Abby Stein Quotes

Abby Chava Stein is an American transgender author, activist, blogger, model, speaker, and rabbi. She is the first openly transgender woman raised in a Hasidic community, and is a direct descendant of Hasidic Judaism's founder, the Baal Shem Tov. In 2015, she founded one of the first support groups nationwide for trans people with an Orthodox Jewish background who have left Orthodox Judaism.Stein is also the first woman, and the first openly transgender woman, to have been ordained by an Orthodox Jewish institution, having received her rabbinical degree in 2011, before coming out as transgender. Though Stein did not work as a rabbi after leaving Orthodox Judaism until at least 2016, by 2020, she had re-embraced her title as rabbi, and currently works in many capacities as a rabbi. In 2018, she co-founded Sacred Space, a multi-faith project "which celebrates women and non-binary people of all faith traditions".



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Famous Abby Stein Quotes

“There is no straight way to not being straight. We (Queer individuals) all have different stories.”

Speech at Nyack Library, May 15, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHXHcf47LJk&list=PLGAOZDy50dxnuaem8ls2U6285DxR9_jH9
2016

“(On gender transition:) "It's hard, but it's possible."”

In an interview with CNN, June 17, 2017 http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/17/health/transgender-orthodox-upbringing-trnd/index.html,
2017

“When and if, all the Jews, Muslims, LGBTQIA, People of Color, People of less privileged socio-economic status, and so on, with the help of allies, gather to cry out loud: “WE RESIST” there is nothing we cannot accomplish!”

IfNotNow Torah, February 24, 2017 https://medium.com/ifnotnowtorah/a-timely-lesson-lets-rise-up-together-30f4e869088a#.4vrm67rcq/
2017

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Abby Stein Quotes about people

“People use religion, dogma, community as an excuse to justify their own intolerance, or their own phobia from something that doesn't fit into their conceived notions of gender and of identity.”

On Popsugar, June 5, 2017 https://www.popsugar.com/news/Meet-Transgender-Activist-Abby-Stein-43598113
2017

“You’re saying God is all made up, but okay, who cares? People say, “I can’t pray because I feel like I’m talking to myself.” The rabbi would say, “Pray! That’s so good. Go talk to yourself.””

Huffington Post, June 9, 2016 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/abby-stein-judaism_us_57574cbfe4b08f74f6c08963
2016

Abby Stein Quotes

“It’s past talking time. The time to say: ‘We’ll pray, and we’ll be fine’ is long over.”

Interview with The Jewish Chronicle (UK), March 2, 2017 https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/features/sex-change-rabbi-abby-stein-my-trans-agenda-1.433585/
2017

“I have mood swings, but I can deal with that by watching Netflix and eating pickles.”

Interview with Haaretz, February 14, 2017 http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/features/.premium-1.771440
2017

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