Jericho Vincent: Episode 274 - Beyond Binaries, Beyond Orthodoxies
Jericho Vincent, a genderqueer and post-ultra-Orthodox writer and lecturer, is the author of the memoir Cut Me Loose and co-author of Legends of the Talmud. They join Dan and Lex for a conversation about being genderqueer, leaving ultra-orthodoxy, connecting to other religious traditions, and entering rabbinical school. This episode is the second episode in a series that intertwines explorations of Judaism, through lenses of transgender experience, and explorations of gender, through lenses of Jewish experience.
[1] Learn more about Jericho Vincent at JerichoVincent.com. Purchase Cut Me Loose by clicking here and/or Legends of the Talmud by clicking here.
[2] Listen in to the previous episode in this mini-series, released one week before this one, by clicking here: Episode 273: Trans & Jewish World-Building - Becky Silverstein, Laynie Soloman.
[3] For another episode of Judaism Unbound that looks at gender, and at leaving ultra-orthodoxy, see Episode 196: Becoming Eve - Abby Stein.
[4] Vincent discusses why the language of “men and women,” which sends the message that all human beings are one of those two options, and not nonbinary, can be seriously alienating to them. For an article that looks at some practical alternatives to gendered phrases like this, click here.
[5] For a piece from Jericho Vincent, which they co-wrote with upcoming Judaism Unbound guest Mike Moskowitz, see this MyJewishLearning piece, entitled “Speaking up for Trans Youth.”
[6] Lex mentions a piece entitled “The Making of a Viking Jewess,” written by Nina Lichtenstein. You can read it at this link.