Join Us Eshel's Thursday Happy Hour4 PM EST - 3 PM CST - 2 PM PSTLearn about Eshel's Ally Month! Bring an Ally!NEW!Ally MonthAt Eshel, we are holding up our allies during the month of May. In honor of Allies month, raise a glass during Happy Hour Thursdays, tell your story about how an ally has […]
Women's New York Area Meetup on Zoom Meet other individuals who identify as female and who are exploring their Orthodox LGBTQ+ identities. Meeting Weekly: Every Tuesday from 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Sign up here for details.
with Sunnie Epstein, Director of Eshel's Welcoming Shuls Sefirat HaOmer - Making Every Day Count We are counting days in our lives now as citizens of the world -- how many days of social isolation and missing the normalcy we all know. How can we reframe this during this period of Sefirat HaOmer, where each […]
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. When: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 7:00-8:00 Where: Please fill out this contact form. If you have filled out this form before, you are already […]
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 […]
Join Us Eshel's Thursday Happy Hour4 PM EST - 3 PM CST - 2 PM PSTThis week: Scotch Tasting with Anna & Rob Brimm. Bring your own bottle of Scotch and join in the tasting!The Brimms live in Chicago, and have 8 children, and joined Eshel because of their two LGBTQ sons. The Scotch tasting […]
Wrestling with God and Men: A Six-part Series on Sex, Gender, Power and Love with Rabbi Steve Greenberg Register here! In 2004 Rabbi Steve Greenberg's groundbreaking book appeared on shelves in the US and created a new starting point for exploring the Jewish tradition's engagement with same-sex love and relationship. Join Rabbi Greenberg in May […]
Join Us Eshel's Thursday Happy Hour4 PM EST - 3 PM CST - 2 PM PSTThis week: Guest speaker Naomi Seidman on Unorthodox.Join us for Happy Hour with Professor Naomi Seidman, who will discuss her take on the Netflix film Unorthodox and the depiction of the OTD community. Read her review here before we gather: Telling the […]
Register Today Join us this Thursday for a conversation with Adam Eli who will discuss his new book: The New Queer Conscience In The New Queer Conscience, Voices4 Founder and LGBTQIA+ activist Adam Eli offers a candid and compassionate introduction to queer responsibility. Eli calls on his Jewish faith to underline how kindness and support within the queer […]
WHAT: We will be doing some learning together, as well as discussing the recent film Flawless which featured a discussion with Abby Stein and Jo Ivester. Where: Please fill out this form to RSVP and for location information.
What: Join this anonymous phone-in support group for LGBTQ+ individuals who are unable to attend one of our in-person sessions. When: Fourth Wednesday of every month | 9:00 PM EST Where: Please fill out this form to receive the call-in number. If you have filled out this form before, you are already on a list to receive an email reminder with details […]
Join Us Eshel's Thursday Happy Hour4 PM EST - 3 PM CST - 2 PM PSTJoin us with Yocheved & Nathan Lindenbaum for a COVID Kvetch.Yocheved and Nathan Lindenbaum live in their empty nest in Teaneck. They like wine and love to whine. They wish their 5 children, 4 in law children and bunch of grandkids […]
Join Us For Two Important Conversations During Eshel Thursday Happy Hour 4 PM ET - 3 PM CT - 1 PM PTwith Guest Speaker Rabbi Daniel Geretz and Yavilah McCoy Rabbi Geretz is the rabbi of Maayan, an Orthodox minyan in West Orange, NJ. He also works for the Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest […]
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: Please fill out this contact form. If you have filled out this form before, you are already on a list to receive an […]
Interview: Transgender Religious Discourse - June 10th 2pm R. Steve Greenberg will lead a discussion with Joy Ladin on her book: The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective. Joy Ladin holds the Gottesman Chair in English at Yeshiva University, and, in 2007, became the first (and still […]
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. […]