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Caitlyn Jenner Is A Champion For Israel — And Jewish Values
Jenner is an outspoken advocate for the infinite worth of the individual, a value that is at the heart of Judaism. For that, she deserves our respect.
Jewish Values Tell Us To Back Equality for Transgender People — It’s in the Torah
Citing both changing social practice and Jewish values, the international association of Conservative rabbis last week passed a resolution calling on Jewish institutions and government agencies to embrace the full equality of transgender people. Some see this as a departure from tradition. But, as the resolution claims, a stronger case can be made that full equality has much deeper within the Jewish ethical tradition.
WATCH: Jewish Pundit Threatened for Saying Caitlyn Jenner is ‘Mainstreaming Delusion’
Journalist Zoey Tur, a transgender woman, has threatened Ben Shapiro, a right-wing political commentator who is an Orthodox Jew, with violence for publicly opposing social acceptance of transgender people.
3 Jewish Lessons on Rachel Dolezal and Caitlyn Jenner
Jews have centuries of experience reinventing themselves in different societies. Jane Eisner explains how that history may give us surprising insights into two very different stories of personal transformation.
Why Caitlyn Jenner Is an American Triumph — and Challenge to Observant Jews
Caitlyn Jenner’s public coming-out party is another sign that the American dream is fundamentally a celebration of humanism. Jay Michaelson warns observant Jews who reject this euphoric narrative that they do so at their peril.
Would Maimonides Call Her Caitlyn or Bruce?
You might not expect a 12th-century rabbinic sage to have words of wisdom about Vanity Fair’s viral Caitlyn Jenner cover. And yet, Maimonides delivers — even if some Jews don’t want to listen.
Jon Stewart Welcomes Caitlyn Jenner... To the World of Sexist Media
Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover has been hailed as an important milestone. But, as Jon Stewart reminds us: American media is sexist. And this is no exception.
Annie Leibovitz Snaps Stunning First Pictures of Caitlyn Jenner
Former Olympic athlete and reality TV star Bruce Jenner, who is transitioning to life as a woman, revealed her new name as Caitlyn Jenner on Monday and posed in a white strapless leotard on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine.