Je'Jae Cleopatra Daniels

I’m a queer Mizrahi Jew who left the NY Orthodox world. This ‘bubby’ took me in.

(JTA) — This article first appeared on Alma. In Orthodox Judaism, a child’s Hebrew name is given within the first week. The rules for our lives are predetermined, assigned based on our gender at birth. Since I was born, I knew inside that I was created differently from others — and I was labeled a non-conforming…