Eshel Out Loud
News, Views, and Updates from the Eshel Community
What is Truly Great About America: From Sea to Shining Sea
by Rabbi Steve Greenberg This Thanksgiving my husband, daughter and I are in Columbus, Ohio celebrating with my family. I love going home, for my mother’s marvelous cooking and for her stories. My mother is a holocaust survivor and Thanksgiving was the time when we asked her to share her stories. For years, she did [more]The biggest challenge to ’emunah’ of our time
By Rabbi Ari Segal, Head of School Graphic by Gabe Silverstein and Jordan Levine, shalhevetboilingpoint.com, used by permission This op-ed article first appeared in The Boiling Point, the news source of Shalhevet high school. September 14, 2016 In the wake of last summer’s horrific massacre at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, [more]
Some Rabbis Fail, Others Rise Above
Shlomit Metz-Poolat When rabbis fail, they don’t just fail me or my family, they fail their community as a whole. This is my story, about how rabbis — and so many in my community who followed them — failed us too. All of us. You see, I am a frum (observant) Jew, a mother, a [more]
Why I Still Need Eshel
It's about 7:45 pm on Friday. I'm feeling some pressure about tonight’s dinner, like I don't need Eshel anymore. Like I could be doing something more interesting, or convenient. Or that I should be. When I arrive at the Sixth Street Community Synagogue, there's a small handwritten sign on the gate outside. "Welcome Eshel," it [more]
Support Rabbi Bodner and Rabbi Bellino
Stanton Street Shul and the Sixth Street Community Synagogue have welcomed Eshel into their community for a Downtown Manhattan shabbaton. Unfortunately, a group of local religious leaders is pressuring them to cancel the event. You can read more about those efforts here. Rabbi Aviad Bodner, Rabbi Gavriel Bellino, and the lay leadership of both [more]Follow Eshel
