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New York Synagogue Launches World’s First HIV Prevention Program Aimed at Jewish Clergy

Congregation Beit Simchat Torah’s new initiative hopes to fight stigma and help rabbis talk to their communities about safe sex

By Rachel Delia Benaim · July 7, 2017
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Family

Standing Up for Muslims

The Jewish community is learning strategies for defending our Muslim neighbors

By Marjorie Ingall · April 14, 2017
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CBST, the World’s Largest LGBT Synagogue, Gets a New Home

Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in Manhattan is moving—and growing into—an architecturally striking space

By Marjorie Ingall · April 1, 2016
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Personal History

The End of the Exile

When I was ordained as a rabbi, I felt ignored and misunderstood as a gay man in the midst of the AIDS crisis. It took me 25 years to come home.

By David Edleson · December 1, 2015
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We Can Be Vital Supporters of Israel and Still Question Its Policies

Congregation Beit Simchat Torah responds to Tablet

By Nathan Goldstein · August 21, 2014
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A Zionist Porn Star, a Lube Merchant, and a Lesbian Rabbi Walk Into a Gay Synagogue…

Accepted by the mainstream Jewish community, some gays now feel excluded at New York’s premier LGBT synagogue

By James Kirchick · August 21, 2014
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The Man Behind the Music at WQXR

Graham Parker on soulful Jewish music and getting instruments into schools

By Batya Ungar-Sargon · March 27, 2014
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A Pride Weekend Shabbat For the Ages

After the DOMA ruling, Edith Windsor and Roberta Kaplan’s Shabbat service

By Romy Zipken · July 3, 2013
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Influential Rabbi Talks Gay Rights at DNC

Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah is ‘delighted.’

By Yair Rosenberg · September 6, 2012
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