Lexi Kohanski

Lexi Kohanski is a trans Jewish educator who focuses on empowering those who have not felt at home in Judaism. She is a thought leader in the realm of trans Torah and currently serves as director of online learning at The Torah Studio. Her first publication, Be Whole: A Halakhic Approach to Gender and Transition, laid out a pathbreaking halachic framework for relating to Jewish gender transition as a sacred undertaking. Lexi has given talks on the trans Jewish experience at synagogues across the United States and in Scotland, as well as on her podcast, Torah for Trans Lives. Lexi earned her BA in Communications and Slavic Studies from Northwestern University and has also studied at the Conservative Yeshiva, Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva, The Hadar Institute, Yeshivat Maharat, and Yashrut.