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Reuven McCullough
Reuven is a sleep medicine tech, a rabbinical student, an unexpected mystic, and a cat dad. Ze has a degree in Classical Studies and isn’t afraid to use it. Currently they are creating a variety of interactive experiences for trans Jewish folks to embrace their inherent sacredness. Ze left Mississippi and now resides in Seattle’s unceded Duwamish and Suquamish lands with hir two cats, three other queer Jews, and enough books for a decade of committed reading.
Reuven’s vibes are deep-south sensibility, a belief that binaries are just human constructs, and continuous curiosity.
Reuven uses ze/hir pronouns in honor of Leslie Feinberg ז״ל הי״ד.
Reuven is a craftsman with an intense appreciation for a well-honed sentence, a finely tuned ritual, and those sacred connections that bring more fullness to our lives. Ze is available for
- Dvar Torah, Learning experiences
- B'Mitzvah, Leyning, Biblical Hebrew, siddur
- Life Cycle Events, including non-traditional
- Spiritual Guidance (kink and poly friendly)
and other embodied Jewish encounters.
As trans people have become more known, what trans-ness means has opened up much discussion and discourse around what gender is. Jews have been gender non-conforming against Western-Christian ideals for much of our existence. Current rans and gender variant Jews are discussing gender in ways that deeply touch all parts of Judaism, from birth to death and everything between.
And just as all accessibility helps everyone - ramps, audiobooks, magnifying glasses, interpreter services, etc. - discussions of gender through the lens of trans-ness is accessible to all humans because we all live in and are affected by a gendered system. Trans people feel that system and understand it in ways that cis people may not immediately see, but that they still understand when it's discussed. These discussions also open new faces of Torah, even new aspects even of g-d Themself that have been hidden away or ignored.