Joy Ladin 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.

This event will celebrate the launch of two new books, Once Out of Nature: Selected Essays on the Transformation of Gender and Family, a new collection of poems (Family), with readings and reflections on the braiding of trans and Jewish perspectives in theology, poetry, and family.

This event is being sponsored by Religion, Jewish Studies and the Odyssey Bookshop.

Please note, Joy Ladin will be joining us virtually, but the event will be in-person.