Date/Time:
01/7/2016 | Thursday | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location:
Jewish Community Center of Austin
7300 Hart Lane
Austin,Texas
78731
Categories
Joy Ladin’s return to Yeshiva University as a woman after receiving tenure as a man made her the first openly transgender employee of an Orthodox Jewish institution. Her memoir of gender transition, Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders, was a finalist for a 2012 National Jewish Book Award, and winner of a Forward Fives award, and she was named to the 2012 Forward 50 list of influential or courageous American Jews. She is also the author of seven books of poetry, including Psalms, Lambda Literary Award finalist Transmigration and newly-published Impersonation. She holds the David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Yeshiva University. Her work has been recognized with a Fulbright Scholarship and an American Council of Learned Societies research fellowship. She has spoken about gender identity issues around the country, and was featured on NPR’s “On Being.” She serves on the Board of Keshet, a national organization devoted to full inclusion of LGTBQ Jews in the Jewish world.
Moderated by Rabbi Amy Cohen. Co-sponsored with Keshet Austin and the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, University of Texas.
Reception to follow.
Books will be available for purchase and a signing will follow the program.
Suggested donation is $10 and will go toward continued education in our community on LGBTQ issues.
