Rabbi at 'NYC's Queer Synagogue' Reflects on Anti-Semitism & Club Q Tragedy

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 21, 2022

Sharon Kleinbaum, senior rabbi and spiritual leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York City, reflects on the mass shooting at an LGBTQ club in Colorado Springs. Plus, she talks about threats to LGBTQ spaces here in NYC, as well as threats to synagogues and anti-Semitism after two men were arrested this weekend in connection with threats they allegedly made toward synagogues. 

PLEASE NOTE: At around 18:44, a caller discussing a homophobic attack against him repeated the slur that his assailants used.

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