She serves on the Board of Keshet, a national organization devoted to full inclusion of LGTBQ Jews in the Jewish world.ĭr. She has spoken about gender identity issues around the country, and was featured on NPR’s “On Being” with Krista Tippett and other NPR programs. Her work has been recognized with a Fulbright Scholarship and an American Council of Learned Societies research fellowship. She holds the David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Yeshiva University. She is also the author of six books of poetry, including Psalms and Lambda Literary Award finalist Transmigration her seventh collection, Impersonation, is due out in 2015. 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. 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 and made page-3 news in the New York Post. This segment was produced by The Current's Shannon Higgins.Jo y Ladin will be visiting UConn on March 12, 2015, for a series of events that will take place throughout the day.

And as always if you missed anything on The Current, grab a podcast. Tweet us Or e-mail us through our website. We always love hearing from you with your feedback on the program. She joined us from Amherst, Massachusetts. She is also the author of Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey between Genders, as well as many books of poetry. Joy Ladin holds the David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Yeshiva University - an Orthodox Jewish University in New York City. Transitioning from male to female meant profound upheaval to her relationship with her family.

In 2006, the husband and father of three began a journey to change genders and become: Joy Ladin. Jay Ladin lived for forty years as a man, but had become exhausted with the pretense. 'Oh by the way what gender do you think I am?'. It's not something that is easy to ask somebody to say. Some students, I don't think actually realized that I am trans. Joy Ladin shares her personal journey from male to female. The decision to transition to a woman while teaching at an Orthodox Jewish University took Joy Ladin, her school and her students on an unexpected journey.

Through the Door of Life by Joy Ladin