Where transgender meets Torah head on
By Sue Fishkoff, October 19, 2011
http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/56646/where-transgender-meets-torah-headRabbi Reuben Zellman is a soft-spoken young man with a ready smile who serves as the assistant rabbi at Reform congregation Beth El in Berkeley, California.
He was also born a girl.
Rabbi Zellman, 32, is one of a growing number of transgender Jews in North America who are active in their Jewish communities and working as educators, activists and, increasingly, rabbis. He is the second openly transgender rabbi working in the San Francisco Bay area.
