Gay Orthodox Rabbi Peels Back His Life
\”Like peeling an onion,\” Rabbi Steven Greenberg said, about the process of coming out.
\”Like peeling an onion,\” Rabbi Steven Greenberg said, about the process of coming out.
It\’s bad for Jewish unity, but not as bad as the decision to recognize the children of Jewish fathers and non-Jewish mothers as Jews.
That\’s how Orthodox and Conservative rabbis are viewing the Reform movement\’s recent decision last week to affirm the right of its rabbis to officiate at gay and lesbian commitment ceremonies.
Rabbi Steven Greenberg usually kept quiet through the gay jokes. After all, he had been in the closet in the Orthodox community for 20 years, so he was used to smiling through the ridicule, through tirades about same-sex marriage.