The New York Times

A Pioneering New York Rabbi Says Goodbye to Her L.G.B.T.Q. Congregation

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, the senior rabbi at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in Manhattan, is retiring at a challenging time for the gay rights movement. Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum at her final service as ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Sharon Kleinbaum led New York’s queer synagogue through crisis and triumph. Now she’s passing the baton.

On one of her final Shabbat mornings as senior rabbi at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, New York City’s pioneering LGBTQ-oriented synagogue, Sharon Kleinbaum was presented by her junior clergy with a ...
New York Post

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum retiring from world’s largest LGBTQ synagogue after 32 years

With what’s going on in our world, a word about a special lady: Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (called the gay synagogue) began 1992. Height of the AIDS crisis. No staff or leader before Rabbi Sharon ...