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SUMMARY:Celebration of Eshel
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of fun and comedy as we celebrate Eshel! Over the past 13 years we have worked together to build LGBTQ+ inclusive orthodox communities\, and we’re honored to invite you to celebrate with us at a cocktail reception and program hosted by comedian Talia Reese featuring a conversation with Modi and his partner Leo Veiga. \n7:00 pm Dinner and drinks8:00 pm Presentation of Honorees8:45 pm Interview with Modi10:00 pm Dessert \nWe are thrilled to recognize honorees Lenny and Suzi Fuld and Shlomo Ashkinazy for their commitment to supporting our critical work.  \n* Cocktail Attire \nAd Sales and Sponsorships close on May 29 \nTickets are SOLD OUT \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Get Tickets!\n			\n				Send a Tribute!\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Sponsor the Celebration!\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \nShlomo Ashkinazy \nShlomo Ashkinazy became active in the Gay Rights Movement in 1970\, just one year after the Stonewall Rebellion. Soon after\, he chaired several committees for the Gay Activists Alliance\, became a founding member of the National Lesbian and Gay Task Force\, and became the first openly Gay person to earn an MSW. After co-founding the Association of Lesbian and Gay Social Workers\, Shlomo successfully advocated for policy change and increased sensitivity training for New York State’s Children’s Services. Shlomo continued his advocacy for LGBT children in foster care\, going on to co-found the Hetrick-Martin Institute in 1979 and creating the world’s first Gay high school\, Harvey Milk High School. Additionally\, he opened NYC’s first shelter for homeless LGBT youth\, Madrigal House\, and served as its Executive Director.  \nIn 1979\, while serving as a marshal during a demonstration against the film Cruising\, Shlomo became the victim of Police Brutality. After winning a lawsuit against the city for the beating that he sustained\, and which landed him in the hospital\, Shlomo used that victory to introduce Gay sensitivity training to Police Precincts in Greenwich Village.  \nAs a guest on the Phil Donahue Show in 1985\, Shlomo Ashkinazy was the first person to ever appear on television and speak about reconciling the identities of being both Gay and an Orthodox Jew. Shlomo has been working since then to help others reconcile these identities as well. Since 1983\, Shlomo has facilitated a support group for Gay Orthodox Jewish men. Shlomo is also proud to have served as a consultant and to have been featured on the 2001 groundbreaking documentary\, “Trembling Before G-d.” He has been a frequent speaker at screenings of this film in synagogues\, churches and community organizations\, promoting LGBTQ+ acceptance within the religious community\, and supporting the role of religion in the lives of LGBTQ+ people. Shlomo has served on Eshel’s board since 2013. \n \nSusan and Leonard Fuld \nAlmost immediately after their son Avi came out in 2012\, Suzi and Lenny have been involved with Eshel. When Avi signed up to attend his first Eshel retreat\, his parents said; “That sounds like a great idea\, can we come too?”. His answer was very clear\, “No!” This led Suzi and Lenny to reach out to Eshel to figure out how they\, as parents\, could get support\, and more than that\, how they could help support other parents. The parent support initiatives started with a phone in group\, and culminated at the end of the year with Eshel’s first parent retreat. Since then Eshel has had 11 parent retreats; Eshel’s parent support programs\, including the parent retreat and parent support groups have served hundreds of parents\, affecting the lives of over a thousand LGBTQ+ Orthodox children. \nSuzi and Lenny are the parents of 4 adult children\, 4 children-in-law\, and 3 grandchildren. Suzi has been an early childhood educator\, special needs advocate\, and communal volunteer for four decades. Suzi is proud to be the first straight member of the Eshel board\, where she has served for almost 10 years. She believes that each of us\, whether LGBTQ or straight\, can help propel Eshel’s mission forward.   \nLenny\, founder of Fuld & Co. and The Intelligent Nonprofit\, has helped Eshel grow using the field of competitive intelligence and continues to be the force behind Eshel’s strategic growth and PR campaigns. Lenny has consulted with Eshel in the areas of public relations and long-range planning by leading strategy sessions\, creating surveys\, and writing reports.  \nLenny and Suzi have dedicated countless hours to help develop and grow Eshel’s parent programs. Eshel was there for them when they most needed it; and now the Fulds want to be there for those who will follow. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Host Committee\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Robin and Daniel AmsterRabbi Gavriel BellinoCliff BoroElaine Chapnik and Felicity ArengoStefanie and Matt DiamondYitz Preis and Scott EttingerRichard and Sabina FeczkoIke Fisher and Lourdes SuarezDana FriedmanAvi Fuld and Andrew GilsonGreg Gershman and Peninah Taragin GershmanChana and Noam HiltzikKevin JenningsMiryam Kabakov and Mara BenjaminSimon KaminetskySteve Kay Kupietzky \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Marjorie and Ed LetzterYocheved and Nathan LindenbaumMiriam and Ira ParnessLeo Paige and Benjamin PicketKenneth and Regene PragerJessica and Gary RozenshteynYehudit and Meyer ShieldsJulie Sissman and Phil RichterJoanna Samuels and Jeremy HockensteinTzvi and Alyson SmallGil and Leon TregerKenny WagnerMichal and Noam WeinbergerChavie WeisbergerEly Winkler \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Supporters\nAviv FoundationE. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter FoundationMicah Foundation (Ann and Jeremy Pava\, Trustees)Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n  \nTickets are sold out!
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SUMMARY:Philadelphia Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Get together with our Philadelphia Eshel family. Join us in this intimate\, confidential setting to meet others\, like yourself\, in the extended Eshel network.\nWHAT: A confidential gathering for people who identify as LGBTQ+ and are Orthodox\, Ortho-curious or formerly Orthodox.\nWHEN: First Wednesday of every month at 7:00 p.m.\nWHERE: Fill out this form to get the location. \nRefreshments and conversation.\nParticipants asked to adhere to strict confidentiality.\nPlease contact philly@eshelonline.org if you have any questions about this group.\n\n\nSaveSave
URL:https://www.eshelonline.org/event/eshel-meetup-in-philadelphia-2017-09-06-2019-10-02-2019-12-04/
LOCATION:William Way Community Center\, 1315 Spruce Street\, Philadelphia
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SUMMARY:Philadelphia Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Get together with our Philadelphia Eshel family. Join us at a local kosher restaurant to meet and socialize with others\, like yourself\, in the extended Eshel network.\nWHAT: A confidential gathering for people who identify as LGBTQ+ and are Orthodox\, Ortho-curious or formerly Orthodox.\nWHEN: Sunday\, November 10\, 2019\nWHERE: Fill out this form to RSVP and for location information.\nParticipants asked to adhere to strict confidentiality.\nPlease contact philly@eshelonline.org if you have any questions about this group.
URL:https://www.eshelonline.org/event/philadelphia-meetup/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Baltimore/DC LGBTQ Meet Up
DESCRIPTION: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.\nWHAT: A small private gathering for people who identify as LGBT and are Orthodox\, Ortho-curious or formerly Orthodox. It is also for parents of LGBT people who live within Orthodox communities and struggle with their child’s sexual orientation or gender identity.\nWHEN: Meetings are usually on the first Sunday of the month from 7-9 pm.\nWHERE: We meet in Columbia\, MD\, located conveniently near both Baltimore and DC.\n>> For further details about the group and other Baltimore/DC events\, please fill out this contact form.\nRefreshments and conversation.\nParticipants asked to adhere to strict confidentiality.\n\nCo-sponsored with JQ Baltimore\n\n\nSaveSave\nSaveSave\nSaveSave\nSaveSave\nSaveSave\nSaveSave
URL:https://www.eshelonline.org/event/eshel-meet-up-in-baltimore-2018-07-01/
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SUMMARY:Eshel meetup in the Baltimore/DC Area
DESCRIPTION: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.\nWHAT: A small private gathering for people who identify as LGBT and are Orthodox\, Ortho-curious or formerly Orthodox. It is also for parents of LGBT people who live within Orthodox communities and struggle with their child’s sexual orientation or gender identity.\nWHEN: Meetings are usually on the first Monday of the month from 7-9 pm. This month we meet on September 11 due to the Labor Day Holiday. Doors open at 6:30 PM. All are welcome to stay to schmooze until 9:30 PM.\nWHERE: This meeting will be held in Baltimore\, but some of the future meetings will be in the DC area.\n>> For further details about the group and other Baltimore/DC events\, please fill out this contact form.\nRefreshments and conversation.\nParticipants asked to adhere to strict confidentiality.\n\nCo-sponsored with JQ Baltimore\n\n\nSaveSave \nSaveSave \nSaveSave \nSaveSave \nSaveSave
URL:https://www.eshelonline.org/event/eshel-meet-up-in-baltimore-2017-09-11/
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SUMMARY:Eshel meetup in the Baltimore/DC Area
DESCRIPTION: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.\nWHAT: A small private gathering for people who identify as LGBT and are Orthodox\, Ortho-curious or formerly Orthodox. It is also for parents of LGBT people who live within Orthodox communities and struggle with their child’s sexual orientation or gender identity.\nWHEN: Meetings are usually on the first Monday of the month from 7-9 pm. This month we meet on September 11 due to the Labor Day Holiday. Doors open at 6:30 PM. All are welcome to stay to schmooze until 9:30 PM.\nWHERE: This meeting will be held in Baltimore\, but some of the future meetings will be in the DC area.\n>> For further details about the group and other Baltimore/DC events\, please fill out this contact form.\nRefreshments and conversation.\nParticipants asked to adhere to strict confidentiality.\n\nCo-sponsored with JQ Baltimore\n\n\nSaveSave \nSaveSave \nSaveSave \nSaveSave \nSaveSave \nSaveSaveSaveSave \nSaveSave
URL:https://www.eshelonline.org/event/eshel-meet-up-in-baltimore-2019-09-11/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170802T150000
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SUMMARY:Monthly In-person meeting in Philadelphia
DESCRIPTION:Get together with our Philadelphia Eshel family. Join us in this intimate\, confidential setting to meet others\, like yourself\, in the extended Eshel network.\nWHAT: A confidential gathering for people who identify as LGBT and are Orthodox\, Ortho-curious or formerly Orthodox.\nWHEN: First Wednesday of every month at 7:00 p.m.\nWHERE: William Way LGBT Community Center\n1315 Spruce St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19107\nRefreshments and conversation.\nParticipants asked to adhere to strict confidentiality.\nPlease contact info@eshelonline.org if you would like to attend!\n\n\nSaveSave
URL:https://www.eshelonline.org/event/eshel-meetup-in-philadelphia/
LOCATION:William Way Community Center\, 1315 Spruce Street\, Philadelphia
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170730T090000
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SUMMARY:Picnic with Eshel Montreal
DESCRIPTION:Eshel Montreal hosts a vegetarian/kosher potluck picnic at Beaver Lake on Mont Royal (or at Joanna’s apartment at 350 Prince Arthur W. #232\, if the weather’s bad).\nClick here for an interactive map of Beaver Lake on Mont Royal.\nClick here for a list of food items that various people have pitched already to bring\, and add your name. Please bring something to share!\nPlease contact info@eshelonline.org with any questions!
URL:https://www.eshelonline.org/event/picnic-with-eshel-montreal/
LOCATION:Beaver Lake on Mount Royal\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Twin Cities Pride Festival
DESCRIPTION:2017 Twin Cities Pride Festival on June 25\, 2017\nMarch wearing Eshel’s t-shirts (free):\n\nOrthodox Ally\nWe’re Here We’re Queer We’re Machmir\nStay tuned for more details!
URL:https://www.eshelonline.org/event/twin-cities-pride-festival/
LOCATION:Makom Hadash/Eshel office\, 125 Maiden Lane\, Suite 8B\, New York\, New York\, 10038\, United States
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SUMMARY:Celebrate Israel Parade
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, June 4\, 2017  |  11:00 AM to 4:00 PM\nMarch with Eshel! Rain or Shine!\nEvery marcher will get a free t-shirt! You can even help carry the Eshel banner!\nWhere:\nSection 7E\n53rd St between 5th & Madison Ave\nNew York City\, NY\n\nAssembly Time:\n12:20 PM\nThe LGBTQ Cluster will be #7\, coming after the Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan and before the Jewish Federation Greater Orange County and JCC.
URL:https://www.eshelonline.org/event/celebrate-israel-pride/
LOCATION:Makom Hadash/Eshel office\, 125 Maiden Lane\, Suite 8B\, New York\, New York\, 10038\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170504
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170508
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SUMMARY:Retreat for Parents of LGBTQ Children
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE!\nMay 5-7th\, 2017\nLiving happy\, healthy\, and holy lives for ourselves and our children\nFor parents of LGBTQ+ children in Orthodox community.\nJoin a growing and vibrant parent community. Meet parents just like you!”\nTo register\, go here!\nMeet a few of our guest speakers:\nJack Drescher\, M.D. is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in a private practice as well as a clinical professor in the areas of Sexuality and Gender Identity. Authoring a number of relevant volumes such as\, “Homosexuality\, Gay and Lesbian Identities\, and Homosexual Behavior” and “Gender Identity\, Gender Variance and Gender Dysphoria\,” Dr. Drescher is the foremost expert and speaker on issues concerning LGBT individuals and their families. His expert views have been sought and quoted by Reuters\, Time\, Newsweek\, People\, Esquire\, The New York Times\, USA Today\, The Washington Post\, The Los Angeles Times\, The Boston Globe\, and numerous other media outlets. Learn more about Dr. Drescher on his website. \n  \nRabbi Haim Ovadia is currently the rabbi at Magen David Sephardic Congregation-Beit Eliahu (MDSCBE)\, a modern Orthodox Synagogue located in Rockville\, Maryland. Born in Israel\, Rabbi Haim Ovadia received his Semicha in 1991 from Israeli Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu after studying rabbinics at the Shehebar Sephardic Center. Rabbi Ovadia served as a hazan and assistant Rabbi at Communidad Hebrea Sefaradi de Bogota in Bogota\, Columbia until 1996. In the same year he received a degree in Judaic studies in Bar-Ilan University before coming to the United States where he served as assistant Rabbi in Magen David in West Deal from 1997-99. He was associate rabbi at Beth Torah in Brooklyn until 2001.  Rabbi Ovadia also has a Masters Degree from UCLA in Hebrew literature. \n \nRena Fruchter is an artist and educator living in Maryland. Her work brings about powerful and transformative creative experiences for students of all ages. She believes that the collective creative process can foster dialogue in unique and important ways. In this spirit\, her current project\, Big Picture Mosaics (www.bigpicturemosaics.com) allows groups of people to collaborate on large-scale mosaic works that encourage conversation\, celebration and healing. Big Picture Mosaics workshops have taken place in social work programs\, retreats\, mikvahs\, senior centers and schools.  Rena and her husband Chaim have four grown children who are all working creatively\, in the literary\, musical and puppetry arts and in the rabbinate\, to make the world a better place.  Rena holds a B.S. in Art Education from the University of Maryland and an M.A. from George Washington University in Experiential Education and Jewish Cultural Arts. \nDr. Saundra Sterling Epstein (Sunnie) is a well known Jewish educator who has worked in many venues and around many topics of Jewish Learning as well as education in general.  Within that work\, Sunnie has always been an advocate for inclusion of all members of our Jewish community\, including our LGBT members\, and has taught extensively about that inclusion from a Jewish text informed perspective.   Sunnie and her husband Ken are also the parents of four amazing children\,two of whom happen to be gay. \n  \nAbby Stein is an American transgender activist\, blogger\, and speaker. She is the first openly transgender woman from a Hasidic community\, and is a direct descendant of Hasidic Judaism’s founder the Baal Shem Tov.    Abby is also the first openly transgender woman to have been ordained by an Orthodox institution (before her transition)\, having received her rabbinical degree in 2012\, from an Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic school. \n\n \nRabbi Steve Greenberg works part-time as Eshel’s co-director and part-time faculty member of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America.  He is the author of the groundbreaking book\, Wrestling with God & Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition (University of Wisconsin Press\, 2004)\, which won the Koret Book Award for Philosophy and Thought.  He lives with his partner Steven Goldstein and his daughter Amalia in Boston. \n\nChavie Weisberger grew up in a Chassidic community in Monsey\, NY. She is a queer single mother of 3 delightful children. A member of the Eshel community since 2012\, Chavie runs groups and assists with special projects. She concurrently serves as Community Engagement Associate at Footsteps – a non-profit where she works towards building a network of those who have made the transition out of ultra-Orthodoxy and are looking to be connected with the other like-minded individuals. \n\n\nIs this for me? \nWhether you are accepting of your LGBT child or struggling with their identity\, or somewhere in between\, this is the place for you. No judgments will be made about any retreat participant’s levels of acceptance of their LGBT child. We only ask that each attendee agree to respect other participants’ feelings and attitudes. \nWhat will happen at this weekend?\nWe will create a comfortable place to share.\nSessions will address having an LGBT child in Orthodox families and the communities of which we are a part.  See below for the learning opportunities. \nWhere will it be?\nBerkshire Hills Eisenberg Camp\n159 Empire Road\nCopake\, NY 12516\nPhone: (518) 329-3303 \nGetting there: \nBerkshire Hills is located a couple of hours outside of NYC. \nFor getting to the retreat site on your own\, please visit the retreat website to find out information about train\, airplane and car travel to and from the retreat center.  Transportation to and from the retreat is at your own expense.  Have a ride? Need a ride?  Let us know! info@eshelonline.org \nSessions and learning experiences will include:\n\n\nIt Takes Two to Tango: The Dance of the Parent-Child Relationship\n\n\nWhen You and Your Spouse are Not on the Same Page at the Same Time about your LGBT Child – or at different stages of acceptance\n\n\nThe Child I Gave Birth To and the Person You’ve Become: exploring the experience of having a child who is transgender\n\n\nLearning the Ropes: practical pointers for helping your trans child navigate the legal and medical systems\n\n\n“Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on First”: Taking Care of Ourselves So We Can Take Care of Our Kids\n\n\nKeeping Our Kids Healthy and Safe: Mental Health Resources\n\n\nFinding the Right Words: How and What to Say?\n\n\nWhat’s So Funny about Having an LGBT Child? Well\, did I tell you about the time… Sharing humorous anecdotes.\n\n\nRed Flags – What to Look Out For: Warning Signs that We Might Need to Consult with A Mental Health Professional\n\n\nFrom Pieces to a New Whole: Helping our Child be the Best He or She Can Be and the Many Different Ways of Being Kadosh\n\n\nQuestions? Email info@eshelonline.org\nWhere brothers meet \nWhat parents are saying about the parent retreat:\nOverall the retreat introduced me to the issues surrounding having a gay child and how I feel about it. I have not been able to speak about it to anyone but my wife and my friend.\nI always feel a part of something\, rather than apart from something\, at the retreat.\nMake friends that last a lifetime \nThe relationships I’ve formed here\, both new and ongoing\, are very important to me. The warmth and togetherness of the retreat is wonderful. The sessions are interesting and thought-provoking.\nAlthough I knew I was not alone\, it was a powerful experience to meet with others\n\n\nThe spirit of the weekend is so overpoweringly positive and encouraging…The food and camaraderie were terrific but most importantly we are in a community of people who get it and support each other. For one weekend we are living in our dream Orthodox community and shul.\n  \nPAY IT FORWARD:  BECOME A PEER MENTOR TO ANOTHER PARENT!\nHave you been to an Eshel parent retreat before?  Do you feel it’s time to give back or “pay forward” what you got when you first discovered your child was LGBTQ? Well\, now you can!  We will launch our parent mentoring program training at the upcoming retreat.  Don’t miss it!\nFind out more by emailing us at info@eshelonline.org\nWant to apply? Fill out this form! \n  \nNo one will be turned away for lack of funds; inquire about our gift card program: info@eshelonline.org\nJoin the Eshel family!   \n \nRate information:    Double Occupancy:           Single Occupancy:\nSuper Early Bird:     Until March 3: $225             $300\nEarly Bird:                  Until April 3:   $250              $325\nRegular Fee:              Until April 18: $275               $375
URL:https://www.eshelonline.org/event/parent-retreat/
LOCATION:Berkshire Hills Eisenberg Camp\, 159 Empire Road\, Copake\, NY\, 12516\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Retreats
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