Sharon Kleinbaum gets stellar send-off after 32 years as rabbi at CBST

Sharon Kleinbaum gets stellar send-off after 32 years as rabbi at CBST

The extraordinary 32-year tenure of Sharon Kleinbaum as Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) — New York’s LGBTQ synagogue that she led to become a major national force in Judaism, LGBTQ rights, and human rights everywhere — was celebrated in words and song at Jazz at Lincoln Center at Columbus Circle on June 3 by political leaders from President Biden on down, performing arts stars, CBST’s Community Chorus, the many rabbis she …