"He's not a woman. He's a male with enlarged breasts."
Who said that?
Rabbi Moshe Tendler.
About whom?
Joy Ladin.
The story?
A Yeshiva University professor left two years ago as a man - and returned last week as a woman.
Literature Professor Joy Ladin, formerly known as Jay Ladin, 47, showed up for her first day of school sporting pink lipstick, a tight purple shirt and a flirty black skirt. She cheerfully strutted through the doors of the Midtown campus' main building, where she oversees the writing center.
..."He's not a woman. He's a male with enlarged breasts," said Rabbi Moshe Tendler, a senior dean at Yeshiva's rabbinical school and a professor of biology and medical ethics. "He's a person who represents a kind of amorality which runs counter to everything Yeshiva University stands for. There is just no leeway in Jewish law for a transsexual.
...Even if not in spirit, Ladin remains part male. Although she's taking progesterone and estrogen to grow breasts and feminize her appearance, she retains the most prominent part of her manhood, according to the prologue of her unfinished memoir, "Inside Out: Confessions of a Woman Caught in the Act of Becoming."
...University President Richard Joel declined comment, except to say, "I'm proud of my university and all my faculty."
Well, Israel has gone through this in the entertainment field. I guess we live and learn.
And what will they learn at YU?
(Kippah tip: R)
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