Tag: Transgender

The text discusses the author's experience visiting Judy Chicago's retrospective exhibition, "Herstory," at the New Museum in New York City, reflecting on Chicago's feminist art, particularly "The Dinner Party," which celebrates female figures through vulvar forms.
The Trans Halakha Project, a queer and trans yeshiva initiative called SVARA, has released a series of teshuvot (answers to questions) about Jewish religious law pertaining to transgender individuals.
The author discusses the issue of transgenderism and the challenges it presents for observant Jewish parents.
The article discusses the challenges faced by Jewish summer camps in navigating the inclusion of transgender and gender non-conforming campers.
Mindy Levine, a religious mother of three, will be participating in the Jerusalem Pride Parade for the first time and delivering a keynote address.
Norah Vincent's book, "Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again," chronicles her 18-month experiment living as a man for journalistic purposes.
In a recent podcast episode, the discussion covers the criticism of mainstream and social media's handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story, followed by an editorial in The New York Times that takes on cancel culture and raises questions regarding transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.
In this article, the author responds to a previous essay by Moshe Kurtz regarding the relevance of the halakhic ban on cross-dressing, known as lo yilbash, in contemporary society.
"You Be You: The Kids Guide to Gender, Sexuality and Family," a book originally published in English in 2019, has now been translated into Yiddish.
The discussion revolves around the inclusion of transgender and nonbinary individuals in Jewish death and burial practices, particularly focusing on the ritual of tahara.
Abby Stein, a transgender activist who was raised in a Hasidic family in Williamsburg, sheds light on the historical support for transgender individuals by Hasidic sages dating back 200 years.
Rabbi Mike Moskowitz, the first Orthodox rabbi at New York City's LGBTQ synagogue, CBST, discusses how Judaism can include transgender adherents.
Chemda, a radio celebrity known for her podcast "Keith and The Girl," recently underwent open-heart surgery to remove a non-cancerous tumor close to her heart.
Eshel, a national organization supporting LGBT Jews and their families in Orthodox communities, recently held its second annual retreat for Orthodox parents of LGBT children, drawing participants from seven states.