Jun 18, 2014 | Eshel in the News
LGBTQ Jews need a place in community In 1952, my dad was a popular senior on his high school football team and my mother was a recent immigrant from war-torn France. It was my father’s protective instinct that caused him to intervene one day to help a newly arrived French girl navigate their American high school, [more]
Jun 12, 2014 | Eshel in the News
A new resource for LGBT Jews by Leslee Komaiko In 2009, nine years into Shelby Ilan-Pacheco’s marriage to her husband, she came to know with certainty something she had felt for so long. She was gay. But knowing this and doing something about it, doing anything, really, were two different things. “I was paralyzed,” recalled [more]
Jun 11, 2014 | Eshel in the News
Orthodox transgender child is shut out of shul 'God knows I'm a girl,' says the Midwestern teen who was shunned from her synagogue upon transitioning from Moshe to Miryam. More than most kids, Moshe, who lived with his mom and siblings in a midsize Midwestern city with a small Orthodox community, loved going to shul. [more]
Jun 11, 2014 | Eshel in the News
Orthodox transgender child is shut out of shul 'God knows I'm a girl,' says the Midwestern teen who was shunned from her synagogue upon transitioning from Moshe to Miryam. More than most kids, Moshe, who lived with his mom and siblings in a midsize Midwestern city with a small Orthodox community, loved going to shul. [more]
Jun 11, 2014 | Eshel in the News
To be young, Orthodox and openly gay Orthodox Jewish high schools in the United States try to balance concerns for their reputation and their students, as growing number of teens openly identify as gay. NEW YORK — Though he had lots of friends, Amram Altzman still felt alone at Ramaz High School. As a 16-year-old sophomore at [more]
Jun 11, 2014 | Eshel in the News
To be young, Orthodox and openly gay Orthodox Jewish high schools in the United States try to balance concerns for their reputation and their students, as growing number of teens openly identify as gay. NEW YORK — Though he had lots of friends, Amram Altzman still felt alone at Ramaz High School. As a 16-year-old sophomore at [more]
