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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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Watch why @aftunion President @randiweingarten supports @abdulelsayed for Senator. Michigan: cast your ballots!!! Let’s get Abdul into the U.S. Senate!
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For context: our opening words on October 7, 2026. While we‘re grateful for some truthful representation, in the media and social media storm of the past week, we have very often watched our work, our message, and our event be portrayed as whatever generates clicks and works best for that particular platform’s audience. More than half the press we’ve seen omitted, for example, that this was an event also honoring Palestinian life with a clear demand to end the still ongoing genocide. Others decided to make up that the mayor was chased away or that arrests were made. Few of them took the time to click on our profile. We are presenting our actual words because the truth is, as usual, not that simple. We are thankful for our new followers and community members and invite everyone to follow us this week as we head to the West Bank to do protective presence. We also invite everyone to join us again as we protest the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing and state-sanctioned settler terrorism in the West Bank. November 1st at 4pm Union Square.
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I am proud of our way. Proud of my fellow @israelisforpeacenyc organizers. Proud of all who stood with us on this difficult night. It was very hard night to face such an enormous amount of hate. We were deeply honored to host the Mayor, renowned religious leaders, and public officials as we read testimonies from October 7 survivors and hostage families, as well as Palestinians surviving the atrocities in Gaza and the West Bank. And we called for an end to the killing. We called for peace. I’m truly overwhelmed and appreciative of all the messages of support and love. When you face such levels of hate, you feel very vulnerable and isolated. So it means a lot. Thank you. I’ll try to get back to everyone. Peacemaking often requires challenging your own community. It means facing the binary, rigid, tribal, intolerant, and sometimes violent reactions that come when we offer another path, one based on our shared humanity rather than narrow ideological differences. A path that believes there will be no liberation or freedom for anyone if we don’t work together. And that only together can we free all of us from violence and hate. Not by further decoupling our pain. By insisting the killing stops and healing and rebuilding and reconciliation and peace begin. My photos:
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Flying back after a powerful learning trip to Budapest, Hungary. The people of Hungary came together and overcame the ed-democratizing 16 year administration of Viktor Orbán. You know the guy who JD Vance campaigned for (wtf). During Orbán’s tenure he took over the media, turned public universities into private universities by handing them over to his wealthy cronies, limited and changed voting processes, made immigrants and LTGBQIA+ the enemy, re-wrote history and he still lost. AFT sent Randi Weingarten, Jessica Tang, Stacy Davis Gates, Wendy Coleman and me to learn what they did, how they overcame the oppressed government, and what they look to do next to restore true democracy. Such a parallel to what we have to do here in the USA. We met with the teachers union, the mayor of Budapest, young and old activists including an 18 year old woman who has been fighting for 4 years and an 80 year old man who was the college roommate of Orbán proving powerful words about his once friend has turned on his country and his people. We also meet with people from the civil society organizations (aka NGOs) like the Háttér Society — the largest LGBTQIA+ organization in Hungary and how during this time of oppression they continued on with the goals and services. It was a great crew. Made many friends. And a wonderful city and country. Now back to do what these people have done: take back our country from a regime that is oppressive, corrupt, and self serving.
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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/
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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.
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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/
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NONE OF US CAN BE TRULY SAFE UNLESS WE ARE ALL SAFE. Baseline that all humans, of all religions can agree on and build upon, even mayor Mandani and the pink neighborhood punk. Share if you agree. Discuss if you don’t. And save this post if you want to join this walk next time!
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Rosh Hashanah with NYC’s LGBTQ+ synagogue. All are welcome! No membership required 🌈✨
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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.
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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.
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We were honored to join Rabbi @sharonkleinbaum on stage at the @aftunion convention. Robi and Mohamed shared their stories of loss and reconciliation, and chatted with Rabbi Kleinbaum about what we can learn from the Parents Circle to navigate differences in the U.S. Thank you to AFT President @randiweingarten and @sharemylesson for ensuring that teachers have access to Listening from the Heart, and amplifying the voices of peacemakers. “The partnership with AFT [and PCFF] brings what they have learned about fostering difficult, deeply human dialogues to the U.S. context. As we face greater polarization, if families immersed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can find a path forward, then we can do the same in our own communities —whether we are dealing with racial, political or cultural divides.”
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