The world’s largest lesbian and gay synagogue received a $250,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. In awarding the grant to New York’s Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, the foundation cited the synagogue’s history of theological and civic innovation and the achievements of its leader, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum.
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