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"Transkids" follows the gender transitions of four Jewish Israeli teens. (Photo/Ohad Romano)
Posted inFilm

‘Transkids,’ Israeli documentary about transgender teens, gets virtual screening

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 16, 2022May 18, 2022
Rabbi Daniel Bogard (left) and Shira Berkowitz lead songs at Camp Ramot Amoona. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Berkowitz)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish summer camp veterans are opening a camp for trans kids. It was filled within weeks.

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 10, 2022May 10, 2022
Picture of Hellman standing amid archival boxes, with the cover of his book superimposed
Posted inBooks

In new vampire novel, trans writer Isaac Fellman sinks teeth into identity and desire

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 13, 2022July 20, 2022
Abby Chava Stein, an American transgender author, activist, blogger, model, speaker and rabbi, relaxes on the Celebrity Apex. (Photo/JTA-Annie Leibovitz for Celebrity Cruises' All Inclusive Photo Project)
Posted inCulture

Ex-Hasidic trans activist Abby Stein photographed by Annie Leibovitz

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA April 6, 2022
Ezra Furman performs at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London, Nov. 14, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Robin Little-Redferns-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Ezra Furman is a mother, a queer role model, a Shabbat-observant indie rocker — and, now, a rabbinical student

by Ella Rockart and JTA September 3, 2021April 4, 2022
a row of small trans flags along a curb
Posted inMixed & Matched

Transitioning to my true self includes converting to Judaism. Can I?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler August 11, 2021August 11, 2021
Shoshana Mackay lives on a Jewish farm in North Carolina. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Mackay)
Posted inU.S.

Transgender Jews are finding safe haven in an unexpected place: the farm

by Ben Harris and JTA February 24, 2021March 1, 2021
Samantha Zerin struggled with her gender for years before coming out as transgender. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Zerin)
Posted inU.S.

Becoming a rebbetzin: What it’s like to come out as transgender when you’re married to the rabbi

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
Yiscah Smith shares her story at Ner Shalom in Cotati, the first of three talks in the North Bay. (Photo/Shoshana Hebshi)
Posted inNews

In Sonoma, trans Jewish scholar talks about her journey to ‘authentic living’

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi June 20, 2018June 20, 2018
Rabbinical students at Hebrew College near Boston, including Gita Karasov, left, are creating a video that shows women, transgender and non-binary Jews demonstrating how to wear tefillin. (Photo/JTA-Dena Trugman)
Posted inJewish Life

Learning to wear tefillin from women and transgender Jews

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten April 10, 2018April 10, 2018

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