Shuli Elisheva was a transphobic, homophobic Orthodox Jewish man. Except she wasn’t a man. Except she was in a man’s body. Married to a Jewish female rabbi and the main caretaker for their child, to the outside world she was successful. But inside, things were all mixed up.

All her life, until she transitioned into a woman’s body, when she looked in the mirror she didn’t see herself. Then she knew she was not a man. Fighting this truth for more than a year, she finally succumbed to it and transitioned into the woman she was. She never could have imagined how many parts of her identity she would lose in the process, nor how happy she could be. Listen to how she navigated her journey into her true identity, with a body to match it, and remains a practicing Orthodox Jew.

Bio

Shuli Elisheva isn't just a Yiddish teacher – she's a Yiddish empowerment coach. She empowers Yiddish students of all levels to not just learn, but use the language with confidence, courage, and comfort, as a meaningful part of their daily lives. She is also a Yiddish poet and the composer of more than 50 Yiddish songs.

Shuli has written extensively about her experiences as an Orthodox Jewish transgender woman on social media and in the pages of Unorthoboxed, a pathbreaking lifestyle magazine for religious Jewish women.

You can learn more about her work as a Yiddish empowerment coach at:

www.UseYiddishWithShuli.com

Read her articles for Unorthoboxed at www.unorthoboxed.com/author/shulielisheva

Follow her on Twitter @ShuliElisheva.

Julie’s Info.

https://linkedin.com/in/julie-browne-courage-ignite

https://instagram.com/juliebrownecourageignite

https://facebook.com/juliebrownecourageignite

Podcast — https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/eeedNo9Bftb

Website — https://www.courage-ignite.com

Email — [email protected]

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