CNN: Meet The Former Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Now Living As A Woman
Just five years ago, 25-year-old Abby Stein was an ultra-Orthodox rabbi named Yisrael.
Just five years ago, 25-year-old Abby Stein was an ultra-Orthodox rabbi named Yisrael.
He married at 18, had a son at 19, and became a rabbi soon after.
NEW YORK – Abby Stein is almost certainly the only ordained Hasidic rabbi who is also a woman.
A man who descends from a Hasidic “dynasty” is transitioning into a woman — enraging members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community she left behind.