Jan 5, 2026 | Eshel in the News
It’s a new year, and a time full of opportunity to reflect and plan and grow. What will 2026 hold for us? What are we striving towards? What are some goals, big or small, that can help guide us this year? We asked some of the Eshel staff, and this is what they said: I [more]
Dec 10, 2025 | Eshel in the News
Imagine being told you belong to a faith that is fighting to keep you out—and refusing to leave. In this week's Madlik, Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz welcome Rabbi Steve Greenberg, the first openly gay Orthodox-ordained rabbi, for a deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation. This week in Parashat Vayeshev we meet Tamar, a woman [more]
Nov 12, 2025 | Eshel in the News
Modi and Leo are joined by Miryam Kabakov, the executive director of Eshel, an organizing that seeks to build LGBTQ+ inclusive Orthodox Jewish communities. Listen: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1826078/episodes/18107758
Nov 10, 2025 | Eshel in the News
In this powerful and deeply personal 93rd episode of No Hair, All Heart, Mookie Spitz sits down with Ely Winkler, the Director of Advancement at Eshel, an organization devoted to LGBTQ+ inclusion within the Orthodox Jewish community. Their heartfelt conversation cuts through theology, tradition, and identity with candid honesty and unexpected joy. Ely shares his remarkable [more]
Oct 21, 2025 | Eshel in the News
The gay, married Orthodox comedian is serious about Judaism, inclusion and making you laugh. Modi is the mononym of actor and comedian Mordechi Rosenfeld, who was born in Tel Aviv and moved with his family to the United States at the age of 7. After majoring in psychology and minoring in voice at Boston University, [more]
