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Sharon Kleinbaum (born 1959) is an American Rabbi who serves as spiritual leader of New York City 's Congregation Beit Simchat Torah .1She was installed as CBST's first rabbi in 1992, arriving at the height of the AIDS crisis when the synagogue was in desperate need of pastoral care and spiritual leadership. She is a prominent advocate for human rights . She graduated from Barnard College and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College , where she was ordained. While at Barnard College, she led protests against Barnard's investments in South Africa and against the proliferation of nuclear weapons . She is openly lesbian and has two daughters. She married Rabbi Margaret Wenig in 2008, but they divorced. In 1995 Rabbi Kleinbaum, along with Rabbi Margaret Wenig and Russell Pearce, sent a resolution asking for support for civil marriage for gay couples to the Reform movement's Commission on Social Action; when it was approved by them, Wenig submitted it to the Central Conference of American Rabbis, which approved it in 1996. Appointed by Senator Charles Schumer, she served as a Commissioner for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 2019-20. She also serves on New York City's Commission on Human Rights, she serves on Mayor de Blasio's Faith Based Advisory Council, and is on the Board of the New Israel Fund (NIF).2
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Sharon Kleinbaum (born 1959) serves as spiritual leader of New York City ’s Congregation Beit Simchat Torah ( CBST, the largest LGBTQ synagogue in the world). She was installed as CBST's first rabbi in 1992, arriving at the height of the AIDS crisis when the synagogue was in desperate need of pastoral care and spiritual leadership. She is a prominent advocate for human rights . She graduated from Barnard College and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College , where she was ordained. While at Barnard College, she led protests against Barnard’s investments in South Africa and against the proliferation of nuclear weapons . Rabbi Kleinbaum has also served on Mayor de Blasio's Transition Committee (2013-2014).
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American rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum (born 1959) is an American rabbi who serves as spiritual leader of New York City 's Congregation Beit Simchat Torah . She has been an active campaigner for human rights and civil marriage for gay couples.On July 30, 2021, President Biden announced plans to appoint Kleinbaum to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom ; presidential appointments to the commission do not require congressional approval.
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American rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum (born 1959) is an American rabbi who served as spiritual leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York City for thirty-two years.She was appointed the synagogue 's first senior rabbi emerita .She has actively campaigned for human rights and civil marriage for gay couples .
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american rabbi who serves as spiritual leader of new york city 's congregation beit simchat torah
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american rabbi who served as spiritual leader of congregation beit simchat torah in new york city for thirty-tw
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