{"product_id":"becoming-eve-my-journey-from-ultra-orthodox-rabbi-to-transgender-woman-9781580059169","title":"Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe powerful coming-out story of an ultra-Orthodox child who was born to become a rabbinic leader and instead became a woman and an outspoken voice for gender freedom\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbby Chava Stein was raised in a Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, profoundly isolated in a culture that lives according to the laws and practices of an eighteenth-century Eastern European enclave, speaking only Yiddish and Hebrew and shunning modern life. Deeply immersed within one of the world's most gender-segregated societies, Stein was born as the first son in a rabbinical dynastic family, poised to become a leader of the next generation of Hasidic Jews. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Stein felt certain at a young age that she was a girl, even though there was no context for understanding this disconnect. Without access to TV or the internet, and never taught English, she suppressed her desire for a new body while looking for answers wherever she could find them, from forbidden religious texts to smuggled secular examinations of faith. Finally, she orchestrated a personal exodus from ultra-Orthodox manhood into mainstream femininity-a radical choice that forced her to leave her home, her family, and her way of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePowerful in the truths it reveals about biology, culture, faith, and identity, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Eve\u003c\/i\u003e poses the ultimate question for a new generation: How far are you willing to go to become the person you are meant to be? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seal Press (CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781580059169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2019 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Abby Stein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660453867676,"sku":"9781580059169","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_84af4072-09c9-4d93-a7db-0d515a92a3a8.jpg?v=1603896744","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/becoming-eve-my-journey-from-ultra-orthodox-rabbi-to-transgender-woman-9781580059169","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}