222. Transgender Jews - June 19, 2021
TINW Torah Study
English - June 19, 2021 21:00 - 7 minutes - 5.52 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality jennifer jaech biblical origins torah study tara keiter Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We continued our Pride Month exploration of Jewish text that addresses non-binary people. This week we focused on transgender people and we might be surprised to find that the belief that a person might not fit their outside shell is not a 21st century phenomenon. We finished with 14th century poem by a man who seems to, heartbreakingly, wish he had been born a woman.