Eshel in the News

Commemorating Transgender Day of Remembrance

Commemorating Transgender Day of Remembrance

We have a long history of recognizing the mystery and complexity of the human condition.  It is well known that the rabbis of the Talmud recognized and addressed a much richer and diverse range of gender than many of our contemporary religious leaders.  To commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance, we share with you a surprising gender-bending [more]

Canadian Jewish News – May 20, 2015

Q&A Rabbi Steven Greenberg: Don't demonize gay Jews [see the full article] Jodie Shupac, Staff Reporter, Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Tags: News Boston Conservative Judaism Eshel Kadimah-Toras Moshe LGBTQ Jews Orthodox Judaism Orthodoxy Reform Judaism Temple Kol Ami Yitz Greenberg Rabbi Steven Greenberg Temple Kol Ami, a Reform congregation in Thornhill, in April hosted Rabbi Steven [more]

Baltimore Jewish Times – April 16, 2015

Out in the Open   It’s no doubt at the forefront of the minds of the approximately 45 attendees at this weekend’s Eshel retreat — designed to support Orthodox parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children — that the Supreme Court will hear arguments to decide whether the Constitution allows for a state to [more]

The Jewish Week – April 15, 2015

‘Safe Spaces’ For Orthodox LGBTQ Students Spreads On Campus Program that began at YU gets new grant and intercampus launch [See full article] Jewish college students gather for LGBTQ “safe space” seminar, a series of training sessions for campus leaders. Rachael Fried, a 27-year-old graduate of Stern College, spent years formulating one three-word bombshell of [more]