These resources also appear elsewhere on TransFaith, but are collected here for the convenience of those who are particularly interested in a Jewish perspective.
Considering Torah with a Conservative Rabbi
Today, we’ve gone back to the more simplistic world-view of the Bible. We have forgotten the complexity and humanity of the approach of our classical thinkers towards intersex people.
The journey of a transgender person, like the journey of the Children of Israel, involves leaving everything known for the promise of something completely unknown. And even if what is known is mitzrayim, it is terrifying.
The story of Jhos Singer, FTM transgender maggid (Jewish spiritual leader)
Discussion of religious issues in Orthodox Judaism related to transexuals -- specifically the teshuva by the Tzitz Eliezer.
Discussion of religious issues in Orthodox Judaism related to transexuals -- specifically the position of Rav Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg in his Tzitz Eliezer.
Article from Tikkun magazine (2005) exploring transgender issues in Judaism.
Exploring how gender does and doesn't matter in Aliyah and other contexts in synagogue
Laura Jacobs talks about Judaism, gender and transition.
2003 article about Reuben Zellman, the first transgender rabbinical student.
Examining the creation of humanity in Jewish sacred texts from the Bible until today, Queerly Created is the first section of Jewish Mosaic's TransTexts section.
Jewish Index
