Jul 30, 2024 | Eshel in the News
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rov08rD3BMc[/embed] "To be honest with you, I love Eshel ... I'm a member now. I'm in Eshel ... they're basically helping other people feel the way I do. Just be a proud Jew and be you, and people who are coming from different backgrounds that don't accept them, and God forbid makes them think they're [more]
Apr 12, 2024 | Eshel in the News
When their baby is born, most parents have dreams about how that new life will unfold. Those dreams are unrealistic — by definition, because they’re dreams — but they usually involve the glorious mastering of unavoidable conventions on the way to some high-level prize. If you’re part of a tight community — if, say, you [more]
Apr 11, 2024 | Eshel in the News
Two Calls From the Editor by Larry Gordon I received two phone calls last Friday in rather rapid succession, and the subject matters of both calls had nothing to do with each other beside the fact that they both dealt with highly sensitive and controversial matters. The first call was from a group named Eshel that deals [more]
Apr 5, 2024 | Eshel in the News
By Jillian Diamond Dr. Ann Stark (left), a Manhattan-based pediatric radiologist, and Aaron Kogut, a past Eshel board member, who lives in Manhattan, have “the talk” with Orthodox Jewish parents at Eshel’s Parent’s Retreat. (Courtesy of Eshel) Coming out as part of the LGBTQ community can be an isolating experience, and this can be especially [more]
Jun 30, 2023 | Eshel in the News
By Andrew Lapin “There is a cultural divide between the rabbis and the LGBTQ+ community,” Miryam Kabakov, executive director of the nonprofit Eshel, which supports LGBTQ Orthodox Jews and their families, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency about the flag controversy. “The rabbis think that LGBTQ+ symbols are about sex,” Kabakov added. “They are not. They are [more]
Jul 1, 2021 | Eshel in the News
R. Steve Greenberg Envisions a Gay Future as he discusses "Marry Me, However" in The Times of Israel. Rabbi Mordechai Vardi is the rabbi of Kibbutz Ein Zurim and a filmmaker. He recently focused his keen eye on his Orthodox community’s inability to offer any credible future to gay and lesbian young people. His film, Marry [more]
