The Intersectional Barbie Dream Minyan: A Minyan for our Times
By Amy Powell with Jen Taylor Friedman - The first “Tefillin Barbie” debuted 10 years ago, the work of Jen Taylor Friedman, one of the first soferot (female ritual scribes). Recently, Friedman brought us an updated version for our times: The Intersectional Barbie Dream Minyan. “In the … [Read More...]
Reading Torah from a Trans Perspective: An Interview with Joy Ladin
By Nora Smolonksy - Before she had language to understand herself as a transgender person, Joy Ladin did not feel represented or at ease in the physical world she inhabited. While reading the Torah as a child, Ladin found solace in God, who also did not fit the gender binary. “I felt God all … [Read More...]
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