Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders

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By Joy Ladin *00

Published Jan. 21, 2016

(University of Wisconsin Press) In this memoir, Ladin shares her journey from living as a man to becoming a woman. She describes the pain of living as a man and wrestles with moral, spiritual, and philosophical questions of gender transition. Ladin is David and Ruth Gottesman Professor of English at Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University.

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