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Abby Stein            

Jewish Educator, Activist & Author

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. Stein attended Yeshiva, completing a rabbinical degree in 2011. In 2012, she left the Hasidic world to explore a self-determined life. In 2015 Stein came out as a woman of trans experience. Since coming out, she has been working to raise support and awareness for trans rights and those leaving Ultra-Orthodoxy.

Her story has been covered in the New York Times, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, Jewish Daily Forward, Daily Mail, NBC, Vogue, InStyle, and more, as well as live appearances on CNN, Fox News, HuffPost Live, ShowTime, NowThis, PopSugar and internationally. In 2016, Stein was named by The Jewish Week as one of the “36 Under 36” young Jews who are inspiring change in the world. In 2018 she was awarded the Pride Award by the Brooklyn Borough President. She studied gender studies and political science at Columbia University in New York City.

Stein's book "Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman, a coming-of-age memoir", is available from Seal Press.

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Transgender woman chronicles journey from rabbi to her true self
Becoming Eve” author Abby Stein, who grew up male in an Orthodox Jewish family, talks about her decision to become a transgender woman and activist.
Abby Stein went from being an ultra-Orthodox rabbi to a transgender ...
Abby Stein lived as an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jew for most of her life, but says she always questioned the conventions of the faith. She left the community in ...
From ultra-Orthodox rabbi to openly transgender: Abby Stein shares ...
Trans advocate Abby Stein opens up about her nontraditional journey in “ Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman."

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