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Jewish and Transgender: The Forward Series
Last week, Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Private first class Bradley Manning, made headlines. Her announcement that she would be living ...
Walking the Walk: On Welcoming a Transgender Bunk Counselor
This summer, Habonim Dror Camp Na’aleh did something unprecedented at Jewish camp – we had a transgender bunk counselor. At Camp Na’aleh ...
Wrapping Myself in the Fringes
This was the d’var Torah (discourse) I gave at the Jewish service on Friday night at the Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference, ...
Queer, Trans*, and In Israel
Living in Israel, for me, meant mastering the art of feigning ignorance. “Ani lo mevin, ani lo mevin. Rak midaber ...
Transforming Stories
A Small Revolution in a Synagogue Book GroupThis past January, Hebrew College invited poet and scholar Joy Ladin to speak ...
She Is Who He Is
When teens transitions to a new gender, what happens to the rest of the family? In November, we shared a ...
Queer Clergy in Action: Rabbi Elliot Kukla
Welcome to our fifth installment of “Queer Clergy in Action,” spotlighting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rabbis and cantors. This ...
Transgendered Hearts: Abraham, Sarah and Isaac
The Torah is strewn with transgendered hearts. How can that be true? The Torah, as we know, is not written ...
Schmekel: 100% Trans Jews
They invented the term 100% trans Jewcore, and as Schmekel they are rocking our world! Keshet caught up with the ...
Living “Stealth,” As a Convert and a Trans Person
Even in a society that is making progress on LGBT issues, as demonstrated by the victories for marriage equality in ...