Abby Stein is a Jewish educator, author, speaker, and activist. She was born and raised in a Hasidic family of rabbinic descent, and is a direct descendant of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism. Abby attended Yeshiva, completing a rabbinical degree in 2011. In 2012, she left the Hasidic world to explore a self-determined life. In 2015, Abby came out as a woman of transgender experience. Since coming out, she has been working to raise support and awareness for trans rights and those leaving Ultra-Orthodoxy. She studied gender studies and political science at Columbia University, and, in 2018, she was awarded the Pride Award by the Brooklyn Borough President. Presenting:

Excerpts from her memoir Becoming Eve: My Journey from an Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to a Transgender Woman

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