Dr. Joy Ladin is a nationally recognized speaker on gender and Jewish identity. A highly respected poet, author and blogger, as the David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University, she is the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution. Her book The Soul of the Stranger helps readers see some of the best-known Torah stories through the lens of the transgender experience, transforming understandings of the Torah’s portrayals of God, humanity and the relationships between them.

Part of the J’s Gender Journeys series. In partnership with Congregation Beth-El Zedeck, Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council and Indy Pride.