Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum sings during her last service at the Masonic Hall, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. After leading the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue through the myriad ups and downs of the modern gay-rights movement for the last three decades, she is now stepping down from that role and shifting into retirement. The synagogue that she led for 32 years — Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in midtown Manhattan — will have to grapple with its identity after being defined by its celebrity rabbi for so long. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, right, hugs her wife Randi Weingarten, left, during her last service at the Masonic Hall, on Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/ Andres Kudacki)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum prepares for her last service at the Masonic Hall, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. After leading the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue through the myriad ups and downs of the modern gay-rights movement for the last three decades, she is now stepping down from that role and shifting into retirement. The synagogue that she led for 32 years — Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in midtown Manhattan — will have to grapple with its identity after being defined by its celebrity rabbi for so long. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
FILE - Under a rainbow chuppah, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, left, senior rabbi at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York, performs the civil marriage of Guy Rozenstrich, second from right, and Stephen Hoerz, right, July 24, 2011 in a park across the street from the Office of the City Clerk, in New York. After 32 years as a progressive voice for LGBTQ Jews, and leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in midtown Manhattan, Kleinbaum steps into retirement. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum heads to her last service at the Masonic Hall, on Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. After leading the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue through the myriad ups and downs of the modern gay-rights movement for the last three decades, she is now stepping down from that role and shifting into retirement. The synagogue that she led for 32 years — Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in midtown Manhattan — will have to grapple with its identity after being defined by its celebrity rabbi for so long. (AP Photo/ Andres Kudacki)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum speaks during her last service at the Masonic Hall, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, top center, speaks during her last service at the Masonic Hall, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Worshippers pray with Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, not pictured, during her last service at the Masonic Hall, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Worshippers pray with Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum as she speaks during her last service at the Masonic Hall, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum hugs her daughter during her last service at the Masonic Hall, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Worshippers sing with Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, not pictured, during her last service at the Masonic Hall, on Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/ Andres Kudacki)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, right, prepares for her last service next to her wife, Randi Weingarten, left, at the Masonic Hall, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. After leading the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue through the myriad ups and downs of the modern gay-rights movement for the last three decades, she is now stepping down from that role and shifting into retirement. The synagogue that she led for 32 years — Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in midtown Manhattan — will have to grapple with its identity after being defined by its celebrity rabbi for so long. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum stands during her last service at the Masonic Hall, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum smiles during her last service at the Masonic Hall, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. After leading the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue through the myriad ups and downs of the modern gay-rights movement for the last three decades, she is now stepping down from that role and shifting into retirement. The synagogue that she led for 32 years — Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in midtown Manhattan — will have to grapple with its identity after being defined by its celebrity rabbi for so long. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum speaks during her last service at the Masonic Hall, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, second from left, takes a selfie with members of her congregation as she prepares for her last service at the Masonic Hall, on Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/ Andres Kudacki)
Worshippers pray with Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, not pictured, during her last service at the Masonic Hall, on Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/ Andres Kudacki)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum hugs a worshipper during her last service at the Masonic Hall, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. After leading the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue through the myriad ups and downs of the modern gay-rights movement for the last three decades, she is now stepping down from that role and shifting into retirement. The synagogue that she led for 32 years — Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in midtown Manhattan — will have to grapple with its identity after being defined by its celebrity rabbi for so long. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, center, reacts during her last service at the Masonic Hall, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. After leading the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue through the myriad ups and downs of the modern gay-rights movement for the last three decades, she is now stepping down from that role and shifting into retirement. The synagogue that she led for 32 years — Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in midtown Manhattan — will have to grapple with its identity after being defined by its celebrity rabbi for so long. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
FILE - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, waves to the crowd after speaking during a benefit to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, right, at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, Dec. 4, 2017, in New York. After 32 years as a progressive voice for LGBTQ Jews, and leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in midtown Manhattan, Kleinbaum steps into retirement. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, right, hugs her wife, Randi Weingarten, left, during her last service at the Masonic Hall, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. After leading the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue through the myriad ups and downs of the modern gay-rights movement for the last three decades, she is now stepping down from that role and shifting into retirement. The synagogue that she led for 32 years — Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in midtown Manhattan — will have to grapple with its identity after being defined by its celebrity rabbi for so long. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum plays the violin during her last service at the Masonic Hall, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. After leading the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue through the myriad ups and downs of the modern gay-rights movement for the last three decades, she is now stepping down from that role and shifting into retirement. The synagogue that she led for 32 years — Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in midtown Manhattan — will have to grapple with its identity after being defined by its celebrity rabbi for so long. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
FILE - Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum poses for photos near her home in New York, March 14, 2021. After 32 years as a progressive voice for LGBTQ Jews, and leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in midtown Manhattan, Kleinbaum steps into retirement. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
FILE - Matt Forman, right, Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, center, block traffic in New York's Times Square, in an act of civil disobedience, March 15, 2007. After 32 years as a progressive voice for LGBTQ Jews, and leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in midtown Manhattan, Kleinbaum steps into retirement. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum hugs worshippers during her last service at the Masonic Hall, on Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York.After leading the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue through the myriad ups and downs of the modern gay-rights movement for the last three decades, she is now stepping down from that role and shifting into retirement. The synagogue that she led for 32 years — Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in midtown Manhattan — will have to grapple with its identity after being defined by its celebrity rabbi for so long. (AP Photo/ Andres Kudacki)