Non-binary options – how Jewish organizations can be more inclusive of transgender people
Transgender people are struggling to find a place in the Jewish community.
It’s time to shift the tone on LGBT issues
The Talmud speaks of no less than six genders. The Mishnah states that “androgynous” is a gender category of its own.
THE TORAH AND TRANSGENDERISM
In our liturgy, the Torah is referred to as the “tree of life.” But although it’s rich in general guiding principles, the Torah is paradoxically terse or mute on several of our era’s hottest issues: abortion, gay marriage and transgenderism.
Trans Activist Abby Stein grills NYC Mayor about haredi school reform
Abby Stein, a Jewish transgender activist and former Chassid in New York City, asked Mayor Bill de Blasio some tough questions about haredi educational reform at a town hall meeting in Harlem, held August 2.
From scion of a chassidic dynasty to trans activist
Abby Stein, a 25-year-old scion of a chassidic rabbinic dynasty, calls herself a Jewish woman of trans experience. She began her transition in 2015, three years after leaving her ultra-Orthodox community in New York.
Associated grad’s NYC suit shop serves trans clients
“Clothing can be the bane of a lot of peoples’ existence,” says Toronto-born Daniel Friedman
200,000 take part in Tel Aviv gay pride parade
Approximately 200,000 people, including many tourists, gathered in central Tel Aviv for the city’s 23rd gay pride event
Itzhak Perlman cancels North Carolina show over transgender bathroom law
The acclaimed Israel-born violinist has canceled a concert with the North Carolina Symphony over the state’s controversial transgender bathroom law
Ex-Chassid speaks about being transgender, leaving the fold
In an interview with The CJN, Abby Stein opens up about her transition
Israel to hold first-ever transgender beauty pageant
Nearly 30 transgender Jews and Arabs auditioned at a Tel Aviv club for a place in the Miss Trans Israel pageant
