Apr 6, 2020 | Eshel in the News, Featured Articles
The psychological impact of quarantine Social Isolation by Zach Truboff
Jan 11, 2020 | Featured Articles
This page is an introduction for those seeking information on transgender Jews in Torah observant, traditional, and orthodox communities. What does transgender mean? Transgender describes people whose internal sense of their gender identity differs from the gender they were assigned at birth. For the vast majority of people, their gender identity – their internal sense of being [more]
Apr 7, 2016 | Eshel in the News, Featured Articles
04/05/16 Hannah Dreyfus Staff Writer Emotional support is a hallmark of Eshel retreats. Courtesy of Eshel. A pioneering survey of Orthodox parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children released last week found that many families remain closeted in their communities because of disapproval from rabbis or other community leaders. Of the over 100 [more]
Feb 29, 2016 | Featured Articles
by Pesia Soloveichik February 28, 2016 “What is it like to be a Soloveichik?” This question about my well-known rabbinic family name has accompanied me for much of my life. My grandfather was Ahron Soloveichik and my great-uncle was Joseph B. Soloveitchik. The questions about my identity became even more complex when, three years ago, [more]
Feb 19, 2016 | Eshel in the News, Featured Articles
The Gay Child in My Daughter’s First Grade Class by Maharat Rachel Kohl Finegold It was a parenting moment that came much sooner than I thought it would. My six year-old looked over at me at the dinner table and told me that her teacher had said that a boy “can’t marry a boy, and [more]
Nov 1, 2015 | Eshel Out Loud, Featured Articles
The Life of Barry Youngerman, Zichrono Livracha (Of Blessed Memory) August 7, 1946 – October 10, 2015 Barry Youngerman was born in the east Bronx in 1946 to Henry Youngerman and Sylvia Lieblein, immigrants who left Austria and Poland. He and his sister Sharon grew up in a moderately traditional home with a great love [more]
