Clergy sought meeting due to concerns Adams consults with Haredi Jews who don't represent city's diversity; organizer says they showed mayor not every rabbi is 'a man with a beard'

Biden picks Sharon Kleinbaum, long-time leader of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, for panel that works advance international freedom of belief

Diverse array of Jewish groups welcome announcement, which also included tapping of New York LGBT synagogue Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum to Commission on International Religious Freedom

Firebrand leader has strong words for Jews who say unions are the obstacle as she attempts to get her group’s 1.7 million members into classrooms

Jewish leader is known for her advocacy on behalf of LGBTQ and human rights; American Liberty Fund ad accompanies accusation with footage from Holocaust

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, who heads Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in Manhattan, struggles with challenges of not being able to be in psychical contact with her congregants

Galvanized by the president's travel ban, director Adam Zucker challenges US citizens to stand up to racism against Muslims in a documentary that premiered July 22

Letter calls on lawmakers to pass Child-Parent Security Act says family is 'at the core of most of the major Jewish life cycle events'