The Place of Trans Torah in Jewish History

Presented as part of the 2021 Trans Jews are Here Convening which celebrated and explored the intersection of transgender identity and Jewish life.
Dr. David Zvi Kalman is a research fellow in the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Kogod Research Center. David Zvi works on issues of technology, religion, and art. He holds a position as Senior Advisor for Sinai and Synapses and is the host of the Belief in the Future podcast. He is the owner of Print-O-Craft Press, an independent publishing house that has released books including Jessica Deutsch’s The Illustrated Pirkei Avot and Noam Sienna’s A Rainbow Thread:

Some Torah is designed to be eternally relevant. Other Torah just tries to speak to what happened yesterday. But Torah built for posterity sometimes fades, while Torah of the moment sometimes lasts forever. This class, given by an ally primarily for other allies, talks about how this paradigm helps us understand the project of Trans Torah.

This program was part of the Trans Jews are Here 2021 Convening at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah held on Trans Day of Visibility, March 31, 2021.

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