Rabbi Irwin Keller will discuss his Evolve essay, Joseph’s Womb: Gender Complexity in the Story of Joseph, and the importance of discovering a trans ancestor in a sacred text.
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About Rabbi Irwin Keller
Rabbi Irwin Keller has served as spiritual leader of Congregation Ner Shalom in Sonoma County, CA, since 2008, and as founder and faculty of the Taproot Community since 2017. He authored Chicago’s first comprehensive human rights law, in effect since 1989, and served at the helm of the AIDS Legal Referral Panel of the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a founder of the Kinsey Sicks, America’s Favorite Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet and is most recently the author of Shechinah at the Art Institute: Words, Worry, Wonder.
About Evolve
Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations is an initiative of Reconstructing Judaism. We seek to promote the ongoing evolution of the Jewish community by launching collective, communal conversations about the urgent issues of our day. To that end, Evolve brings multiple voices together to listen to one another’s point of view and to interact respectfully. In an era when it has become ever more difficult to remain open to viewpoints that differ from our own, Evolve cultivates covenantal conversations even when we disagree. In this way, we hope to enhance the ongoing evolution of Jewish civilization.
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Evolve does not endorse every viewpoint presented on its platform. Its goal is to cultivate groundbreaking, constructive, respectful conversations about urgent issues of concern. Evolve makes space for a wide range of viewpoints and seeks to support constructive debate while abiding by the values of tzelem Elohim (regarding and treating all people as created in the divine image), kavod (respect), redifat shalom (pursuing peace) and makhloket leshem shamayim (disagreements for the sake of heaven).
