Leah Vincent

Jericho Leah Vincent
Born
Leah Miller

(1982-02-05) February 5, 1982
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrooklyn College
Occupationwriter

Leah Vincent is an American author.

Early life and education

Jericho Vincent, born Leah, was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by a Yeshivish Jewish family. 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.[1][2]

Career

In their January 2014 memoir, Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood, published by Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, Vincent describes their own experience leaving the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, and how they came to lead a self-determined life.

Vincent is an advocate for "reform" within the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. They have spoken out on issues of abuse in the religious community.[3]

Vincent is both a member and a board member of Footsteps, an organization that serves former ultra-Orthodox Jews who seek to enter or explore the world beyond the Jewish communities in which they were raised.[4] Their essays calling for reform have been published by the Huffington Post, Unpious,[5] and Zeek.[6] In July 2013, in partnership with Footsteps and the UJA-Federation of New York, Vincent co-ordinated and hosted an event with a panel of rabbis from across the spectrum of progressive Jewish communities; the title of the event was "Beyond Romanticization and Vilification". Vincent's speech and the ensuing panel discussion were broadcast by Shalom TV.[7]

They are also a co-producer of the "It Gets Besser Project", a website which, imitating the methodology of the It Gets Better Project, aims to "give hope" to individuals struggling with the choice of leaving the ultra-Orthodox world.[8]

In 2016, Vincent participated in a project called Real Women Real Stories founded by Matan Uziel, in order to bring their story to light once again.[9][10]

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

Publications
  • Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood, New York: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, January 2014, ISBN 978-0-385-53809-1

See also

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. Vincent, Leah (May 7, 2012). "Victims Protest: Rabbis, Protect Our Children]". The Huffington Post. New York City: Huffington Post Media Group. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  4. KatieCouric.com: Leah Vincent", KatieCouric.com, May 7, 2012.
  5. Leah Vincent, "The Post-Ultra-Orthodox Death Prophecy", Unpious.com, October 7, 2013.
  6. Leah Vincent, "Victims Protest: Rabbis, Protect Our Children", Forward.com, May 7, 2012.
  7. "Footsteps Panel: Vilification/Romanticization ," YouTube, May 7, 2012.
  8. http://www.GetsBesser.com, May 7, 2012.
  9. http://www.inquisitr.com/3591217/real-women-real-stories-leah-vincent/
  10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_3aPsTKQv8
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