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Congregation Beit Simchat Torah

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Rabbi Mike Moskowitz just took a job at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, a New York City synagogue serving the LGBT community. Next to him is the synagogue’s senior rabbi, Sharon Kleinbaum. (Courtesy of CBST/via JTA)
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The sanctuary is designed so that no seat is more than 35 feet from the pulpit. (Courtesy)
October 20, 2016, 1:00 pm
After 40+ years in ‘desert,’ New York’s biggest LGBTQ synagogue has a fancy new home
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah has been breaking barriers even while wandering for 43 years. Now, with the help of a $23m. renovation, the mobile tabernacle is finally enshrined
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Joel Moskowitz
October 14, 2016, 2:43 pm
Joel Moskowitz
Trying the gay shul on for size
He was moved to tears by the devout Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, despite (or because of) straight, Orthodox roots
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