18Forty Podcast: Menachem Penner & Gedaliah Robinson: A Child's Orientation
A conversation between Rabbi Menachem Penner and Penner's son Gedalia Robinson.
About this Podcast
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.
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