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Rabbi Jill Jacobs at a protest against the Israeli government's proposed judicial reforms in New York City, February 21, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
April 28, 2025, 5:59 pm
Over 550 rabbis, cantors sign letter accusing Trump of ‘abusing’ antisemitism issue
American clergy, mostly from non-Orthodox movements, say US administration exploiting real threat ‘to divide Americans, undermine democracy, and harm other vulnerable communities
By JTA and ToI Staff
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, with Rabbi Sharon Kleibaum, left, and Rabbi Rachel Timoner, right, speaks at a press conference after meeting with 55 women rabbis at City Hall, May 19, 2022. (Gili Getz via JTA)
May 20, 2022, 9:31 am
NY mayor meets with women rabbis to discuss antisemitism, climate change
Clergy sought meeting due to concerns Adams consults with Haredi Jews who don’t represent city’s diversity; organizer says they showed mayor not every rabbi is ‘a man with a beard’
By Jacob Henry
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah joined others at a 2016 press conference condemning the appearance of Smith & Wesson's CEO at a conference. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images/JTA)
August 3, 2021, 11:00 am
Rabbi of New York City LGBTQ synagogue to rejoin US religious freedom commission
Biden picks Sharon Kleinbaum, long-time leader of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, for panel that works advance international freedom of belief
By JTA and ToI Staff
American historian and author Deborah Lipstadt poses for photographer at the Rome Film festival in Rome, on October 17, 2016. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)
July 30, 2021, 11:03 pm
Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt nominated as US antisemitism envoy
Diverse array of Jewish groups welcome announcement, which also included tapping of New York LGBT synagogue Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum to Commission on International Religious Freedom
By Jacob Magid
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten speaks about education, January 9, 2017, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
April 9, 2021, 5:42 am
US teachers union head Randi Weingarten has a vision to get kids back to school
Firebrand leader has strong words for Jews who say unions are the obstacle as she attempts to get her group’s 1.7 million members into classrooms
By Laura Adkins
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, April 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
November 1, 2020, 9:49 am
ADL slams conservative PAC for calling Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum an ‘anti-Semite’
Jewish leader is known for her advocacy on behalf of LGBTQ and human rights; American Liberty Fund ad accompanies accusation with footage from Holocaust
By Ron Kampeas
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, April 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
April 13, 2020, 4:47 am
In New York, an LGBT rabbi who confronted AIDS crisis now faces COVID-19
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, who heads Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in Manhattan, struggles with challenges of not being able to be in psychical contact with her congregants
By David Crary
Yemeni-American woman with flag hijab. (Adam Zucker)
July 23, 2019, 11:14 pm
Jewish filmmaker charts how American-Muslim life has deteriorated under Trump
Galvanized by the president’s travel ban, director Adam Zucker challenges US citizens to stand up to racism against Muslims in a documentary that premiered July 22
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative image of a pregnant woman. (Pexels via JTA)
May 15, 2019, 9:18 am
More than 100 rabbis and cantors urge New York state to legalize surrogacy
Letter calls on lawmakers to pass Child-Parent Security Act; says family is ‘at the core of most of the major Jewish life cycle events’
By JTA
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Randi Weingarten attend the Broadway Opening Night Performance of 'Indecent' at The Cort Theatre on April 18, 2017 in New York City. (Walter McBride/WireImage via JTA)
March 27, 2018, 8:11 am
Rabbi and labor leader get married
Teachers’ union leader Randi Weingarten and rabbi at New York’s largest LGBT-friendly synagogue tie the knot
By JTA
A marcher waves a Jewish Pride flag at Jerusalem's 2012 Gay Pride Parade. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
June 28, 2017, 4:15 am
LGBT Jews say it’s increasingly difficult to be pro-Israel and queer
The complexity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is lost on many in the gay communityת leading to outright rejection of the Jewish state
By Ben Sales
19 Rabbis were arrested in New York for a sit-in protesting the Trump Administration's refugee ban, February 6, 2017. (Gili Getz)
February 8, 2017, 9:19 pm
Arrested rabbis take Torah to the streets in defense of the vulnerable
Jewish spiritual leaders attempt to be prophetic voices in response to Trump policies perceived to target Muslim refugees
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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
By Cathryn J. Prince
Anti-Israel protesters disrupt an event with the Jerusalem Open House at the LGBTQ Task Force's Creating Change Conference in Chicago, Friday, January 22, 2016. (YouTube screenshot)
January 28, 2016, 8:03 am
90 LGBT activists condemn ‘anti-Semitic’ protest
Signatories on letter say disruption of National LGBTQ Task Force conference was ‘dangerous’ and ‘deeply disturbing’
By JTA
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