified people and communities.

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A Conversation With . . . Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Bishop Gene Robinson

Sharon Kleinbaum, rabbi of New York's largest LGBT synagogue, leads Judaism's national dialogue on the issues of gay rights and social justice. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Bishop in the Episcopal Church, has been at the center of the Church's heated debate on homosexuality.

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New York’s New Firebrand Rabbi

For Sharon Kleinbaum—friend of Christine Quinn, partner to Randi Weingarten—the personal is political.

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You’ve Got Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah sits down to talk about her synagogue’s open-arms policy towards gay and lesbians, and relives some of the more sensational moments in her life as an activist against intolerance.

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Outfront: Lesbian Rabbi Fights Intolerance with Love

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum is spreading light this Hanukkah, not with a menorah, but with love.

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What We Learned from the AIDS Crisis: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Interviewed by Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, the Spiritual Leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah

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Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Stands Up for Gay Marriage in the Face of Jewish Prejudice

Yesterday a scuffle broke out between a group of Rockland Hassidic men and Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah. The incident occurred during a protest outside the New York state senate where a gay marriage bill is currently under debate.

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