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Abby Stein | |
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.jpg) Stein in 2019 | |
| Born | October 1, 1991[1] New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality | American, Israeli |
| Education | Yeshivath Viznitz (semikhah) Columbia University (BA) |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
| Employer | Congregation Kolot Chayeinu |
| Known for | Transgender activism |
| Television | Dark Net |
| Spouse |
Fraidy Horowitz
(m. 2010–2013) |
| Children | 1 |
| Writing career | |
| Genre | non-fiction |
| Subjects | Memoir, LGBT literature, Jewish literature |
| Notable work | Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman |
 Literature portal | |
| Website | The Second Transition |
Abby Chava Stein (Yiddish: אביגיל חוה שטיין, born October 1, 1991[1]) is an Israeli-American transgender author, rabbi, activist,[2] blogger,[3] model, and speaker. She is the first openly transgender woman raised in a Hasidic community, and is a direct descendant of Hasidic Judaism's founder, the Baal Shem Tov.[4][5] In 2015, she founded one of the first support groups nationwide for trans people with an Orthodox Jewish background who have left Orthodox Judaism.[6]
Stein is also the first woman, and the first openly transgender woman, to have been ordained by an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish institution, having received her rabbinical degree in 2011, before coming out as transgender.[7] Stein did not work as a rabbi immediately after leaving Orthodox Judaism,[8] but by 2019, she had been working as a rabbi again, and as of 2020 works in many capacities as a rabbi.[9] In 2018, she co-founded Sacred Space, a multi-faith project "which celebrates women and non-binary people of all faith traditions".[10]
For the Jewish year of 5785, beginning in September 2024, Stein will serve as part-time rabbi of Kolot Chayeinu, a progressive non-denominational synagogue in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York.[11]
- ^ a b Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman
- ^ "Gentile and the Jew with Yiscah Smith and Abby Stein". Omny. January 28, 2016. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ "The Second Transition". thesecondtransition.blogspot.com.
- ^ JTA Staff (November 19, 2015). "Descendant of Hasidic Judaism Founder Comes Out as Transgender". JTA published by Haaretz. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
- ^ Summer Luk (April 27, 2016). "Interview: Abby Stein talks about being a transgender woman from a Hasidic Jewish community". Glaad. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
- ^ "TRANS MEET-UP with Abby Stein". Eshel Online. December 15, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ "'Gender began punching me in the face': How a Hasidic rabbi came out as trans woman", Debra Nussbaum Cohen, Haaretz, February 17, 2017.
- ^ "36 Under 36" Abby Stein, The Jewish Week
- ^ Temple Shaaray Tefila (June 26, 2020). "WATCH: Rabbi Reines in Conversation with Abby Stein" (Video). shaaraytefilanyc.org. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
On being called Rabbi…
- ^ Lex Rofeberg (November 19, 2019). "Abby Stein: Judaism Unbound Episode 196 – Becoming Eve". Judaism Unbound (Podcast). Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- ^ The Board of Congregation Kolot Chayeinu (May 3, 2024). "5785 Clergy Team Announcement - May 2024/Nisan 5784" (Press release). Brooklyn, NY: www.kolotchayeinu.org. Retrieved May 11, 2024.