Blessings for Gender Transitioning By Rabbi Elliot Rose Kukla The first blessing refers to God as the “Transforming One”—”Ha’Ma’avir”—sharing the root of the word Ivrim (Hebrews). Jews are Ivrim—the “crossing over” people—because we “crossed over” the Jordan River…
TRANSPARENT (Amazon Prime 2014) When I first heard about the television series “Transparent” through a friend, I was initially a little nonplussed by the title, but since I have learned to trust my friend’s impeccable taste in all…