Saffron Mala Kaplan

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Saffron Mala Kaplan (she/her) is a scholar of midrash and queer Judaism based in Austin, Texas. She currently works at UT Austin's Center for Middle Eastern Studies and is a member of Congregation Agudas Achim where she teaches Hebrew school and is a frequent lay leader. Saffron plans to attend rabbinical school in the near future.

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Dinah: An Unexpected Trans Story

Based on rabbinic midrash from tractate Berakhot, Dinah can be read either as a trans woman or, as this piece argues, a closeted trans man.

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