18Forty Podcast: Menachem Penner & Gedaliah Robinson: A Child's Orientation
In this March 2021 episode of the 18Forty Podcast, host David Bashevkin talks with Rabbi Menachem Penner—dean of RIETS at Yeshiva University—and his son Gedalia—a musician, cantor-in-training, and member of the LGBTQ community—about their experience in reconciling their family’s religious tradition with Gedalia’s sexual orientation.
A transcript of the Podcast is included on the 18Forty website.
Recording length is 1 hour, 19 minutes.
- LGBTQ+ (Sexuality and Gender) / Belonging
- Supporting Individuals
- Supportive Conversations
- After School and Beyond
- Congregational Learning
- Day Schools and Yeshivas
- Family Engagement
- Teen Engagement
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