http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/06/13/3088124/transgender-jews-carve-out-their-place-in-jewish-life"Noach Dzmura is a roly-poly man with a light brown beard, dancing eyes and a contagious laugh.
He has a master's degree in Jewish studies, publishes widely on Jewish topics and is the communications director at his synagogue. In 2006 he received an award from the San Francisco Jewish federation that funded a year's study in Israel.
He also was born a female.
Dzmura, 48, is one of a growing number of transgender Jews who are open about their status, taking leadership roles in the synagogue and trying to carve out a place in the Jewish community for those who fall outside the standard definitions of male and female."
