Jericho Vincent

Jericho Vincent
Born
Leah Vincent

(1982-02-05) February 5, 1982 (age 44)
EducationBrooklyn College
OccupationsWriter, Blogger, Journalist

Jericho Vincent is an American author and speaker. They are best known for their books, Cut Me Loose and Legends of the Talmud.

Early life and education

Born Leah Vincent, they were raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They were a student at Brooklyn College from 2002 to 2007. They graduated from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government with a Master of Public Policy degree as a Pforzheimer Fellow in 2009.

Career

They were named one of Jewish Week’s 36 Under 36 in 2014.

Vincent is an advocate for "reform" within the Haredi Jewish community. They have spoken out on issues of abuse in the religious community.

Vincent is both a member and a board member of Footsteps, an organization that serves former Haredi Jews who seek to enter or explore the world beyond the Jewish communities in which they were raised.

Their essays calling for reform have been published by HuffPost, Unpious, and Zeek.

In 2016, Vincent participated in a project called Real Women Real Stories founded by Matan Uziel.

Personal life

Vincent was thrown out of their ultra-orthodox family at the age of 16.

In 2019, Vincent came out as non-binary, and changed their first name to "Jericho".

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Feith, Gena (2014-01-17). "Book Review: "Cut Me Loose" by Leah Vincent". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  2. ↑ Meyers, Dvora (2014-01-16). "Leah Vincent Profile - "Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood"". ELLE. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  3. ↑ Geselowitz, Gabriela (6 June 2014). "Jewish and Individualistic: Leah Vincent". jewishweek.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. ↑ Vincent, Leah (May 7, 2012). "Victims Protest: Rabbis, Protect Our Children]". HuffPost. New York City.
  5. ↑ KatieCouric.com: Leah Vincent", KatieCouric.com, May 7, 2012.
  6. ↑ Leah Vincent, "The Post-Ultra-Orthodox Death Prophecy", Unpious.com, October 7, 2013.
  7. ↑ Leah Vincent, "Victims Protest: Rabbis, Protect Our Children", Forward.com, May 7, 2012.
  8. ↑ "'Real Women, Real Stories': Leah Vincent's Tribulations and Her Journey to Come Out the Other Side". The Inquisitr. 13 October 2016.
  9. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Why Former Ultra-Orthodox Jew Leah Vincent Fled Judaism. YouTube.
  10. ↑ Ungar-Sargon, Batya (Winter 2016). "Three Profiles: In this issue we visit individuals who were born into one community and have subsequently refurbished, reinvented or reclaimed their bonds to Jewish life". Steinhardt Foundation.
  11. ↑ JewishBoston, Judy Bolton-Fasman for. "LGBTQ Activist Jericho Vincent's Genderqueer Theology". JewishBoston. Retrieved 8 August 2021.