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'''Margaret Wenig''' (born 1957) is an American [[rabbi]] known for advocating [[LGBT rights]] within [[Reform Judaism]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/nyregion/01experience.html?_r=3&hpw | work=[[The New York Times]] | first=Ralph | last=Blumenthal | title=A Rabbi Whose God Is a Loving and Long-Suffering Mother | date=2009-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/news/features/gay-divorce-2013-3/ |title=The Peculiar Mechanics of Gay Divorce |website=[[New York Magazine]] |last=Green |first=Jesse |date=2013-02-22 |accessdate=2020-04-19}}</ref> She is the author of the sermon "God is a Woman and She is Growing Older." A graduate of [[Brown University]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/initiatives/pembroke-oral-histories/sites/brown.edu.initiatives.pembroke-oral-histories/files/transcripts/pemb000585.pdf |title=Interview with Margaret Moers Wenig, class of 1978 |website=Pembroke Oral Histories |publisher=[[Brown University]] |accessdate=2020-04-19 |year=2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/06/19/archives/margaret-wenig-wed-to-dr-rj-rubenstein.html |title=Margaret Wenig Wed To Dr. R. J. Rubenstein |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1978-06-19 |accessdate=2020-04-19}}</ref> Wenig teaches liturgy and [[homiletics]] at the [[Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://huc.edu/directory/margaret-moers-wenig |title=Margaret Moers Wenig, Rabbi, D.D. |website=[[Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion]] |accessdate=2020-04-19}}</ref>
'''Margaret Wenig''' (born 1957) is an American [[rabbi]] known for advocating [[LGBT rights]] within [[Reform Judaism]]. She was married to a man before realizing she was a lesbian; she later married [[Sharon Kleinbaum]], but they also divorced.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/nyregion/01experience.html?_r=3&hpw | work=[[The New York Times]] | first=Ralph | last=Blumenthal | title=A Rabbi Whose God Is a Loving and Long-Suffering Mother | date=2009-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/news/features/gay-divorce-2013-3/ |title=The Peculiar Mechanics of Gay Divorce |website=[[New York Magazine]] |last=Green |first=Jesse |date=2013-02-22 |accessdate=2020-04-19}}</ref> She is the author of the sermon "God is a Woman and She is Growing Older." A graduate of [[Brown University]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/initiatives/pembroke-oral-histories/sites/brown.edu.initiatives.pembroke-oral-histories/files/transcripts/pemb000585.pdf |title=Interview with Margaret Moers Wenig, class of 1978 |website=Pembroke Oral Histories |publisher=[[Brown University]] |accessdate=2020-04-19 |year=2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/06/19/archives/margaret-wenig-wed-to-dr-rj-rubenstein.html |title=Margaret Wenig Wed To Dr. R. J. Rubenstein |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1978-06-19 |accessdate=2020-04-19}}</ref> Wenig teaches liturgy and [[homiletics]] at the [[Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://huc.edu/directory/margaret-moers-wenig |title=Margaret Moers Wenig, Rabbi, D.D. |website=[[Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion]] |accessdate=2020-04-19}}</ref>


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Revision as of 04:27, 10 May 2020

Margaret Wenig (born 1957) is an American rabbi known for advocating LGBT rights within Reform Judaism. She was married to a man before realizing she was a lesbian; she later married Sharon Kleinbaum, but they also divorced.[1][2] She is the author of the sermon "God is a Woman and She is Growing Older." A graduate of Brown University,[3][4] Wenig teaches liturgy and homiletics at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.[5]

References

  1. ^ Blumenthal, Ralph (2009-09-01). "A Rabbi Whose God Is a Loving and Long-Suffering Mother". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Green, Jesse (2013-02-22). "The Peculiar Mechanics of Gay Divorce". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  3. ^ "Interview with Margaret Moers Wenig, class of 1978" (PDF). Pembroke Oral Histories. Brown University. 2014. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  4. ^ "Margaret Wenig Wed To Dr. R. J. Rubenstein". The New York Times. 1978-06-19. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  5. ^ "Margaret Moers Wenig, Rabbi, D.D." Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Retrieved 2020-04-19.