News about New York’s religious Jewish communities and synagogues.
Leading his first congregation, the public affairs advisor for Jewish Federations of North America hopes to play "a spiritual, emotional, healing kind of role."
The first rabbi at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, Kleinbaum led the congregation from the depths of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s to the legalization of gay marriage in 2015.
From a yacht party to all-night study sessions, there’s no shortage of delightful ways to spend this two-day Jewish holiday
