Abby Stein

As the first person from the Hasidic community to come out as transgender, Abby Stein is a pioneer. Stein recounted her experiences in the book “Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman.”. “Part of my identity was religion,” Stein told Inside Edition Digital in 2019. “Part of...

Women of the J, a program of the Boulder JCC, welcomes Abby Stein virtually as part of their Exceptional Women Speaker Series. Abby Stein is the author of “Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman.” On Tuesday, May 4 at 6:00 pm MT, she will share her journey from being born and raised in a Hasidic family of rabbinic descent to completing a rabbinical degree to leaving the Hasidic world to explore a self-determined life. Abby came out as a woman of trans experience in 2015. Since coming out, she has been working to raise support and awareness for trans rights and those leaving Ultra-Orthodoxy.

NEWINGTON — Abby Stein, a transgender rabbi and best-selling author, will speak at a virtual event sponsored by Temple Sinai of Newington on Wednesday, March 24, at 6 p.m. The event is part of the temple’s focus on gender equity during the month of March. Stein grew up in the...