Wikipedia's first sentence called it “first openly transgender professor at an orthodox jewish institution”. Today it says “american poet and the former david and ruth gottesman chair in english at stern college for women at yeshiva un”.
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Joy Ladin (born Jay Ladin ) is the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution.1She holds the David and Ruth Guttesman Chair in English at Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University . A trans woman , she has two daughters and a son. Ladin received her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2000, her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1995 and her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York in 1982. Ladin was assigned male at birth . After receiving tenure in 2006, she opted for gender reassignment because she knew her job was secure with the tenure. In 2007, Ladin transitioned , changed her first name from Jay to Joy and divorced the mother of her children, Christine Benvenuto, whom she had been with for more than twenty years. When she came out, Yeshiva University put her on leave. While on leave, she taught poetry at her alma mater Sarah Lawrence College. In 2009, Ladin published the poetry collection Transmigration , her first poetry collection published under the name Joy. In April 2011, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America held a Yom Iyyun, or day of learning, about LGBTQ issues and their intersection with Judaism . Among other things, Ladin gave a talk about her life there. In 2012, she published the memoir Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders . As of 2012, she has published five books of poetry and one memoir. "Joy Ladin, the first trans professor at Yeshiva, discusses her transition, her travails, and her new memoir" . Our commitment to Torah Umadda means striving for excellenc" .2
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Joy Ladin (born March 24, 1961) is an American poet and the David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University. She is the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Joy Ladin (born March 24, 1961) is an American poet and the former David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University . She was the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution. Then an unexpected offer came" .
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American poet (born 1961) Joy Ladin (born March 24, 1961) is an American poet and the former David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University . She was the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution. Then an unexpected offer came" .
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first openly transgender professor at an orthodox jewish institution
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american poet and the former david and ruth gottesman chair in english at stern college for women at yeshiva un
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