Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson, a political commentator and the author of nine books including the bestselling God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality, will join us on BEKI Zoom for a program about Celebrating Gender Diversity in Jewish Tradition, Values, and Theology. While our current understandings of gender may be recent, the phenomenon of gender non-conformity is found throughout Jewish history, Biblical text, and even theology. Jay holds a JD from Yale Law School and a PhD from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a commentator on CNN and a columnist at Rolling Stone, having been the legal affairs columnist for The Daily Beast for eight years. An affiliated assistant professor at Chicago Theological Seminary and a visiting scholar at the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion, he lives outside of New York City with his husband and daughter. Contact the BEKI office to request the Zoom link.