Abby Stein is coming to teach at HerTorah!
Abby Stein was raised in a Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, isolated in a culture that lives according to the laws and practices of eighteenth-century Eastern Europe, speaking only Yiddish and Hebrew and shunning modern life. Stein was born as the first son in a dynastic rabbinical family, poised to become a leader of the next generation of Hasidic Jews.
But Abby felt certain at a young age that she was a girl. She suppressed her desire for a new body while looking for answers wherever she could find them, from forbidden religious texts to smuggled secular examinations of faith. Finally, she orchestrated a personal exodus from ultra-Orthodox manhood to mainstream femininity-a radical choice that forced her to leave her home, her family, her way of life.
HerTorah: January Gathering - presented by SVIVAH and Maharat
Join Abby Stein and Rabbanit Aliza Sperling in an exploration of bravery and courage in our Jewish tradition.
Read more about Abby’s story in this November Elle article or listen to her interview with the Jewish Women’s Archive podcase “Can We Talk?” Episode 35: Becoming Abby.
This gathering welcomes women* 12+ and learners of all backgrounds.
Svivah is dependent on the generosity of those who choose to invest in a powerful community of women. Suggested donation $18.
Refreshments will be served. Questions? Email connect@svivah.org
*SVIVAH defines "Jewish woman" as anyone wishing to be included in a circle of Jewish women. If you want to be here, we want you to be here.
The Aviv Foundation
This gathering will take place at The BOLD Center in Friendship Heights. It is accessible by public transportation (AU Metro) and is handicap accessible. Public parking in the area is free and plentiful in the evenings.