Synagogue holds forum on Jewish LGBT concerns
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The country’s oldest LGBT Jewish synagogue invites dialogue about the presidential election and its impact on the lives of marginalized communities.
LGBT Synagogue Faces Funding Shortfall for New Home
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The planned $17 million relocation of New York’s largest LGBT synagogue, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST), from the West Village to Midtown West faces a delay of its scheduled 2013 opening due to a $5.5 million fundraising shortfall.