If God Is Gender-Fluid, Why Not Call Her a ‘She’?

Embracing a spirituality in which God is less of an authoritarian, more like a blade of grass

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A few years ago, I came across a thoughtful op-ed in the New York Times by Rabbi Mark Sameth. In it, he made a provocative suggestion: God was not, in fact, a He. In the Jewish tradition, God is transgender.