Sharon Kleinbaum

RABBI SHARON KLEINBAUM received her rabbinical ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 1990 and served for thirty-two years as rabbi of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, New York City’s largest LGBTQ synagogue. She is the co-author of There’s a Place for Us: Gays and Lesbians in the Jewish Community.

Kleinbaum has been ranked by Newsweek among the 50 most influential rabbis in America and is a recipient of the Jewish Fund for Justice Woman of Valor Award. She is a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association.

Sharon lives in New York City.

Sharon Kleinbaum’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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