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Ritual and Liturgy

A Blessing for Transitioning Genders
by Rabbi Elliot Kukla, 2006

A Blessing for Chest Binding
by Rabbi Elliot Kukla and Ari Lev Fornari, 2006

Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Wedding Service
by Rabbi Elliot Kukla, 2006

A Pre-Surgery (or any other transition) Mikveh Ritual
by Max K. Strassfeld and Andrew Ramer, 2009

Educational Materials

Trans Etiquette/Respect/Support 101
by Micah Bazant, 2002

Making Your Jewish Community Transgender-Friendly
by Reuben Zellman and Rabbi Elliot Kukla, 2007

Room To Grow
by Rabbi Elliot Kukla, 2007
delivered at the URJ Symposium on Gender and Jewish Education

Terms for Gender Diversity in Classical Jewish Texts
by Rabbi Elliot Kukla, 2006

Aggada (The Way We Tell Our Stories): Text Study on Bereshit Rabbah 8:1
by Rabbi Elliot Kukla, 2006

Gender Diversity in Halacha (The Way We Walk): Mishna and Tosefta
by Rabbi Elliot Kukla, 2006

TransTexts: Exploring Gender in Jewish Sacred Texts
a project of Jewish Mosaic, by Reuben Zellman and Rabbi Elliot Kukla

Annotated Bibliography of Resources for Trans Jews
by Vered Meir, 2009


Essays

How I Met the Timtum
by Rabbi Elliot Kukla, 2006

ReMapping the Road From Sinai
A conversation between by Rabbi Elliot Kukla and Judith Plaskow
published in Sh’ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility, December 2007.


Sermons and D'vrei Torah

No Longer Strangers?
by Reuben Zellman, 2008
delivered at the Metropolitan Community Church, San Jose, California

The Holiness of Twilight
by Reuben Zellman, 2006
delivered at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, San Francisco, California
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5767

To Wear is Human: Parshat Ki Tzeit
by Reuben Zellman and Rabbi Eliot Kukla, 2006

Created by the Hand of Heaven: Making Space for Intersex Jews
by Rabbi Elliot Kukla and Reuben Zellman, 2007

Art

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Gender neutral bathroom sign, by Micah Bazant – perfect for your synagogue, retreat center, summer camp, or just about anywhere! Prints to 8.5"x14" legal size paper.

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The images below are from Timtum: A trans jew zine, by Micah Bazant, 1999