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Transgender Yeshiva prof coming 'Through the Door'
Thursday, September 27, 2012
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Joy Ladin
Joy Ladin says she did not fully understand the psalms until she became a woman.
In rereading the psalms a few years ago, she found a wealth of metaphor for change that gave meaning and spiritual strength to her own transformation from a man to a woman.
The celebrated 51-year-old poet, Yeshiva University professor and first openly transgender person to teach at an Orthodox institution will speak about her work, her books and her journey on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.