Reuben Zellman

Reuben Zellman is an American teacher, author, and is the assistant rabbi and music director at Congregation Beth El in Berkeley, California.[1][2] He became the first openly transgender person accepted to the Reform Jewish seminary Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati in 2003.[3][4][5][6][7] He was ordained by the seminary's Los Angeles campus in 2010.[8][9][10][11]

He writes and teaches about transgender issues and Judaism.[12] Zellman has been involved with transgender activism since 1999, the year he transitioned.[8][12][13] He received his B.A. in Linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley. He received his master’s degree in Hebrew literature from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles.[11]

Zellman was born and raised in Los Angeles,[14] and lives with his wife Erika Katske in San Francisco.[11]

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References

  1. ↑ "> Who We Are". TransTorah. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  2. ↑ "The early shift, Bimah-bound, A transformative experience | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California". Jweekly.com. 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  3. ↑ "World Briefs | World". Jewish Journal. 2003-03-20. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  4. ↑ "Blessed are the transgendered, say S.F. rabbi and the Reform movement | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California". Jweekly.com. 2007-08-17. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  5. ↑ "Reform Devises Sex-Change Blessings –". Forward.com. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  6. ↑ "Imagining Holiness: Classic Hasidic Tales in Modern Times - Justin Jaron Lewis - Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  7. ↑ "New Jews: The End of the Jewish Diaspora - Caryn S. Aviv, David Shneer - Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  8. 1 2 http://www.jta.org/news/article/0000/00/00/10040/Reformmovementacce
  9. ↑ "Transgender Jews Now Out of Closet, Seeking Communal Recognition –". Forward.com. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130511235836/http://www.jewishmosaic.org/page/load_page/50. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 1 2 3 "Rabbi Zellman". bethelberkeley.org. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  12. 1 2 "About the IJSO › Staff". Huc.edu. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  13. ↑ "News in brief". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  14. ↑ "Notes from the (other) front". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
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