Feb 21, 2019 | Eshel in the News
by Zack Evans This was published on JPost on February 7, 2019 Orthodox parents who participated in a retreat for LGBTQ Jews and their families want their communities to engage in open, positive dialogue about LGBTQ issues in their communities, according to a survey by the Eshel organization. Eshel started its annual retreat in order to [more]
Feb 21, 2019 | Eshel in the News
by Johanna R Ginsberg Published in New Jersey Jewish News on February 20, 2019 A survey revealed that Modern Orthodox parents with LGBTQ children are demanding a place for their children in Orthodox spaces from synagogues to day schools. Parents surveyed were nearly unanimous in their desire for day schools to educate staff and publish [more]
Feb 19, 2019 | Eshel in the News
by JOSH SCHOENBERG '19 This article was published in the January 2019 volume of Spectrum: the Maimonides School Student Newspaper This is the first part in a series of 2 articles about the LGBT+ experience at Maimonides. The Maimonides Upper School Handbook, as of September 6, 2018, contains a statement on page 12 about "students [more]
Jan 28, 2019 | Eshel in the News
GABRIEL KLAPHOLZ GUEST COLUMNIST AT YALE NEWS Don’t make eye contact. Don’t make too much noise. Definitely don’t make it obvious that you’re eavesdropping on that couple’s conversation two seats down. New York City subway cars have an unspoken etiquette. The overarching trend? Anonymity. The most important rule of sitting in a silver train [more]
Dec 6, 2018 | Eshel in the News
December 6, 2018 Confessions of an Orthodox mother and father of an LGBT child Thank you so much for your compelling article about the experience of Orthodox parents of LGBT parents (“They just want to be regular people,” November 30). As longtime members of the Bergen County Orthodox community and parents of an LGBT child, [more]
Nov 29, 2018 | Eshel in the News
Jewish Standard By JOANNE PALMER When you live in a close-knit community, you benefit from its warmth and support; you share its values and vocabulary and world-view; you are guided by its rules and guarded by its vigilance; you are nourished by its love. But sometimes it’s hard to be different, particularly if you are [more]