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J Street ConversationsThe Rabbis Taking on ICE with Rabbis Sharon Kleinbaum and Tamar Magill-GrimmToday on Word on the Street Live, we were joined by Rabbis Sharon Kleinbaum and Tamar Magill-Grimm for a powerful and unsettling conversation about what’s unfolding in Minneapolis/St. Paul – and what it’s demanding of Jewish leaders right now.
Rabbi Magill-Grimm leads a Twin Cities–area synagogue and was among local clergy who helped amplify and participate in the call for national faith leaders to come to Minneapolis in solidarity with immigrant communities targeted by ICE. Rabbi Kleinbaum answered that call and traveled in from New York City to join the convening. We heard first from them about the situ...
2026-02-0552 min
The State Of BeliefRabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Randi Weingarten, and Skye Perryman speak on Religious Freedom in Public SchoolsReligious freedom and public education: how do these issues come together? This week on The State of Belief, we hear leading voices make a compelling argument for ensuring the latter comes with a healthy dose of the former: Labor leader Randi Weingarten, activist Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, and Democracy Forward's Skye Perryman.
Most of this episode was recorded live in Dallas, Texas, at a Religious Freedom in Public Schools Summit convened by Interfaith Alliance. In dialogue with host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, who moderated the conversation, Rabbi Sharon stresses how important separation of Church and State has been...
2025-09-281h 03
The State Of BeliefEverybody Can Do Something: Rabbi Sharon KleinbaumJune, traditionally Pride Month, is almost here, and this year, Pride will test the courage of our nation. It has been a challenging time for the LGBTQ+ community - with attempts to erase trans people, roll back civil rights for the wider LGBTQ community, ban Pride flags, and in 10 states there are bills to take back the right to marry... as well as pressure for corporations and faith groups to distance themselves from Pride celebrations.
In a powerful response, Interfaith Alliance is bringing together an amazing coalition of leaders and communities around the urgent call to Recommit...
2025-05-2553 min
Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the ArchiveThe Nazi Era: EpilogueIn this final episode, we reflect on why there are so few testimonies from LGBTQ people who survived the Nazi era and on the responsibility we have to honor the testimonies we do have in the face of the unfolding dark times here at home.Visit our episode webpage for additional resources, archival photos, and a transcript of the episode.For exclusive Making Gay History bonus content, join our Patreon community.———-Audio of the 1990 interview with Josef Kohout used by permission of QWIEN, the Center for Queer History in Vienna. -The...
2025-04-1027 min
Making Gay HistoryThe Nazi Era: Episode 12: EpilogueIn this final episode, we reflect on why there are so few testimonies from LGBTQ people who survived the Nazi era and on the responsibility we have to honor the testimonies we do have in the face of the unfolding dark times here at home. Visit our episode webpage for additional resources, archival photos, and a transcript of the episode. For exclusive Making Gay History bonus content, join our Patreon community. ——— -Audio of the 1990 interview with Josef Kohout used by permission of QWIEN, the Center for Queer History in Vienna. -The Josef Kohout book excerpt is from Heinz Heger’s The Men w...
2025-04-1028 min
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics PodcastProf. Eddie Glaude, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Jay Caspian Kang On The Year In Hate (and Love)After a year with so much hate-motivated politics and violence, we take a step back with three perspectives on bigotry and hate movements, and on responding with love.
On Today's Show:Sharon Kleinbaum, senior rabbi and spiritual leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York City, Jay Caspian Kang, staff writer for The New Yorker, documentary film director, and the author of The Loneliest Americans (Crown, 2021), Eddie Glaude, Jr., chair of Princeton's African-American studies department and the author of Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own (Crown, 2020), on the verbal...
2022-12-0926 min
Hearing with Tali Farhadian WeinsteinFor This You Were Born (w/ Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum)For our season finale, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum tells Tali about her lifelong commitment to justice through non-violent protest, and bringing the lessons of the AIDS crisis to our city's post-pandemic healing process.This podcast is paid for by New Yorkers for Tali. To learn more about Tali's campaign for Manhattan DA, please visit http://taliforda.com. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2021-03-2530 min
Jewish Ideas to Change the WorldSharon Kleinbaum - What We Learned From The AIDS CrisisRabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash, interviews Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, the Spiritual Leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (https://cbst.org/) in New York City, on the topic of "What We Learned From The AIDS Crisis!"
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2020-05-2812 min
Judaism UnboundEpisode 122: Let's Talk About Israel - Sharon KleinbaumTo get a sense of the Israel conversation from the point of view of a congregational rabbi, Dan and Lex are joined by Sharon Kleinbaum, Spiritual Leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST), in New York City. In their conversation, they discuss topics including the varied and evolving perspectives on Israel in Jewish-and-LGBTQ spaces, the consequences of institutional red-lines around Israel discourse, and the importance of interfaith bridge-building.
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2018-06-1543 min
HashivenuEpisode 5: ActivismThe story of Hanukkah invites us to kindle lights in the darkness, and to overcome despair with hope and action. In this spirit, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum reflects on the extraordinary work of her community, and how it embodies the fundamental connection between spiritual life and social activism.
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This podcast is produced by Reconstructing Judaism. Visit us at ReconstructingJudaism.org.Special Guest: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum.Support HashivenuLinks:18 Rituals for Social Activism from Ritualwell — Below are 18 rituals which address, inspire, and motivate social activism, as recommended by...
2017-12-0527 min
Can We Talk?Episode 6: JWA at the DNCIn this episode, host Nahanni Rous and JWA Executive Director Judith Rosenbaum report from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, where they were invited to cover Hillary Clinton’s historic presidential nomination. They speak to both Hillary and Bernie supporters and interview such powerful women as former senior advisor to Hillary Clinton Ann Lewis, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, and Delegate Elizabeth Schlesinger.
2016-07-2913 min
KonfliktJudarna och IsraelOm judisk identitet och israelisk politik. I kölvattnet av sommarens Gaza-krig och i takt med att tvåstatslösningen ter sig allt mer avlägsen, har debatten om Israel blivit intensivare bland judar världen över. Är Israel den enda sansade platsen i en allt mer antisemitisk värld, eller har Israels politik blivit det största hotet? Hör om kampen mellan amerikanska lobbyingorganisationer, svensk antisemitism och Tyskland som tillflyktsort för israeliska fredsvänner. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. USA är det land som har den största judiska befolkningen ut...
2014-11-2956 min
OutCasting12 - LGBT people in religion; stereotypes based on appearanceLGBT people and issues in religion; guest Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, an LGBT-inclusive synagogue in NYC. Also an audio essay by Mady on how appearances can be misleading.
2012-07-0200 min