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Ya’amdu… (Parashat Vayishlach)

November 24, 2007 | By Ari Lev Fornari

Topic(s): Transgender and Gender Identity

Media Type(s): Torah Commentary

This resource is part of the Torah Queeries collection.

The author writes of his personal experience as a transgender person attending a synagogue and being called up to the Torah for an aliyah. He also recounts the story from this Torah portion where Jacob wrestles with the angel, just as the author wrestles with God, gender, and Zionism.

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