Join Us Eshel's Thursday Happy Hour4 PM EST - 3 PM CST - 2 PM PSTEshel Happy Hour with Special Guest, Yavilah McCoyYavilah McCoy, is the CEO of the Diversity consulting group DIMENSIONS Inc. Through Dimensions, Yavilah services an international portfolio of clients in the areas of Education, Philanthropy, and Social Justice. As an anti-racism […]
Hello dear community, I hope you are all staying healthy and safe. Due to the COVID-19 public health guidelines, we are practicing social distancing, and so we hope to continue to support the community virtually in a few ways: 1. We now have a discord server for Eshel TO community members (i.e. LGBTQ+ folks who […]
Join Baltimore/DC for a Virtual Pride Happy Hour/Parade. Show off your pride! An evening of joy and celebration. Please fill out this form to RSVP.
Join Eshel parents every Friday for Kabbalat Shabbat at 6 PM. Sign up here to receive the Zoom login details.
with Dr. Sunnie Epstein and Miryam Kabakov Going to a synagogue for the first time can be intimidating, especially if you are a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Will they accept me? Will they accept my partner? Will they use the correct pronouns for me and my loved ones? Join LGBTQ+ rabbis from across the […]
Join a community-wide Kabbalat Shabbat in honor of Pride. Sign up here to receive the Zoom login details.
All Are Welcome to Attend this Webinar June 30th at 1 pm EasternJoin us as we learn with and from three educators who have broken ground in their day schools to include their LGBTQ+ students. We will explore what worked, what were the challenges they faced, and how others can adapt these strategies in […]
Women's New York Area Meetup on Zoom What: Meet other individuals who identify as female and who are exploring their Orthodox LGBTQ+ identities. When: Meeting Weekly: Every Tuesday from 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm Where: For notifications and sign-in information, register below. (You only need to register for this group one time.)
In honor of Tu B'Av Romantic Love as a Religious Value: The Teachings of R. Yitzchok Eizek of Slobodka by R. Steve Greenberg In a twenty-five page pamphlet written in the early 1900s for his students, this key figure in the Mussar movement opens up a discourse of sexual expression grounded in love that is […]
Trans-In-Sight: On Gender, Borderlands, and Radiance with Dr. Benjamin Baader 3-Part Series Dates: August 25, 2020 - September 1, 2020 - September 8, 2020 Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET Register Today! "Male and female, he created them." (Genesis 1:27) Indeed, the Bible seems to author a world of twos: light-dark, earth-heaven, day-night, man-woman. […]
LA’s Orthodox and formerly Orthodox LGBTQ+ group is back for another virtual happy hour! Join us for New Year, New Me, as we connect and look forward to the year 5781, on Tuesday, August 25th between 7 - 8pm PT! This online gathering welcomes you to connect and share in a private virtual space. Together we will catch-up, and […]
Sound and Sense: The Why and How of Shofar Live Demo with R. Steve Greenberg & Steven Goldstein Register Today In preparation for Rosh Hashanah this year, Steven Goldstein and Rabbi Steve Greenberg are teaming up to teach a Shofar Blowing Class! As many vulnerable Jews this year will need to hear the shofar without […]
Register here! Speaker Bios Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, Founder & President, Uri L’Tzedek Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz has twice been named one of America’s Top Rabbis by Newsweek and has been named by The Forward as one of The Most Inspiring Rabbis in America as well as one of America’s 50 most influential Jews. Rabbi Yanklowitz is the author of seventeen […]
Calling all adult members of the NYC queer community who are Orthodox, formerly Orthodox, or “Ortho-curious.” If you are interested in connecting with other individuals who are exploring their Orthodox LGBTQ+ identity please join us! Members will have the opportunity to mingle and engage in peer-led discussions in a casual and confidential environment. WHAT: A […]
2-Part Series with R. Steve Greenberg Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook was a spiritual giant of the last century whose moving portrayal of the work of Teshuvah is grounded in both depth psychology and social transformation. Rav Kook's life-centered take on repentance can prepare us, especially for this unusual Yom Kippur as we consider (as individuals and as […]
Eshel Toronto & Montreal community members (i.e. LGBTQ+ folks who come from Orthodox communities)! For notifications and sign-in information, please register here. (You only need to register for this group one time.)
What: This group is for traditional Jewish parents who may be struggling with their child’s gender identity and/or wish to connect with other parents like themselves. When: Third Monday of each month, 9:00 PM EST - 8:00 PM CST - 6:00 PM PST Where: For notifications and sign-in information, please register here. (You only need […]
Shiurim on messages of inclusion through our Chagim, by Dr. Sunnie Espstein, Eshel's Director of the Welcoming Shuls Project. This class is free but you can make a suggested donation of $18 or sponsor the class for $120.
This group is for Orthodox Jewish parents with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children seeking peer support. We will also discuss ways to help parents and families navigate in their communities and to become advocates for their children. FIRST WEDS OF THE MONTH! This group meets by phone conference call at 6 PM PT/8 PM […]
What: This group is for traditional Jewish parents who may be struggling with their child’s gender identity and/or wish to connect with other parents like themselves. When: Third Monday of each month, 9:00 PM EST - 8:00 PM CST - 6:00 PM PST Where: For notifications and sign-in information, please register here. (You only need […]
Come join the Eshel Parent* Sukkah Hop! Tonight, Wednesday, October 7, 2020 7:30 PM Eastern - 4:30 PM Pacific (And all the time zones in between) Hop into each other’s Sukkah over zoom. Meet other parents for the first time; reconnect to old friends. With Special Guests: Ushpizin with Atara Lindenbaum and Dr. Asher Lindenbaum, Eshel siblings Songs […]
Get together with our Baltimore/DC Eshel family. Join us in this intimate, confidential setting to meet others, like yourself, in the extended Eshel network. WHAT: A private gathering for LGBTQ+ individuals who are Orthodox, Ortho-curious or formerly Orthodox and for traditional Jewish parents of LGBTQ+ people who may be struggling with their child’s sexual orientation […]
What: A confidential support group for observant/Orthodox Jewish parents of LGBTQ+ individuals who may be struggling with their child’s sexual orientation or gender identity and/or wish to connect with other parents like themselves. Where For notifications and sign-in information, please register here. (You only need to register for this group one time.)
Get together with our Baltimore/DC Eshel family. Join us in this intimate, confidential setting to meet others, like yourself, in the extended Eshel network. WHAT: A private gathering for LGBTQ+ individuals who are Orthodox, Ortho-curious or formerly Orthodox and for traditional Jewish parents of LGBTQ+ people who may be struggling with their child’s sexual orientation […]
Eshel Across America Weekend (November 5-8, 2020) As we read every year in Parashat Vayera, Avraham and Sarah plant an Eshel tree near their tent to signal the welcome of strangers. It is during this weekend that we, the Eshel community, celebrate our commitment to inclusion and dialogue. Unbinding Isaac with Professor Aaron Koller Under […]