Gender defines us from the moment we’re born. But how is that related to the lifelong work of being at home in ourselves? For as far back as Joy Ladin can remember, her body didn’t match her soul. We explore this question through her story of transition from male to female -- in an orthodox Jewish world.

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Joy Ladin — Gender and the Syntax of Being: Identity and Transition (Jun 20, 2013)

Groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning conversation about the big questions of meaning, hosted by Krista Tippett. Every Thursday a new discovery about the immensity of our lives — and frequent special features like poetry, music and Q + A with Krista.

From Warsaw, Poland. Writer, actress, soprano. 

Joy Ladin — Gender and the Syntax of Being: Identity and Transition (Jun 20, 2013)

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