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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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The Scroll

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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The Scroll

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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United States

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 Scroll

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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The Scroll

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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