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At Work With: Sharon Kleinbaum; ‘Luckiest Rabbi in America’ Holds Faith Amid the Hate

By Alex Witchel — 1993

As the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, a predominantly gay and lesbian synagogue in Greenwich Village, Rabbi Kleinbaum spends her days fighting Goliaths everywhere, most disturbingly, perhaps, other Jews who believe that the sexual orientation of her congregation’s 1,200 members places them outside traditional Judaism.

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For Black LGBTQ Christians, Storytelling Is a Tool of Resilience

Black LGBTQ people are finding ways to share their stories and their spirituality, bridging a gap between faith and identity. The effort is leading some of them back to church, where acceptance is growing.

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Lindsey McGinnis
2022
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The Bible Without Jesus? How Two Faiths Can Read the Same Text in Dissonant Ways

Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Brettler parse opposing interpretations Jews and Christians have of the same Bible, and make the argument that religion doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game

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Rich Tenorio
2020
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