{"product_id":"becoming-eve-my-journey-from-ultra-orthodox-rabbi-to-transgender-woman-abby-stein-hardcover","title":"Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman -- Abby Stein, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe powerful coming-of-age story of an ultra-Orthodox child who was born to become a rabbinic leader and instead became a woman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAbby Stein was raised in a Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, isolated in a culture that lives according to the laws and practices of eighteenth-century Eastern Europe, speaking only Yiddish and Hebrew and shunning modern life. Stein was born as the first son in a dynastic rabbinical family, poised to become a leader of the next generation of Hasidic Jews. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Abby felt certain at a young age that she was a girl. 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 to mainstream femininity-a radical choice that forced her to leave her home, her family, 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 enduring question: How far will you go to become the person you were meant to be?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abby Stein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seal Press (CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781580059169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbby Stein\u003c\/b\u003e is the tenth-generation descendant of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of the Hasidic movement. In 2015, Stein came out as a woman, and she now works as a trans activist. In 2019, she served on the steering committee for the Women's March in Washington, DC, and she was named by the \u003ci\u003eJewish Week\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the \"36 Under 36\" Jews who are affecting change in the world. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abby Stein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45667756441828,"sku":"9781580059169","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781580059169.jpg?v=1780807675","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/becoming-eve-my-journey-from-ultra-orthodox-rabbi-to-transgender-woman-abby-stein-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}