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Sharon Kleinbaum

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Rabbi Emerita, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (NYC). Co-founder, New York Jewish Agenda. Social justice, 🏳️‍🌈 and human rights, progressive values.

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“Renee Good tried to protect her neighbors because all immigrants are welcome in God’s universe. Every person is holy. Not some people, not only those people with certain paperwork, or with money, or with certain skin color, or certain sexual orientation, or the wealthy, but every single human being.”

— Beacon Director Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum (and Rabbi Emerita of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in NYC) at the protest in Manhattan on Sunday, Jan. 11, in the wake of the terrible events in Minneapolis on Jan. 7

🔗 Link to full video in the comments by @sharonkleinbaum

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9 months ago

Election season in Israel and the US: the mess and the stress can make us shut down or react in ways which make matters worse. Spiritual practice can help us meet this moment by engaging as our better selves. I’m thrilled to host these six extraordinary Jewish spiritual guides as guest teachers for “Mindful Civic Engagement: Spiritual Qualities for Wise Response,” a six-week Institute for Jewish Spirituality online offering starting Thursday October 15, with weekly live sessions every Thursday from 2-3:15 pm ET/11 am-12:15 pm PT, 9-10:15 pm Israel Time. Can’t join live? All sessions will be recorded and available afterwards for particpants.

Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR will teach 10/15 on Emunah (Steadfastness): Faithfully Showing Up as Civic Engagement ; Rabbi David Ingber of Romemu and the 92nd Street Y will teach 10/22 on Gevurah (Strength): Setting Boundaries in Civic Engagement; Rabbi Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah - CBST and The Beacon will teach 10/29 on Simchah (Joy): The Centrality of Joy in Civic Engagement; Rabbi Rachel Timoner of Congregation Beth Elohim will teach 11/5 on Ahavah (Love): Rooting Civic Engagement in Love; Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein of the Greenpoint Shul will teach 11/12 on Emet (Truth): Staying Grounded in Truth; and journalist and author Yossi Klein Halevi will teach 11/19 on Hatmadah (Resilience): Staying the Course in Civic Engagement.

Sign up now at: https://www.jewishspirituality.org/courses-programs/mindful-civic-engagement/ by @sharonkleinbaum

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11 days ago

25 years after 9/11, a look at the true meaning of “God Bless America,” one of America’s most famous hymns, written by a Jewish immigrant.

Through the story of Irving Berlin and the renewal of Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum offers a moving vision of patriotism rooted not in triumphalism, but in prayer, immigration, freedom, and the possibility of a better America for all.

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum is Senior Rabbi Emerita of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah. She shared these remarks on September 11, 2026, the first night of Rosh Hashanah. by @sharonkleinbaum

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Election season in Israel and the US: the mess and the stress can make us shut down, turn away, or react in ways which make matters worse. Spiritual practice can help us meet this moment by engaging as our better selves. Join me and these six extraordinary Jewish spiritual guides, who will be guest teachers for "Mindful Civic Engagement: Spiritual Qualities for Wise Response," a six-week @jewish_spirituality online offering starting Thursday October 15, with weekly live sessions every Thursday from 2-3:15 pm ET/11 am-12:15 pm PT, 9-10:15 pm Israel Time (all sessions recorded).

Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR will teach 10/15 on Emunah (Steadfastness): Faithfully Showing Up as Civic Engagement ; Rabbi David Ingber of Romemu and the 92nd Street Y will teach 10/22 on Gevurah (Strength): Setting Boundaries in Civic Engagement; Rabbi Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah - CBST and The Beacon will teach 10/29 on Simchah (Joy): The Centrality of Joy in Civic Engagement; Rabbi Rachel Timoner of Congregation Beth Elohim will teach 11/5 on Ahavah (Love): Rooting Civic Engagement in Love; Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein of the Greenpoint Shul will teach 11/12 on Emet (Truth): Staying Grounded in Truth; and journalist and author Yossi Klein Halevi will teach 11/19 on Hatmadah (Resilience): Staying the Course in Civic Engagement.
Sign up now at: https://www.jewishspirituality.org/courses-programs/mindful-civic-engagement/ by @sharonkleinbaum

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Action is the antidote for despair. It feels GOOD to get out on the streets and stand up for a democracy that lifts us all.

(If you’ve been out with us, you know exactly what we mean 💪😎🪧)

Every Thursday, we’re on the streets, sharing a vision of a better America. We invite you: Come be a beacon for democracy with us 🗽✨

And for the Jewish folks among us, Shanah Tovah! May the year and its curses end; may the new year and its blessings begin ✨ by @sharonkleinbaum

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So much to say on this 25th anniversary of 9/11 and the beginning of a new year tonight with Rosh Hashanah.

We can’t possibly understand the meaning of everything that happens in our lives, but we CAN develop the muscles to respond in ways that most deeply reflect our values.

Each tradition provides meaning in this distinction and I’m so grateful to my Sikh, Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist friends who teach me how their traditions provide direction and wisdom.

If we are alive today, it is because Gd/The Holy One knows that we have something to offer, a light to provide, a micro - affection to spread. something that the world needs.

The US response to 9/11 gave us Homeland Security and ICE, the Patriot Act and other loathsome legal destructions of civil liberties. Wars that killed beyond measure, and destroyed countries. More died from the toxic clean up from 9/11 than the number who died on that day.

Antisemitism and Islamophobia was rampant and remains so. Some argue - like M Gessen — that 9/11 was America’s reichstag fire.

SO my prayer is that we each develop stronger and stronger muscles of response and resilience that reflect the deepest values of compassion, justice, solidarity, LOVE and LOVE and LOVE.

I pray that this New Year will be full of blessings and miracles, including the miracle of our resilience and non-violent values of transforming our broken world in ways and means that reflect our deepest values. I pray for help from the Holy One and with gratitude for all of you. by @sharonkleinbaum

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23 days ago

Rosh Hashanah with NYC’s LGBTQ+ synagogue. All are welcome! No membership required 🌈✨ by @sharonkleinbaum

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23 days ago

NYJA cofounder and board member Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum attended the Children of Abraham Peace Walk yesterday in honor of the 25th anniversary of 9/11. This September 11th, we remember everyone whose lives were lost, and we are grateful to the individuals and communities across New York who have continued to show up to build a city of resilience and peace. by @sharonkleinbaum

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23 days ago

SEPT 15: Faith, History & Inclusion: Rabbi Mike Moskowitz and Pritpal Bhullar, a leading advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion grounded in Sikh values, will explore modern challenges through the lens of their faith traditions and history.

📆 Tuesday, Sept. 15, 12:30-1:15pm ET, via Zoom

Rabbi Mike Moskowitz is Director of Multifaith Engagement at The Beacon, a project of Union Theological Seminary by @sharonkleinbaum

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25 days ago

“Coat of Many Colors” helps us stay strong in this difficult moment in history 💪💖✨

Watch Rabbi Kleinbaum’s full remembrance of Dolly: tinyurl.com/rskdolly

#RememberingDolly #DollyParton by @sharonkleinbaum

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a month ago

At 106, Edith is an inspiration to us all! If she can stand up for democracy every single Thursday, so can we.

“’The world is not in good condition,’ Edith said. ‘Before, I never spoke out for anybody or anything, but now if I can, I would like to do everything I could to help them.’”

Amen! by @sharonkleinbaum

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In case you missed it: NYJA cofounder and board member Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum wrote a timely and moving op-ed with her colleague Dr. Debbie Almontaser about the need for interfaith solidarity in the face of white supremacy. Check out the full piece at the link in our bio. by @sharonkleinbaum

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