Member of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
In office 2019–2023
Appointed by
Chuck Schumer
Personal details
Born
1959 (age 64–65) Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Margaret Wenig (divorced)
Randi Weingarten
(m. 2018)
Education
Barnard College (BA) Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (Semikhah)
Sharon Kleinbaum (born 1959) is an American rabbi who serves as spiritual leader of New York City's Congregation Beit Simchat Torah. She has been an active campaigner for human rights and civil marriage for gay couples.
On July 30, 2021, President Biden announced plans to appoint Kleinbaum to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom;[1] presidential appointments to the commission do not require congressional approval.[2]
^"President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Leaders to Serve in Key Religious Affairs Roles" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: White House. July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^"Frequently Asked Questions". uscirf.gov. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
SharonKleinbaum (born 1959) is an American rabbi who serves as spiritual leader of New York City's Congregation Beit Simchat Torah. She has been an active...
the Bronx and New Jersey. The congregation is led by Senior Rabbi SharonKleinbaum and Assistant Rabbi Yael Rapport. It is not affiliated with any denomination...
is Growing Older”, which has been widely published. In 1995, Wenig, SharonKleinbaum, and Russell Pearce sent a resolution asking for support for civil...
trust, practitioners may "live enriched lives as a result". In 2013, SharonKleinbaum, the senior rabbi at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York, said...
Christine Quinn. By December 2012, she was in a relationship with Rabbi SharonKleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah. They married March 25, 2018. In...
Alan Hollinghurst, author of award-winning The Line of Beauty Rabbi SharonKleinbaum, LGBT Synagogue Scott Long, executive director of LGBT Rights Project...
entrepreneur Ryan Karben (born 1974), former New York State Assemblyman SharonKleinbaum (born 1959), Senior Rabbi of New York City's Congregation Beit Simchat...
who signed this letter included Sharon Brous, Burton Visotzky, Nina Beth Cardin, Lawrence Kushner, SharonKleinbaum, and Amy Eilberg. In a separate letter...
officio, non-voting member of the Commission. Past Commissioners include SharonKleinbaum, Tom Reese, S.J., Khizr Khan, Tony Perkins, David Saperstein, Preeta...
Messianic Judaism: A Rabbi's Journey through Religious Change in America SharonKleinbaum, rabbi of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, prominent gay and lesbian...
(1999), first woman to serve as a Rabba in the Orthodox Jewish clergy SharonKleinbaum (1981), rabbi and leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah Joy Levitt...
Brian Klaas, political scientist, columnist for The Washington Post SharonKleinbaum, rabbi, spiritual leader of New York City's Congregation Beit Simchat...
Gene Robinson of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire and Rabbi SharonKleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York City Transgender issues...
president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association for two years SharonKleinbaum, first rabbi of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, one of the most influential...
twenty years. They were married on July 26, 2011, in New York. Rabbi SharonKleinbaum officiated. They retired to Palm Beach County, Florida, where they...
ISBN 9780786862009. Curtis 1998, p. 120. Eliot 1993, p. 216. Eliot 1993, p. 220. Kleinbaum, Josh (May 12, 2004). "Bringing magic to San Fernando". Glendale News...
Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Cohan, Catherine L.; Kleinbaum, Stacey (February 2002). "Toward a Greater Understanding of the Cohabitation...
Scientist-Practitioner Approach, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-470-10976-2. Kleinbaum, Rob and Aviva (2013). Creating a Culture of Profitability, Probabilistic...
Hirotsu Theodore R. Holford Hariharan K. Iyer KyungMann Kim David G. Kleinbaum Robert Jacob Kohn Jun S. Liu Regina Liu Bani K. Mallick David J. Marchette...
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