Honor Senior Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum’s transformative spiritual leadership and extraordinary achievements as a spiritual leader and changemaker in the Jewish, LGBTQ+, political and social justice worlds. We will also be launching the Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Randi Weingarten Fund for Social Justice at CBST. Featuring emcee Kate Clinton and other notables including Tony winner Andrea Martin, Danny Burstein, Beth Malone, Seth Rudetsky, Sally Wilfert, MET Opera soprano Toni Marie Palmertree, CBST Music Director Joyce Rosenzweig, Cantor Sam Rosen, the CBST Chorus, and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Produced by Barbara Gaines

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We encourage you to learn about The Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Randi Weingarten Fund for Social Justice at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah and make a donation. 

In honor of Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum’s 32 years as CBST’s first Senior Rabbi, we are delighted to announce the launch of The Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum & Randi Weingarten Fund for Social Justice at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah. In keeping with CBST’s mission and Rabbi Kleinbaum’s teaching, “Social Justice is rooted in our Jewish texts, history, theology and liturgy. We don’t separate spirituality from social justice.” The fund will enable CBST to augment and build on its work as a leader in the Jewish/LGBTQ+ social justice movements.

Our goal is to establish this fund as a dedicated permanent fixture for the synagogue. We invite you to build on the generosity of those listed below and support the fund’s launch with a generous donation. All contributions to the Fund will be 100% tax-deductible.

Photo credit: Harold Levine

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