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Transgender Yeshiva prof coming ‘Through the Door’

Started by SandraJane, September 29, 2012, 06:35:19 AM

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Transgender Yeshiva prof coming 'Through the Door'


Thursday, September 27, 2012


http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/66563/transgender-yeshiva-prof-coming-through-the-door



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.
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