BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Eshel Online - ECPv6.0.0.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Eshel Online X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.eshelonline.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Eshel Online REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220601T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220601T193000 DTSTAMP:20260422T113318 CREATED:20220513T204253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220524T191325Z UID:146722-1654106400-1654111800@www.eshelonline.org SUMMARY:Conversion: A Conversation with Rabbi Jeff Fox DESCRIPTION:Eshel is kicking off a new Lifecycle Series\, which will cover a wide range of moments of transition in an LGBTQ Jew’s life. \nWhat: With Shavuot coming soon\, join us for an evening of learning about what it means to convert to Orthodox Judaism as an LGBTQ person. The panel will feature Rabbi Jeff Fox to discuss halacha\, Moshe\, a Jew by choice who will be sharing his experiences\, and Miryam Kabakov\, Executive Director of Eshel\, as moderator. \nWhere: Zoom (you will be emailed the link after registration) \nWhen: 6PM-7:30PM ET | 5PM-6:30PM CT | 3PM-4:30PM PT URL:https://www.eshelonline.org/event/conversion-conversation-with-rabbi-jeff-fox/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220608T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220608T200000 DTSTAMP:20260422T113318 CREATED:20220518T133245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221223T183620Z UID:147149-1654714800-1654718400@www.eshelonline.org SUMMARY:Ensuring Mental Wellbeing for LGBTQ+ People During Challenging Times DESCRIPTION:Mental wellbeing is more challenging for everyone in the era of COVID. Isolation\, depression\, anxiety\, and other mental health concerns have become more visible and prevalent in our world today. In this session\, we will explore the increased rate and severity of these concerns within the LGBTQ community. What are some of the reasons for this? What can we do to ensure emotional wellbeing for all of us? \nRegister to receive the Zoom link. URL:https://www.eshelonline.org/event/ensuring-mental-wellbeing-for-lgbtq-people-during-challenging-times/2022-06-08/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.eshelonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Ensuring-Mental-Wellbeing-for-LGBTQ-People-During-Challenging-Times-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220611T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220611T180000 DTSTAMP:20260422T113318 CREATED:20220607T172256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220607T200404Z UID:147229-1654959600-1654970400@www.eshelonline.org SUMMARY:Brooklyn Pride 2022 Rooftop Gathering DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 11\n3:00 – 6:00 pm\nHosted by Eshel board member Shlomo Ashkinazy\, join Eshel members to watch the Brooklyn Pride march! We will meet on Shlomo’s rooftop near 5th Avenue and 10th Street for some fun and a light seudah shlishit. Address provided upon registration. For more information contact info@eshelonline.org URL:https://www.eshelonline.org/event/brooklyn-pride-2022-rooftop-gathering/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220613T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220613T210000 DTSTAMP:20260422T113318 CREATED:20171031T182722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220601T180159Z UID:136078-1655148600-1655154000@www.eshelonline.org SUMMARY:Eshel New York City LGBTQ+ Meetup DESCRIPTION: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. \nWHAT: A  confidential gathering for people who identify as LGBTQ+ and are Orthodox\, Ortho-curious\, or formerly Orthodox. \nWHEN: The first Monday of every month  |  7:30 – 9:00 PM \nWHERE: For notifications and sign-in information\, please sign up below. (You only need to register for this group one time.) \nQuestions? Email new-york@eshelonline.org. \nParticipants are asked to adhere to strict confidentiality. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Subscribe to a Newsletter URL:https://www.eshelonline.org/event/new-york-city-meetup-2020-04-07-2020-05-11-2021-12-06-2022-06-06/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eshelonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/eshel-nyc.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220623T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220623T190000 DTSTAMP:20260422T113318 CREATED:20220516T174609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220620T143255Z UID:146964-1656010800-1656010800@www.eshelonline.org SUMMARY:Oy Gay with a side of BLT DESCRIPTION:General Admission\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VIP Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Program Tributes and Ads\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Donate\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Oy Gay with a side of BLT\nJune 23\, 2022 7PM | 6pm VIP Happy Hour\nCome together to laugh and have a good time with our hilarious comedians Adam Sank (Last Comic Standing)\, Chani Lisbon (Carolines On Broadway)\, Dana Friedman (AllMedia TV)\, Eli Lebowicz (Stand-Up NY)\, Leah Forster (Comedy Cellar) \, Liz Glazer (Boston Comedy Festival)\, Talia Reese (SiriusXM)\, and Eddie Sarfaty (The Today Show). Join us at the Broadway Comedy Club\, located at 318 W 53rd St NY\,NY 10019. At this year’s comedy fundraiser\, we’re raising money to benefit the Eshel Warmline. \nLast year\, the Warmline provided resources\, counseling\, and emotional support through over 500 phone calls and emails correspondences with people struggling as members of the LGBTQ Orthodox Jewish community and Orthodox Parents of LGBTQ youth. Show your support for the Warmline and help support our community! Buy a ticket today for General Admission\, a VIP ticket\, or a VIP table for eight. Our VIP guests get the same great show as everyone else\, but also get to enjoy priority seating\, a kosher catered happy hour before the show\, and a goodie bag with surprise treats! \nProof of vaccination required. This show is recommended for ages 18+. \nCorporate or small business sponsorships for this event are available. Please contact info@eshelonline.org to learn more. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Adam Sank\n ADAM SANK is one of the most recognized and accomplished openly gay stand-up comics in the country\, having been featured on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and The Today Show\, FOX’s Laughs\, CBS News\, Vh1’s I Love the 2000s and Best Week Ever\, CNN’s @ThisHour\, CNBC’s Street Signs and truTV’s World’s Dumbest Criminals\, along with countless appearances as both a guest and fill-in host on Sirius-XM satellite radio. His debut comedy album\, “Adam Sank: Live from the Stonewall Inn\,” went to No. 1 on both Amazon’s list of Comedy Album Downloads and iTunes’s New Comedy Releases\, and it plays in rotation on SiriusXM’s Raw Dog channel. Adam also hosts a weekly podcast– “The Adam Sank Show (ASS)” – every Saturday at 11AM ET at DNRStudios.com and other streaming platforms. For 15 years\, Adam performed regularly at comedy clubs\, special events and festivals throughout the New York City area and beyond\, including appearances at NYC Gay Pride\, Gay Days Orlando\, Atlantis Events and the Gay Naturists International (GNI) Annual Gathering. He has served as master of ceremonies and auctioneer at multiple fundraisers\, helping to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charitable organizations. He has also personally raised over $95K for AIDS Walk NY. In 2019\, Adam retired from stand-up after releasing his second comedy album\, “Adam Sank’s Last Comedy Album\,” which went to No. 1 on Amazon and iTunes and plays regularly on SiriusXM Raw Dog. He occasionally still appears live for select events. In addition to being a comedian and podcaster\, Adam is a licensed wedding officiant in the state of New York\, specializing in (but not limited to) same-sex\, Jewish and/or comedy-themed ceremonies. He currently lives in New York City with his dog\, Lady.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Liz Glazer\n Liz Glazer is the first place winner of both the Boston Comedy Festival and the Ladies of Laughter competition\, and the subject of an entire Wall Street Journal Article about her and her comedy! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Chani Lisbon\n Chani Lisbon is a stand up comedian\, motivational speaker\, and performer. For two years\, she produced the consistently sold-out show The Biggest Littlest Comedy Show in Brooklyn\, while performing all over New York City. Chani has also made them laugh in Tucson\, Los Angeles\, Oakland\, and Israel. She headlined a sold-out show at StandUp NY and is a frequent speaker/performer at colleges\, private events\, and rehab facilities. She has co-written two pilots (one about social media addiction\, and one about Chanukah)\, and has performed a moving comedic piece about hair loss and self-acceptance for MicDrop. Born and raised in LA\, Chani currently lives in Brooklyn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Talia Reese\n Talia Reese is a stand-up comedian and former bankruptcy lawyer. The New York Post featured Talia as a “Hot Ticket” in a full-page article. Talia has been compared to Joan Rivers and written about in The Wall Street Journal (“The Hottest Ticket in Town This Year Is Your Family’s Covid-Constrained Thanksgiving” and “Keeping Kosher\, With a Side of Jokes”). Her comedy has been written about by The Jerusalem Post (“Toning It Down For The Rabbi”). Talia is a regular contributor to “Tell Me Everything” on Sirius XM\, “Is it Funny or Offensive\,” and “The Quiz Show” on Fox Nation. Cindy Adams’ Page Six column often quotes Talia’s jokes\, and she has appeared on The Wendy Williams Show. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eddie Sarfaty\n Comedian and writer Eddie Sarfaty has appeared on The Today Show\, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend\, Logo’s Wisecrack\, The Joy Behar Show\, and is a subject of the documentaries\, Laughing Matters and Heartfelt.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Leah Forster\n For over a decade\, Leah Forster has been an internationally renowned entertainer in the Jewish community. In recent years she’s expanded her reach to more mainstream comedy clubs\, and taken to the internet\, exponentially growing her already-substantial fan-base. In addition to theaters all over the world\, Leah has appeared locally at Carolines On Broadway\, Stand-Up NY\, The Comedy Cellar\, Broadway Comedy Club\, as well as being featured on Breakout.TV. Follow @leahforster on Instagram\, and catch her weekly special: Tichel Tuesday.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dana Friedman\n Dana Friedman is\, in all likelihood\, New York’s first Orthodox Jewish\, transgender comic. She is the producer of Queernucopia: An Evening of LGBT and Allied Comedy Goddesses and Heathens \, Right Down The Middle (East)\, (no missionaries\, just funny positions)\, which brings together Muslim\, Jewish\, Israeli\, Arab\, and Palestinian standup comics\, LOL Nidrei (Unforgivably Naughty Jewish Comedy) which was featured in The Forward\, and\, for the fourth consecutive year: Orthomocks Jews\, A Pre-Purim Standup Romp. Dana was also the producer and a co-writer of FunOrthodox: An Evening of LGBT+ Jewish Entertainment\, hosted by Mayim Bialik. She was selected for She-Devil Comedy Festival’s “Best Of The Fest”\, and the New York Underground Comedy Festival. She has been a guest on Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang on SiriusXM\, and appeared with or opened for Janeane Garofalo\, Lizz Winstead\, Yanis Pappas\, Christian Finnegan\, Julia Scotti\, Tim Dillon\, as well as other major headliners at clubs and theaters all over North America. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eli Lebowicz\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n General Admission\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VIP Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Program Tributes and Ads\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Donate URL:https://www.eshelonline.org/event/oy-gay-with-a-side-of-blt/ LOCATION:Broadway Comedy Club\, 318 W 53rd St\, New York\, NY\, NY\, 10019\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR