Abby Stein Explained

Abby Stein
Birth Date:1 October 1991[1]
Birth Place:New York City, U.S.
Nationality:American, Israeli
Education:Yeshivath Viznitz (semikhah)
Columbia University (BA)
Employer:Congregation Kolot Chayeinu
Known For:Transgender activism
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Genre:non-fiction
Notablework:Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman
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Television:Dark Net
Children:1
Website:The Second Transition
Years Active:2012–present

Abby Chava Stein (born October 1, 1991[1]) is an Israeli-American transgender author, rabbi, activist,[2] blogger,[3] model, and speaker. 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.[4] [5] In 2015, she founded one of the first support groups nationwide for trans people with an Orthodox Jewish background who have left Orthodox Judaism.[6]

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.[7] Stein did not work as a rabbi immediately after leaving Orthodox Judaism,[8] by 2019, she had been working as a rabbi again, and as of 2020 works in many capacities as a rabbi.[9] In 2018, she co-founded Sacred Space, a multi-faith project "which celebrates women and non-binary people of all faith traditions".[10]

For the Jewish year of 5785, beginning in September 2024, Stein will serve as part-time rabbi of Kolot Chayeinu a progressive Non-denominational synagogue in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York.[11]

Early life

Stein was born to a family of notable Hasidic leaders, in 1991 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, as the sixth of thirteen children.[12] Her father, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Stein, is the current Savraner Rebbe of Brooklyn. Her grandfather, Grand Rabbi Mordechai Stein, is the current Faltishaner Rabbe and a descendant of (and named for) Reb Mordechai Twersky of Chernobyl (1770–1837). Her family is of Polish, Ukrainian/Romanian, Serbian, and Israeli descent, with modern Ukraine being the predominant origin.[13]

Stein grew up speaking Yiddish and Hebrew and was educated at a traditional all-boys Jewish day school. The community in which she grew up is highly segregated by gender (which impacts almost all aspects of daily life). Stein attended the Viznitz yeshiva in Kiamesha Lake, New York,[14] for her high school and rabbinical education; she received semikha in 2011.[15] In 2012, she left the Hasidic community (often referred to in Jewish communities as going "off the derech"), and in 2014 started school at Columbia University's School of General Studies.

In her book, as well as in numerous interviews, Stein credits the New York City-based non-profit Footsteps with helping her succeed after she left the Hasidic community, even calling their work "life saving." In a March 2021 interview with the New York magazine, she credits Footsteps therapists with helping her both when she left the Hasidic community and later came out as a transgender woman. Stein said that speaking with a Footsteps social worker "Was the first time I ever spoke to a professional where I felt listened to, as opposed to feeling like a problem that needed solving."[16]

Stein has dual US and Israeli citizenship,[17] with the Israeli citizenship coming through her father who was born in Jerusalem and the family goes back there several generations. Her great-grandfather was Rabbi Yosef Meir Kahana, the Rebbe of Spinka Jerusalem.

Coming out

In November 2015, Stein made headlines when she came out on her blog as transgender[18] and started physical transition. She was featured in some major media outlets, including The New York Times,[19] the New York Post,[20] New York Magazine,[21] NBC,[22] the Daily Dot,[23] and more. She has also appeared on CNN,[24] Fox News,[25] HuffPost Live,[26] and Vice Canada.[27] Stein also appeared on a number of international TV networks, newspapers, and magazines in over 20 different languages.[28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]

When Stein left her community in 2012 and came out as an atheist, her parents said that no matter Stein's choices in life, she would remain their child. After coming out as trans, though, her father told her that, "You should know that this means I might not be able to talk to you ever again."[34] Since then, her parents have shunned her and stopped talking to her altogether.[35] She has also received some hate from her former community,[36] but, in an interview with Chasing News (a Fox News short film company), Stein said that she received less hate than some people would have expected.[25] She described her life post-transition as "better than I could have ever imagined".[37]

Stein was featured in the 2016 Showtime Documentary series, Dark Net, in episode 8, "Revolt".[38]

Naming Celebration/bat mitzvah

On June 4, 2016, Stein celebrated her transition and announced her name change to Abby Chava Stein at Romemu, a Jewish Renewal synagogue in the Upper West Side neighborhood of New York City.[39] [40] In an interview with The Huffington Post, she said that even though she did not believe in God, she wanted to celebrate in a synagogue:

Publications

Books

Stein's first book, Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman, a memoir, was published by Seal Press (Hachette) on November 12, 2019.[41] [42] [43] The book became a best seller.[44]

Becoming Eve has been translated into Dutch, and was published under the title Eigenlijk Eva: Mijn transitie van ultraorthodoxe rabbi tot trans-vrouw by De Geus on January 18, 2022.[45]

Stein's second book, Sources of Pride, an anthology of Jewish texts on "Identity, Gender, Sexuality, and Inclusivity, in Jewish Texts from the Torah to Kabbalah, Hasidic Teachings, and Contemporary Sources."[46] The book will be a collection of her source sheets on Sefaria. It is to be published by Ben Yehuda Press.[47]

Stein was profiled in, and wrote the foreword for, Peter Bussian's book of portraits, Trans New York: Photos and Stories of Transgender New Yorkers. In the foreword, she described her love for New York City – both while in the Hasidic community, and now living as a Queer person in New York.[48]

Essays

Her writings have also been published in Queer Disbelief: Why LGBTQ Equality is an Atheist Issue, written by Camille Beredjick,[49] edited by Hemant Mehta, and published by Friendly Atheist. Stein wrote an essay specifically for the book, titled, Trans Woman (and Former Hasidic Jew): Atheists Should Support the LGBTQ Movement .[50]

Stein's essay about COVID-19 and its impact on the LGBTQ community, titled, "COVID has exploded Jewish LGBTQ acceptance online. There's no going back." (originally published on Forward.com,[51]) was included in When We Turned Within: Reflections on COVID-19, an anthology of 165 essays edited by Sarah Tuttle-Singer and Menachem Creditor.[52]

Another one of Stein's essays on the current political climate, titled "When One Line Makes All the Difference" - reflecting on President Joe Biden's victory speech (on November 7, 2020), and his mentioning of the transgender community[53] (originally published online by T'ruah (of which Stein is a rabbinic member), as part of their "Torah 20/20" series.[54]) - was published in the 2021 anthology No Time for Neutrality: American Rabbinic Voices from an Era of Upheaval.[55]

Stein's essay titled "Bring Them In," based on her remarks as part of the 24 hour "Call To Unite,"[56] hosted by Tim Shriver and Oprah Winfrey,[57] was published in The Call to Unite.[58]

Stein also contributed to Jewels of Elul: A Letter to Myself XII, a collection of essays published by singer / songwriter and music producer, Craig Taubman. Her essay, titled, "Dayeinu" ("Enough" in Hebrew), focused on the question of "What If?", and explored an answer to the question of "What If you would have been" born or raised in different circumstances.[59]

Stein also contributed an essay to Kaye Blegvad's The Pink Book: An Illustrated Celebration of the Color, from Bubblegum to Battleships, discussing her relationship with the color pink, the Hasidic community and the color, and her feelings about stereotypical femininity.[60]

Online essays

Activism

After coming out, Stein started an online support group to help trans people who come from Orthodox backgrounds. Stein also said that Facebook and online support communities have been her lifeline while leaving her community, which made her realize the positive power of online communities.[70]

In December 2015, Stein founded a support group for trans people from Orthodox backgrounds.[71] The group's first meeting had 12 people attending, most of them fellow Hasids struggling with their gender identity.[72] Stein's avid blogging also gained her a big following in the Jewish community, and she has become a role model for former ultra-Orthodox Jews – both LGBTQ and not.[73]

In addition to transgender activism, Stein has also been active in several projects to help those going off the derech and leaving the ultra-Orthodox community. She has been working with Footsteps,[74] and its Canadian sister organization, Forward, for which she traveled to Montreal in 2016 to help jump-start.[75] In addition, she has also done some lay advocacy work with YAFFED, working towards a better education in the Hasidic schools, for which she has also engaged in political work.[76]

In 2018, Stein co-founded her own feminist/womanist multi-faith and inclusive celebration of women and non-binary people of all faith traditions, called Sacred Space, with former Mormon feminist and founder of Ordain Women, human rights lawyer Kate Kelly, and Yale Divinity School professor and Baptist preacher Eboni Marshall-Turman.[77]

During the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Stein served as a national Surrogate for the Bernie Sanders campaign.[78]

Stein is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.[79]

Modeling

Since coming out, Stein has also done several modeling projects depicting her life and transition, which have been published by numerous sites.[80] She told Refinery29 that "I actually liked [shooting]. It did help me feel more comfortable", and that she does these projects to encourage others on their journey.[81] In 2018, she also did several photo shoots and modeling projects with major fashion magazines such as Vogue,[82] Glamour,[83] Elle,[84] and InStyle.[85]

In December 2021 Stein was photographed by Annie Leibovitz as part of Celebrity Cruises' "industry-elevating" All-Inclusive Photo Project.[86] The Project, which according to CNN was "some of the world's most innovative artists and photographers teaming up with a cruise line in a bid to help change the face of travel marketing"[87] was according to Celebrity Cruises "starting a movement to address under-representation in travel marketing through our All-Inclusive Photo Project. In partnership with world-renowned photographers, we have created the world's first open-source photo library featuring ethnic, disabled, curvy and LGBTQ+ changemakers. We invite our industry to join us in changing the face of travel."[88] Stein said about that shoot that “while I don't understand corporate intentions, the people I worked with from Celebrity were all really, really amazing and they really mean it. I think they’ve done a lot of amazing stuff towards being more inclusive and I'm a big fan of inclusivity. Specifically, actual actions.”[89]

Stein's photo from that shoot was printed in The New York Times Sunday edition on Sunday April 24, 2022, as a double page centerfold feature in the main section.[90]

Public speaking

Stein's first public appearance was in a promotional video for Footsteps 10th anniversary gala in 2013, where she was interviewed about her experience leaving the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.[91] Around the same time, she also did interviews with The Wall Street Journal[92] and Haaretz[93] about her experience leaving the community and fighting for custody. She also started giving public speeches on these topics.[94]

In addition to public speaking, she also teaches classes on gender within Judaism, as well as bringing attention to trans people from Orthodox communities.[95] As of November 2016, she has had speeches at several universities. She has also done longer speaking tours to several communities in Montreal, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the New York metropolitan area.[96]

Starting in 2016, Stein has also become a rising star in demand for speaking engagements and conferences, such as the Limmud franchise,[97] where, at the 2017 Limmud NY conference, she spoke more times than any other presenter.[98] At the same time, she has also spoken internationally at conferences such as the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee's annual Junction Conference in Berlin,[99] and the Miles Nadal JCC's Tikkun in Toronto.

A big part of Stein's events have been with Hillel International affiliates all over the world. According to a 2017 report by Hillel, "Stein has visited more than 100 campuses, sharing her story with thousands of students, in hopes of teaching them the importance of inclusivity, and that 'Judaism and queerness are not a contradiction'."[100] Her events drew hundreds of students, where she talks about her life, Transgender in Judaism, Intersectionality, policy, and politics, as it relates to the LGBTQ community, and consulting on how to be more inclusive.[101] [102]

Stein is today a globally recognized author, activist, and speaker.[103] As of July 2020, she has given over 400 speeches at venues worldwide.[104]

Women's March leadership

In early 2019, Stein joined the Women's March leadership, as a member of the 2019 Steering Committee.[105] Despite some controversy surrounding the March and its leadership, Stein said that, "I'm convinced that working with Women's March people, we can gain so much more by working together, even when there might be some parts we feel uncomfortable with",[106] and "expressed solidarity with other Jewish women who are supporting the march on grounds that it has emerged as an important and growing coalition of marginalized groups, including Jews, African Americans, Hispanics, and LGBT people".[107]

During the rally following the march, Stein also spoke on stage alongside Reverend Jacqui Lewis, senior minister of Middle Collegiate Church, and Muslim activist Remaz Abdelgader, leading the spiritual invocation opening the rally. During her speech, which she started with the traditional greeting of "Shabbat Shalom", she related the march to the Exodus, leading the audience in chants denouncing different forms of prejudice and oppression, with a chant of "Let It Go!".[108] She also called for unity, saying that, "A lot of people out there, a lot of people in the media are trying to divide us. What brings us together is not the fact that we are all the same. What brings us together is our differences."[109]

In 2020, Stein was a featured speaker[110] at the Women's March NYC, in Foley Square.[111]

Rabbinical work

For a few years after leaving the Hasidic community, and later coming out, Stein did not work as a rabbi at all. About the first two years after leaving, she told HuffPost "I felt very much disenfranchised from God. One rabbi called it “Post-God Traumatic Disorder.” When God is just this really bad person who is going to punish you. I was like, “That's it. I don't want to know anything about the Jewish religion. This is all bulls**t.” Later on, she started practicing Judaism again, saying “I don't believe in God, but I believe in Judaism,” naming specifically the Jewish year cycle, as well as Jewish music, food, and spirituality, as details that made her reembrace some Jewish practices.[112] About celebrating Shabbat she said that while she is not observant in an Orthodox sense, marking Shabbat with simple rituals such as candle lighting helped ground her when she was going through a hard time before coming out, and that "it became a mental health and spiritual practice." On her social media she posts almost weekly posts of her celebrating Shabbat.

By 2019 she has re-embraced her title and work as a rabbi, leaning into the knowledge she got in her training to advance LGBTQ right and social justice." She also said that “I have found that even the most secular Jews have a certain type of respect when you say, ‘rabbi,’” and she has used that ability to talk more about how Judaism and Jewish texts have space for queer and trans people, saying that “While I don't think that we need text to justify who we are… I do think that [texts] create something so beautiful and powerful.” While making a video teaching Jewish texts with the Jewish Daily Forward, she said that “I'm hoping that looking at these texts and sharing them could help us all, if we wish, to find a space for us within Judaism to learn not to tolerate who we are, but to celebrate who we are.”[113] Stein also partnered with the Yiddish Forverts to create content in her native Yiddish on the topic of gender and transgender in Judaism.[114]

Stein currently serves in the capacity of a rabbi on NCJW's "Rabbis for Repro" board,[115] overseeing "a network of Jewish clergy who have pledged to preach, teach, and advocate for abortion justice," which currently has over 1,500 members.[116]

Stein is an active member of the rabbinical group T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights,[117] as well as a member of the rabbinical advocacy group "Tirdof: New York Jewish Clergy for Justice" which is a partnership between T'ruah and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ).[118]

A February 2022 article in Distractify claimed that the transgender rabbi character (played by Hari Nef) in episode 10 of And Just Like That… was based on Stein.[119]

As of the High Holy Days 5784 (September 2023), Stein has been working as a rabbi and scholar-in-residence at The New Shul, a Non-Denominational progressive synagogue in Manhattan's West Village.[120]

Honors and awards

American Jewish Press Association Rockower Award, First place Award for Excellence in Personality Profiles. In the 2019 awards, Simi Horowitz's profile of Stein, "Abby Stein: A Gender Transition Through a Jewish Lens", in the Moment Magazine[143] Received the first place award for Excellence in Personality Profiles. The AJPA commented by saying that, "This piece captures the humanity of Abby Stein, with an abundance of quietly telling details (like what she's eating during the interview). An impressive work."[144]

Filmography

In addition to a long list of interviews with major national and international news networks, Stein has also been featured in several TV segments in the United States, Canada, Israel, Bulgaria, and more – in English, French, Hebrew, Bulgarian, Russian, Spanish, and Yiddish.

YearTitleRole
2014Huffington Post Live[145] TV series; Episode: "Why Orthodox Jews Struggle to Leave Community" with Shulem Deen
2015 Huffington Post Live[146] TV series; Episode: "Why This Trans Woman Left Hasidism To Embrace Her Gender Identity"
2015Chasing News[147] Fox TV Series; Episode: "Free To Be Me"
2016–2018Great Big Story[148] A CNN Web Series; Episode: "Transitioning to Freedom" – in 2018 the episode was aired again by "Great Big Story Nordics" with Swedish subtitles; Episode: "Transsexuell med ultraortodox bakgrund"[149]
2016Dark Net[150] Showtime Television documentary series, Episode 8, "Revolt"
2016Daily Vice – Canada[151] Canadian TV Series; Episode: "Les défis d'une activiste trans reniée par sa communauté juive hassidique" In French and in English
2017NowThis Original[152] TV series; Episode: "How This Hasidic Rabbi Became A Trans Woman" – Got 2.6 million views on Facebook alone.
2017Shishi With Ayala Hasson[153] Israeli TV Series on Channel 10; Episode: "הכל אודות אבי: מסעו המופלא של האברך החרדי שהפך לאישה" (All About Abby: The Wonderful Journey of the Young Ultra-Orthodox Man That Became A Woman), In Hebrew
2017The Theme of NOVA[154] Bulgarian TV Show; Episode: "Темата на NOVA: Свещеникът, който се моли да бъде жена" (The Rabbi Who Prays to Be a Woman) – this was Stein's first TV appearance in Eastern Europe, and Bulgaria's first transgender story on TV, in Bulgarian.
2017PopSugar[155] Social Media series; Episode: "This Transgender Trailblazer Left the Hasidic Community to Live Her Truth as a Woman" – it got over 7 million views on Facebook alone,[156] the most of any of her videos
2017DKISS[157] Spanish TV series; Episode: "Abby Stein cortó toda la relación con su familia cuando les contó que era transgénero" – Stein was not interviewed for this episode, in Spanish.
2017Time Code – RTVi[158] International Russian-speaking TV series; Episode: "«Тайм-Код» с Владимиром Ленским. 16 июня" – Filmed at Columbia University, in Russian.
2017FOX 5 News at 5[159] NYC TV news series; Episode: "Transgender woman's journey from Hasidim to a new life".
2017A Plus: A Grain of Saul[160] Weekly Facebook based show; Episode: "To mark Transgender Day of Remembrance".
2017The Rundown[161] TV show on the International Israeli channel i24NEWS; Episode: "Bridging Ultra-Orthodox and LGBT communities" in two parts,[162] in English
2018Todo Noticias[163] Argentinian TV show; Episode: "Cómo un rabino ultraortodoxo (casado y con un hijo) se convirtió en mujer," and additional segment "Abby, el rabino ortodoxo que se convirtió en mujer"[164] in Spanish
2018CAFE 100[165] Web Series; Episode: "Episode 2: Abby Stein"
2018Huffpost Perspectives[166] TV series; Episode: S1:E11 "This Trans Woman Left Her Hasidic Community To Fully Embrace Her True Self"
2018TRENDING[167] TV show hosted by Emily Frances; Episode: "From Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman"[168]
2018Stern[169] German Magazine based Series as part of JWD by Joko Winterscheidt; Episode: "Abby Stein musste eine Welt aufgeben, in der sie Rabbiner sein sollte – um eine Frau zu sein," In German
2019112BK[170] Brooklyn based BRIC TV weekly show; Episode: "A Hasidic Rabbi's Transition"
2019Queer Kid Stuff[171] Web series educating kids on LGBTQ+ and social justice topics; season 4, episode 2: "Religion with Abby Chava Stein!"
2019Studio 10[172] Australian morning talk show on Network Ten; Episode: "Abby Stein: From Orthodox Rabbi To Transgender Woman"
2019Today Show[173] American morning talk show on NBC; season 67, Episode: "Transgender Woman Chronicles Her Journey from Rabbi to Her True Self"
2020Magellán[174] Hungarian Educational and Scientific show on Super TV2; Episode: "Rabbi volt, de nőként él tovább: Exkluzív interjú Abby Steinnel" (She was a rabbi, now she lives as a woman: An exclusive interview with Abby Stein), in Hungarian
2020Soon By You[175] A credited and scripted cameo as a Yoga Instructor; Soon By You is a "frum and funky 'Friends'-esque sitcom", set in the Modern Orthodox community of New York City's Upper West Side. This S2:E2 episode was focused on the Orthodox LGBTQ community.[176]
2020Inside Edition[177] American TV News magazine on CBS; season 32, Episode: "Abby Stein Is the First from New York's Hasidic Community to Come Out as Trans"
2021A Day in the Life of America[178] Documentary film produced by Jared Leto in 2017, aired by PBS as part of the Independent Lens series; season 21, episode 6.[179]
2023The Secret Life of Hasidic Jews in New York[180] Documentary produced by Drew Binsky exploring Williamsburg, NY, Abby's neighborhood where she grew up.

Personal life

In 2010, Stein married a woman, Fraidy Horowitz, with whom she also had her son, Duvid. The marriage was an arranged marriage by a matchmaker, and the couple only met for 15 minutes prior to the engagement.[181] "Abby's sheltered upbringing culminated in her marriage at 18 to Fraidy, the daughter of another Hasidic Jewish family. It was formally arranged by a matchmaker, and was, in Abby's words, a 'done deal' before they had even met. 'It wasn't exactly forced, but it was completely arranged', she said. 'I met her once in advance, for 15 minutes.' The two did not see each other again until their wedding. As Stein left the community, she divorced her wife.[182] In an interview with The Wall Street Journal right after her divorce, she said that, "They had a good relationship", and that at the time of the divorce, she was able to "obtain a 'normal agreement', including weekly visits, joint custody, split holidays, joint decision-making on major life events, and every second weekend with her son".[183]

Stein is a cousin of the actor Luzer Twersky.[184]

In a 2023 piece Stein wrote for Autostraddle, she identified her sexuality "as an out and proud queer, poly demisexual[185] ."

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman
  2. Web site: Gentile and the Jew with Yiscah Smith and Abby Stein . January 28, 2016 . Omny . April 19, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160617095835/http://omnyapp.com/shows/gentile-and-the-jew/gentile-and-the-jew-with-yiscah-smith-and-abby-ste . June 17, 2016.
  3. Web site: The Second Transition. thesecondtransition.blogspot.com.
  4. News: JTA Staff. Descendant of Hasidic Judaism Founder Comes Out as Transgender. July 9, 2019. JTA published by Haaretz. November 19, 2015.
  5. News: Summer Luk. Interview: Abby Stein talks about being a transgender woman from a Hasidic Jewish community. July 9, 2019. Glaad. April 27, 2016. March 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328100230/https://www.glaad.org/blog/interview-abby-stein-talks-about-being-transgender-woman-hasidic-jewish-community. dead.
  6. Web site: TRANS MEET-UP with Abby Stein . Eshel Online . December 15, 2015 . April 19, 2021.
  7. http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/features/.premium-1.771440 "'Gender began punching me in the face': How a Hasidic rabbi came out as trans woman"
  8. http://www.thejewishweek.com/special-sections/36-under-36/abby-stein-24 "36 Under 36" Abby Stein
  9. Web site: Temple Shaaray Tefila . WATCH: Rabbi Reines in Conversation with Abby Stein . shaaraytefilanyc.org . June 30, 2020 . Video . June 26, 2020 . On being called Rabbi…. Temple Shaaray Tefila .
  10. Abby Stein: Judaism Unbound Episode 196 – Becoming Eve . Judaism Unbound. Lex Rofeberg . November 19, 2019. June 30, 2020.
  11. . 5785 Clergy Team Announcement - May 2024/Nisan 5784 . . www.kolotchayeinu.org . 2024-05-03 . 2024-05-11.
  12. http://forward.com/sisterhood/325156/introducing-abby-stein/ "Abby, who is 24, was born in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn to a notable Hasidic family that boasts a long lineage of rabbis."
  13. Web site: Abby C. Stein. Holocaust Remembrance Day: A Personal Reflection. January 21, 2018. The Second Transition. April 23, 2017.
  14. Abby Stein's profile on Sefaria "Jewish Education Yeshivat Viznitz"
  15. http://www.glaad.org/blog/interview-abby-stein-talks-about-being-transgender-woman-hasidic-jewish-community "attended Yeshiva, completing a rabbinical degree in 2011"
  16. Cheslaw . Louis . Corsillo . Liza . 29 March 2021 . The Best Therapists in New York . New York Magazine . New York City . . 5 April 2021.
  17. abbychavastein . CQ_tXSENlN7 . Every single time I visit Jerusalem . 6 July 2021.
  18. Web site: The Second Transition: And, The Time Has Come... COMING OUT!!!. Abby. Stein. November 11, 2015.
  19. Web site: Trans woman who also left Hasidism blogs about "double transition" – Women in the World. womenintheworld.com. August 7, 2019. March 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328120404/https://womenintheworld.com/2015/11/20/trans-woman-who-also-left-hasidism-blogs-about-double-transition/. dead.
  20. Web site: I left Hasidism to become a woman. Danika. Fears. November 18, 2015.
  21. Web site: I Grew Up Hasidic and Trans. Here's How I Found a New Community.. The Cut. December 16, 2015 .
  22. Web site: Trans woman spreads LGBTQ awareness in Jewish Orthodox community. NBC News. January 13, 2017 .
  23. Web site: For this transgender Orthodox Jew, blogging was her lifeline. December 8, 2015. The Daily Dot.
  24. Web site: Great Big Story. www.greatbigstory.com. August 7, 2019. May 15, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200515181251/https://www.greatbigstory.com/. dead.
  25. Web site: Free To Be Me . May 26, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160630142254/http://transgeninsight.com/blog/chasing-news-free-to-be-me-transgender/ . June 30, 2016 . dead .
  26. http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/564e3c995a743ca48a00037a Why This Trans Woman Left Hasidism To Embrace Her Gender Identity
  27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAsmx5U2GC8 Daily Vice Canada
  28. News: Noah Gadebusch. Benyamin Reich. Der Rebbe im Minirock. August 1, 2017. Jüdische Allgemeine. May 13, 2017. de.
  29. News: Francesca Bussi. NATA due volte. August 3, 2017. Gioia. August 3, 2017. it.
  30. News: Gabi Abramac. OD ŽIVOTA U SEKTI DO PRIZNANJA 'Odgajali su me kao princa, a onda je moj otac hasidski Židov zanijemio kad sam mu rekla da sam transrodna osoba'. October 16, 2017. Globus. October 12, 2017. hr.
  31. News: Camilla Stampe. En sjæl fanget i den forkerte krop. March 5, 2018. Weekendavisen. March 17, 2017. da.
  32. News: Sandra Johansson. Flydde ultraortodoxa livet – stöttar andra transkvinnor. December 28, 2018. Svenska Dagbladet. December 24, 2018. sv.
  33. News: BBC . De rabino ultraortodoxo a mulher trans: 'Rezava a Deus para que me transformasse em menina' . June 30, 2020 . . . June 29, 2020 . pt.
  34. http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/77311/hassidic-raised-trans-woman-to-speak-about-her-journey "Hassidic-raised trans woman to speak about her journey"
  35. http://thesecondtransition.blogspot.com/2016/01/i-have-daddy-and-mommy-issues-yet-i-am.html "I Have Daddy and Mommy Issues"
  36. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/11/19/this-trans-woman-got-some-serious-hate-when-she-left-hasidism-behind/ "This trans woman got some serious hate when she left Hasidism behind"
  37. Web site: Ultra-Orthodox and trans: "I prayed to God to make me a girl" . April 26, 2020 . BBC News . April 19, 2021.
  38. http://www.vocativ.com/295903/trans-orthodox-dark-net/ "DARK NET: Growing Up Trans In An Ultra-Orthodox Community"
  39. News: 'Gender Began Punching Me in the Face': How a Hasidic Rabbi Came Out as Trans Woman. Cohen. Debra Nussbaum. February 17, 2017. Haaretz. July 16, 2019. en.
  40. http://thesecondtransition.blogspot.com/2016/05/romemu-xoxo.html "Next Shabbat Morning, June 4th, I will be having a Celebration at Romemu. Call it a Bat Mitzva of sorts. We will do a name change at the Torah, followed by a Kiddush, which is the traditional way of celebrating milestones in one's life. I am doing this event in public not just to celebrate my own life in transition, but to send a message to the entire Jewish-Trans community, the entire queer community, and, well, every human being: Look, no matter what you think, you can find community, you can, and will, find love. Don't feel alone, because you are not alone. One might think that tradition has no way to accommodate and celebrate us, and maybe it didn't have until now, but it does now!!!"
  41. News: Aviles . Gwen . From ultra-Orthodox rabbi to openly transgender: Abby Stein shares her story . December 17, 2019 . . November 19, 2019.
  42. SealPress . 1007667814604435456. June 15, 2018 . We're thrilled to welcome @AbbyChavaStein to the Seal list! .
  43. Book: BECOMING EVE: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman. Hachette Book Group. March 5, 2019. 9781580059169. March 28, 2019. Stein. Abby. Basic Books .
  44. News: Smith . Steve . Temple Sinai of Newington to host talk by transgender rabbi Abby Stein . 28 March 2022 . . . 18 March 2021.
  45. Book: Stein . Abby . Vos, Lette (translator) . Eigenlijk Eva . 18 January 2022 . De Geus . . 9789044544756 . 24 June 2021.
  46. Ben Yehuda Press . BenYehudaPress . 1509620316254973952 . On this International Transgender Day of Visibility, we are delighted to announce that we have signed a contract to publish the next book by Rabbi Abby Stein.
  47. Web site: Stein . Abby . Super excited, it's official!!! . facebook.com . . 6 April 2022.
  48. Book: Bussian . Peter . Stein . Abby . Trans New York: Photos and Stories of Transgender New Yorkers . June 2, 2020 . Apollo Publishers . New York, NY . 978-1948062565 . June 12, 2020.
  49. Web site: Introducing Queer Disbelief, a Book About LGBTQ Rights and Atheism. Friendly Atheist on Patheos. August 8, 2019.
  50. News: Hemant Mehta. Hemant Mehta. Trans Woman (and Former Hasidic Jew): Atheists Should Support the LGBTQ Movement. August 8, 2019. Friendly Atheist. October 7, 2017.
  51. Web site: Stein . Abby . COVID has exploded Jewish LGBTQ acceptance online. There's no going back. . forward.com . . June 18, 2020 . May 24, 2020.
  52. Book: Tuttle-Singer . Sarah . Creditor . Menachem . Stein . Abby . When We Turned Within: Reflections on COVID-19 . June 9, 2020 . Independently Published . 979-8650180951 . 113–115 .
  53. News: Biden . Joe . Transcript of President-elect Joe Biden's victory speech . 22 November 2021 . . . 7 November 2020.
  54. Web site: Stein . Rabbi Abby . When One Line Makes All the Difference . T'ruah.org . . 4 January 2022 . 2020.
  55. Book: Rose Knopf . Michael . Aniel . Miriam . No Time for Neutrality: American Rabbinic Voices from an Era of Upheaval . 8 October 2021 . Independently published . 979-8737101305 . 194–197 . 22 November 2021.
  56. Web site: Unite . Bring Them In . Unite.us . 11 March 2021.
  57. Web site: How to watch today's 'Call to Unite' coronavirus benefit with Hollywood stars. 2020-05-01. Los Angeles Times. en-US. 2020-05-02.
  58. Book: Shriver . Tom . Tom . Rosshirt . Shriver . Maria . The Call to Unite . 16 March 2021 . . 9780593298237 . 144–145 . 11 March 2021.
  59. Web site: Elul 9: Dayeinu ~ Abby Stein. Jewels of Elul. August 8, 2019.
  60. Book: Blegvad . Kaye . The Pink Book: An Illustrated Celebration of the Color, from Bubblegum to Battleships . 2019 . . San Francisco . 978-1452174815 . 39 .
  61. Web site: Stein . Abby . On the Set of 'Unorthodox,' I Brushed Up Against My Hasidic Past . Hey Alma . . 4 January 2022 . 30 March 2020.
  62. Web site: Stein . Abby . Makah / Plague of the Binary . JewishBookCouncil.org . . 28 January 2022 . 23 March 2021.
  63. Web site: Stein . Abby . What I hope we learn from two Passovers in social distancing exile . March 26, 2021 . 28 March 2022.
  64. News: Stein . Abby . NYC pols, don't weaponize our pain over the Mideast violence . 26 October 2023 . . . 22 October 2023.
  65. Web site: Stein . Abby . NY Daily News Opinion: NYC pols, don't weaponize our pain over the Mideast violence . Jews for Racial and Economic Justice . 26 October 2023 . 22 October 2023.
  66. News: Stein . Abby . NYC pols, don't weaponize our pain . . 22 October 2023 . . 27 . print.
  67. News: Stein . Abby . Greenberg Call . Lily . We Spoke Up For Palestine and Got Kicked Out of the White House Pride Party . 25 July 2024 . . 5 July 2024.
  68. News: Owen . Greg . Pro-Palestine activists thrown out of White House Pride party for protesting Gaza . 25 July 2024 . . Q.Digital . 9 July 2024.
  69. News: יוסף-ימין . עידן . הרבה הטרנסג'נדרית סולקה מהבית הלבן: "קראנו להפסקת אש" . 25 July 2024 . Mako . . 13 July 2024 . . Hebrew.
  70. http://www.sho.com/dark-net/season/1/episode/8 "The heir to a rabbinic dynasty who's turned away from Brooklyn's Hasidim after finding a world she never knew existed online,"
  71. https://www.glaad.org/blog/interview-abby-stein-talks-about-being-transgender-woman-hasidic-jewish-community "She also founded a support group for trans people of Orthodox backgrounds,"
  72. http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/77311/hassidic-raised-trans-woman-to-speak-about-her-journey "Stein decided to start her own support group, and 25 people signed up. Most were fellow Hasids struggling with their sexuality or gender identity, Stein said. In December, they had their initial meet-up, with 12 people attending.
  73. http://www.cjnews.com/living-jewish/jewish-learning/ex-chassid-speaks-about-being-transgender-leaving-the-fold "She recently started a support group for transgender people from Orthodox backgrounds, and, as an avid blogger (she came out as trans via blog, in a post that garnered 20,000 views overnight), has become a role model for former ultra-Orthodox Jews – both LGBTQ and not."
  74. Web site: 36 Under 36 2016, The Jewish Week. August 13, 2017. footstepsorg.org. May 23, 2016.
  75. News: Joey Tanny. Abby Stein's Visit With Forward in Montreal. August 18, 2017. forwardorg.org. April 20, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328100229/http://forwardorg.org/abby-steins-visit-with-forward-in-montreal/. March 28, 2019. dead.
  76. News: Amy Sarah Clark. Watch Ex-Chasidic Activist Abby Stein Grill De Blasio On Yeshiva Probe. August 19, 2017. The Jewish Week. August 9, 2017.
  77. Web site: Russell-Kraft. Stephanie. October 22, 2019. This Multifaith Refuge Is Only for Women. June 24, 2020. Sojourners. EN.
  78. News: Burack . Emily . How Bernie Sanders Became 'Zayde Bernie' . April 1, 2020 . Alma Magazine . 70 Faces Media . March 5, 2020 . Abby, who is now an official surrogate for the Sanders campaign. . It also appears in Stein's Twitter bio.
  79. Abby Stein . 1120445731607851008 . AbbyChavaStein . 22 April 2019 . I am officially a card carrying (Democratic) Socialist! ✊ . 27 April 2022.
  80. http://fuzzmagazine.com/portraiture/abby-stein-photographer-eve-singer-captures-stark-personal-portraits-ex-hasidic-transgender-activist/ Abby stein: Photographer Eve Singer Captures Stark, Personal Portraits of an Ex-Hasidic, Transgender Activist.
  81. http://www.refinery29.com/2016/09/123226/male-to-female-transition-photos-transgender-woman#slide 14 Intimate Photos That Depict One Trans Woman's Rapidly Changing Life.
  82. News: Liana Satenstein. Gilliam Laub. Off the Beaten Path: After Leaving Orthodox Judaism, Women Forge a New Identity in the Secular World . March 9, 2018. Vogue Magazine. March 8, 2018.
  83. Web site: Stein . Abby . 'I Was Raised a Hasidic Man. When I Came Out as a Woman, the Sexism Shocked Me' . . November 20, 2019 . . 3 January 2022.
  84. News: Minutaglio . Rose . I Was Supposed To Become An Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi—I Was Meant To Be Abby . 3 January 2022 . . . 15 November 2019.
  85. News: Shalayne Pulia. Meet the Hasidic Rabbi Who Realized She Was Transgender Thanks to a Google Search. March 9, 2018. InStyle Magazine. February 27, 2018. March 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328100253/https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/abby-stein-hasidic-rabbi-transgender. dead.
  86. News: Mark . Lois Alter . Celebrity Cruises Teams With Annie Leibovitz To Launch 'All-Inclusive Photo Project' Representing All Travelers . 1 May 2022 . . 4 April 2022.
  87. News: Hardingham . Tamara . The travel photo project that aims to change the meaning of 'all-inclusive' . 1 May 2022 . . . 12 April 2022.
  88. Web site: Celebrity Cruises . All Inclusive Photo Project . celebritycruises.com . . 1 May 2022.
  89. News: Hajdenberg . Jackie . Ex-Hasidic trans activist gets dream photo shoot with Annie Leibovitz . 1 May 2022 . . . 5 April 2022.
  90. News: New York Times . All Inclusive . . 24 April 2022 . 16–17 . Abby Stein - author, activist, rabbi & educator, speaker Celebrity Edge - Resort Deck.
  91. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYYwM1HZ6vY&t=34s/ "Footsteps: the journey"
  92. https://www.wsj.com/articles/formerly-orthodox-and-struggling-for-parental-rights-1407810872 "Formerly Orthodox, and Struggling for Parental Rights"
  93. http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.560872 "Off-road Jews: A Helping Hand for Those Who Stray From the ultra-Orthodox Path"
  94. http://www.timesofisrael.com/on-tisha-bav-ex-ultra-orthodox-jew-mourns-destruction-of-personal-temple/ "On Tisha B'Av, ex-ultra-Orthodox Jew mourns destruction of 'personal temple'"
  95. https://www.sefaria.org/profile/abby-c-stein Abby stein
  96. http://thesecondtransition.blogspot.com/p/events.html "The Second Transition – Calendar"
  97. http://forward.com/news/363113/her-journey-from-hasidic-rabbi-to-happy-transgender-woman/ "Her Journey From Hasidic Rabbi To (Happy) Transgender Woman"
  98. http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/limmud-conference-tests-limits-of-pluralism/ "Limmud Conference Tests Limits Of Pluralism"
  99. http://www.junction.nu/programs/the-junction-annual-our-world-in-transition/ "The Junction Annual: Our World in Transition"
  100. News: Shana Medel. Questions and answers with Abby Stein, trans activist. March 14, 2018. Hillel News. November 20, 2017. March 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328100231/https://www.hillel.org/about/news-views/news-views---blog/news-and-views/2017/11/20/questions-and-answers-with-abby-stein-trans-activist. dead.
  101. News: Kayla Haley. Trans activist encourages community to keep up fight in current political climate . March 14, 2018. The Miami Hurricane. November 10, 2017.
  102. News: Rianna Turner. A Rabbi for Rights. March 14, 2018. Yale Daily News. December 8, 2017.
  103. News: Clark . Tom . The world's top 50 thinkers 2020 . July 15, 2020 . . July 14, 2020.
  104. News: Musleah . Rahel . Abby Stein Finds Her Voice . July 15, 2020 . . July/August 2020 . . July 2020 . Hadassah July 2020.
  105. Web site: Our Leadership – 2019 Steering Committee . . January 14, 2019 . womensmarch.com . Women's March . January 23, 2019 . Steering Committee: Abby Stein. – Her book "Becoming Eve", A Memoir, will be published by Seal Press in fall 2019. . https://web.archive.org/web/20190124041747/https://march.womensmarch.com/steering-committee/abby-stein . January 24, 2019 . dead .
  106. News: Debra Nussbaum Cohen. Why 2 Jewish women say they joined the Women's March steering committee. January 23, 2019. JTA. January 16, 2019. "I'm convinced that working with Women's March people, we can gain so much more by working together, even when there might be some parts we feel uncomfortable with", said Stein, speaking from Florida, where she had a speaking engagement. "I want to have a dialogue with people who are open to listen and be educated so long that I see we can gain more.".
  107. News: Lou Chibbaro Jr.. LGBT contingent expected for Saturday's Women's March. January 23, 2019. Washington Blade. January 17, 2019.
  108. News: Lou Chibbaro Jr.. Trans women play visible role in Women's March. January 23, 2019. Washington Blade. January 20, 2019.
  109. News: VOA News. Thousands Worldwide Join Women's March. January 23, 2019. Voice of America. January 19, 2019.
  110. Web site: Official Site . Special Thank You's . Women's March NYC . January 21, 2020 . January 21, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200121215608/https://www.womensmarchnyc.org/ . dead .
  111. News: Dube Dwilson . Stephanie . Women's March NYC 2020: Route, Time, Maps, & Schedules in New York . January 21, 2020 . . Heavy Inc. . Simon Assaad . January 17, 2020.
  112. News: Kuruvilla . Carol . How This Ex-Hasidic Woman Lost And Found Her Judaism . 28 March 2022 . . . 9 June 2016.
  113. Web site: Sojcher . Jake . WATCH: Abby Stein shares three Jewish texts that show more than two genders in Judaism . forward.com . June 28, 2021 . . 28 March 2022.
  114. News: שטיין . עבי . וידעאָ: אַ דבֿר־תּורה וועגן מין אין די חסידישע ספֿרים — מיט עבי שטײַן . 28 March 2022 . yiddish.forward.com . . 20 June 2018.
  115. Web site: National Council of Jewish Women . Meet the Rabbis for Repro Advisory Board . rabbisforrepro.org . . 28 March 2022.
  116. News: Graves-Fitzsimmons . Guthrie . Abortion, Justice, and Religion . 28 March 2022 . americanprogress.org . . 17 February 2022.
  117. Web site: T'ruah . Chaverim . truah.org . October 6, 2016 . . 28 March 2022.
  118. Web site: Who We Are . Tirdof . . 17 November 2022.
  119. News: Lerner . Jamie . 'And Just Like That' Introduces a Trans Rabbi Who Could Be Based on a Real Person . 28 March 2022 . . 3 February 2022.
  120. Web site: The New Shul . High Holidays 5784 . thenewshul.org . 10 January 2024.
  121. http://www.thejewishweek.com/special-sections/36-under-36/abby-stein-24 "A Voice For Transgender Chasidic Jews"
  122. http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new-york/redefining-inclusion "We celebrate our first-ever 36er of transgender experience — a thinker, blogger, and activist."
  123. Web site: Footsteps Celebrates 2016 | Footsteps. August 7, 2019. August 7, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190807121109/https://www.footstepsorg.org/footstepscelebrates2016/. dead.
  124. Web site: Abby Stein. www.facebook.com.
  125. https://nymag.com/thecut/2015/12/growing-up-hasidic-trans.html "50 reasons to love New York: I Grew Up Hasidic and Trans. Here's How I Found a New Community."
  126. http://www.timesofisrael.com/9-jewish-lgbtq-activists-you-should-know/ "From Stonewall to the US Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, Jews have been at the forefront of the fight for equal rights. Here are some of the most influential voices still making a difference."
  127. http://www.jta.org/2016/06/27/life-religion/9-jewish-lgbtq-activists-you-should-know "9 Jewish LGBTQ activists you should know."
  128. News: Prianka Srinivasan. The Faith Leaders Leading the Fight for LGBTQ Equality. October 27, 2017. Human Rights Campaign. October 26, 2017.
  129. Web site: Preet Bharara. CAFE 100 2018. April 26, 2018. CAFE.com. April 24, 2018. Preet Bharara. March 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104631/https://www.cafe.com/2018-cafe-100/. dead.
  130. Web site: Andrea Leonhardt. BP Adams Kicks off Pride Month Honoring LGBTQ New Yorkers. June 6, 2018. The Brooklyn Reader. June 1, 2018. June 12, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141936/https://www.bkreader.com/2018/06/bp-adams-kick-off-pride-month-honoring-lgbtq-new-yorkers/. dead.
  131. Web site: Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams. One Brooklyn-- Pride Week Celebration and Flag Raising Ceremony. June 6, 2018. YouTube. June 6, 2018.
  132. Web site: Arielle Kaplan. 4 Jews Who Changed Queer History Forever. June 18, 2019. Alma.com. June 17, 2019.
  133. Web site: Emily London. Maggie Siddiqi. Luke Wallis. 9 LGBTQ Faith Leaders to Watch in 2019. September 9, 2019. Center for American Progress. September 9, 2019.
  134. Hananel . Sam . September 9, 2019 . RELEASE: CAP Announces 9 LGBTQ Faith Leaders to Watch in 2019 . Center for American Progress . September 10, 2019.
  135. News: Forward Staff . Abby Stein: The Barrier Breaker . January 7, 2020 . . December 20, 2019.
  136. Web site: Rudoren . Jodi . Forward 50: Meet The Machers And Shakers Who Influenced, Intrigued And Inspired Us This Year . forward.com . The Forward . January 7, 2020 . December 20, 2019 . One of the first steps in Rabbi Abby Stein's gender transition was taking on the mitzvah of Shabbat candles — she has scarcely missed a week in five years..
  137. Web site: Serafin . Samantha . 10 Women You Need to Know This Women's History Month . momentmag.com . . March 19, 2020 . March 13, 2020.
  138. News: Nietzel . Michael T. . Are These The World's Top Thinkers For 2020? . July 16, 2020 . . July 14, 2020.
  139. Web site: Staff . The Best Jewish Books of 5780 . heyalma.com . . September 10, 2020 . September 8, 2020.
  140. News: Anderson . Andy . You Should Know: 10 LGBTQ+ American Jews Who've Made History . 14 June 2021 . Hillel International News & Views . Hillel . 7 June 2021 . June 14, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210614182809/https://www.hillel.org/about/news-views/news-views---blog/news-and-views/2021/06/07/10-lgbtq-american-jews-who . dead .
  141. Web site: NCJW NY . 2023 Annual Fall Luncheon Honoring author, activist, and rabbi, Abby Stein and benefiting NCJW NY's Jews for Repro NY Campaign . ncjwny.org . September 20, 2023 . . 20 November 2023 . She currently serves on the National Council for Jewish Women’s “Rabbis For Repro” Advisory Board, as well as several other rabbinical boards..
  142. Web site: LGBTQ+ Leader & Advocate for Palestinian Rights, Abby Stein, Named Senate Woman of Distinction . Jabari Brisport. 15 May 2024 . nysenate.gov . . 17 May 2024 . She has been – and continues to be – a force for kindness, respect, and justice,.
  143. News: Horowitz . Simi . Abby Stein: A Gender Transition Through a Jewish Lens . November 11, 2019 . . Center for Creative Change . Nadine Epstein . September 28, 2018.
  144. Staff . June 26, 2019 . 2019 Competition: The 38th Annual Simon Rockwer Award Winners . . . November 11, 2019.
  145. Web site: Why Orthodox Jews Struggle to Leave Community. August 15, 2014.
  146. Web site: Why This Trans Woman Left Hasidism To Embrace Her Gender Identity . November 17, 2015 . April 19, 2021.
  147. Web site: Free To Be Me. December 9, 2015. YouTube.
  148. Web site: Defiant Abby Stein. January 12, 2016. May 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160522090824/http://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/defiant-abby-stein. May 22, 2016. dead.
  149. News: Transsexuell med ultraortodox bakgrund. March 4, 2018. Great Big Story Nordics. February 28, 2018. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20180305202639/https://www.greatbigstory.se/stories/transsexuell-med-ultraortodox-bakgrund. March 5, 2018. dead.
  150. Web site: Trans Orthodox Dark Net. March 10, 2016. May 30, 2016. March 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328100237/https://www.vocativ.com/295903/trans-orthodox-dark-net/. dead.
  151. Web site: DAily Vice Canada Interview. March 15, 2016. YouTube.
  152. Web site: How This Hasidic Rabbi Became A Trans Woman . November 3, 2017 . NowThisNews . Youtube . April 19, 2021.
  153. Web site: All About Abby: The Wonderful Journey of the Young Ultra-Orthodox Man That Became A Woman. May 27, 2017. June 10, 2017. June 2, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170602110440/http://news.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=1248233. dead.
  154. Web site: The Rabbi Who Prays to Be a Woman. June 4, 2017.
  155. Web site: Meet Transgender Activist Abby Stein. June 5, 2017.
  156. As of June 27 POPSUGAR. Celebrity
  157. Web site: Abby Stein cortó toda la relación con su familia cuando les contó que era transgénero. June 19, 2017. Facebook.
  158. Web site: "Time Code" with Vladimir Lensky. June 16th. June 26, 2017. YouTube.
  159. Web site: Transgender woman's journey from Hasidim to a new life. June 26, 2017. August 24, 2017. August 25, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170825065027/http://www.fox5ny.com/news/263933228-story. dead.
  160. Web site: Mark Transgender Day of Remembrance. November 20, 2017. Facebook.
  161. Web site: Bridging Ultra-Orthodox and LGBT communities. December 27, 2017.
  162. First part is called Web site: Trans Orthodox Jew fights for visitation rights.
  163. Web site: How an ultra-Orthodox rabbi (married and with a son) became a woman. February 1, 2018.
  164. Aired on TV a day after Web site: Abby, el rabino ortodoxo que se convirtió en mujer. February 2, 2018. YouTube.
  165. Web site: Episode 2: Abby Stein. April 26, 2018. May 3, 2018. March 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104452/https://www.cafe.com/cafe-100-episode-2-abby-stein/. dead.
  166. Web site: This Trans Woman Left Her Hasidic Community To Fully Embrace Her True Self. June 13, 2018. HuffPost.
  167. Web site: From Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman. July 6, 2018. YouTube.
  168. [Paywall]
  169. Web site: Abby Stein had to give up a world in which she should have been a rabbi – to be a woman. July 26, 2018.
  170. Web site: A Hasidic Rabbi's Transition. February 12, 2019. YouTube.
  171. Web site: What's JUDAISM? (ft Abby Chava Stein). February 24, 2019. YouTube.
  172. Web site: Abby Stein: From Orthodox Rabbi To Transgender Woman. March 15, 2019.
  173. Transgender woman chronicles journey from rabbi to her true self. December 5, 2019 . 3rd Hour Today . Sheinelle . Jones . Al . Roker . Craig . Melvin . . November 19, 2019.
  174. Rabbi volt, de nőként él tovább: Exkluzív interjú Abby Steinnel . Magellán Riportmagazin . Váczi . Gergely . . January 2020 . hu.
  175. The Double Date . February 18, 2020 . Soon By You . February 2, 2020 . 2 . 2 .
  176. News: Connelly . Irene . "Soon By You" debuts new episode about queer Orthodox Jews . February 19, 2020 . . February 9, 2020 . Transgender activist Abby Stein makes a brief cameo as a supremely unflappable yoga teacher.
  177. Abby Stein Is the First from New York's Hasidic Community to Come Out as Trans. March 16, 2020 . Inside Edition. Lauren . Greenhall . . March 14, 2020.
  178. A Day in the Life of America. February 17, 2021 . . . January 11, 2021.
  179. Web site: Robinson . Jennifer . Jared Leto's A Day in the Life of America to Make Public Television Debut on PBS's Independent Lens in January 2021 . KPBS . January 11, 2021 . January 11, 2021. Stein is also featured in the trailer linked in this article.
  180. The Secret Life of Hasidic Jews in New York. 17 March 2023 . . . 13 March 2023.
  181. Web site: Hasidic groom Yisroel Stein was wed in a traditional ceremony wearing a black robe and 'shtreimel' hat. Four years later she is called Abby and wears make-up and figure-hugging dresses . November 23, 2015 . Newsgrio . April 19, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160828213323/http://www.newsgrio.com/articles/153729-hasidic-groom-yisroel-stein-was-wed-in-a-traditional-ceremony-wearing-a-black-robe-and-shtreimel-hat.-four-years-later-she-is-called-abby-and-wears-make-up-and-figure-hugging-dresses%C2%A0.html . August 28, 2016.
  182. http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Member-of-prominent-Hasidic-family-from-Brooklyn-comes-out-as-transgender-434619 "She divorced her wife and left the community."
  183. Melanie Grayce West, "Formerly Orthodox, and Struggling for Parental Rights." Wall Street Journal August 11, 2014.
  184. Book: Stein . Abby . Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman . 2019 . Seal Press . 155 .
  185. Web site: Stein . Abby . How to Create Purim Rituals That Celebrate Being Queer . autostraddle.com . March 5, 2023 . . 13 March 2023.

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