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Eshel Executive Director Miryam Kabakov one of 10 Women Social Entrepreneurs named for JWFNY’s Inaugural “Collective”

Eshel Executive Director Miryam Kabakov one of 10 Women Social Entrepreneurs named for JWFNY’s Inaugural “Collective”

After Shifting its Strategy, a Foundation Gets Behind Jewish Women Social Entrepreneurs June 6, 2019 Debra Nussbaum Cohen Evie Litwok got emotional when she opened up a letter from The Collective, a new joint project of the Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York that invests in social entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders. The letter informed Litwok that [more]
An Open Letter To Principals Of Orthodox Day Schools

An Open Letter To Principals Of Orthodox Day Schools

Eshel's leadership published a call-to-action in the Education Supplement of the Jewish Week. You can help us get the message out by sharing this open letter with those who are in positions to make a difference. Here are concrete action steps that school leaders can take right now to ensure the wellbeing of all their [more]
Bar or Bat Mitzvah? Hey, What About a Both Mitzvah?

Bar or Bat Mitzvah? Hey, What About a Both Mitzvah?

The Jewish coming-of-age ceremony stretches to accommodate the new gender fluidity.  Published by Alyson Krueger on March 27, 2019 in the New York Times. (Read this article online) Lion is a 13-year-old who lives in Brooklyn. The middle school student identifies as pangender, a term for feeling like you are every gender at once, and likes [more]
Survey: Orthodox Parents of LGBTQ Kids Want More Inclusion

Survey: Orthodox Parents of LGBTQ Kids Want More Inclusion

by Victoria Brown Published in the Baltimore Jewish Times on February 27, 2019   Mindy Sager Dickler’s guiding philosophy is ahavas Yisrael, love for fellow Jews. “There’s no exceptions. We have a responsibility to love one another and not to judge one another. Those should be overriding principles,” said Dickler, president and co-founder of JPride [more]