[alstewartfan]

Sharon Kleinbaum, her “partner”, must be so ashamed of her.

[MacNaughton]

On October 11, 2007, Weingarten publicly announced she is a lesbian. Weingarten introduced Liz Margolies, 54, a psychotherapist and health care activist, as her partner while accepting the Empire State Pride Agenda's 2007 Community Service Award from Christine Quinn.[4][143] By December 2012, she was in a relationship with Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah.[144] They married March 25, 2018.[145][146]

The synagogue is located in Manhattan, New York City. It was founded in 1973,[2] and is the world's largest LGBT synagogue.[3] CBST serves Jews of all sexual orientations and gender identities, their families, and their friends.[4] Members commute from as far away as the Bronx and New Jersey.[5] It is not affiliated with any denomination or branch of Judaism.

In December 2014, Weingarten wrote in Jezebel that she had almost been raped just after her junior year in college.[147]

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“Sharon Kleinbaum, her “partner”, must be so ashamed of her.”

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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.