Sep 21, 2016 | Eshel Out Loud
By Rabbi Ari Segal, Head of School Graphic by Gabe Silverstein and Jordan Levine, shalhevetboilingpoint.com, used by permission This op-ed article first appeared in The Boiling Point, the news source of Shalhevet high school. September 14, 2016 In the wake of last summer’s horrific massacre at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, [more]
Oct 20, 2015 | Eshel Out Loud
Nov. 1, 2015 Last month we launched the year's Merchav Batuach trainings at Queens College, with a meeting of Orthodox allies . The student-organizers were concerned: would those who signed up forget the commitment they had made? Would those who showed up stay for the entire three hours? The result: twenty students, campus leaders all, [more]
Feb 26, 2014 | Eshel in the News
Let’s Get The Conversation Started LGBT Jews and Orthodox Communities We are a group of observant, Orthodox families from across the United States, including Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. On March 7, we will be meeting face-to-face–many for the first time–for the 2nd annual Parents’ Retreat, sponsored byEshel, an organization committed [more]
Oct 11, 2013 | Eshel in the News
New Hope For Gay Orthodox Jews The holidays are over. Through the fasting and food, the succession of pageant, discomfort, reconciliation and exultation, a single moment continues to stands out. Every year for more than 30 years I have found the Yom Kippur afternoon service Torah reading unnerving — and this year I did not. [more]
Aug 14, 2012 | Eshel in the News
Orthodox Gays Need Allies, Not Just Compassion A few months ago, a young Orthodox rabbi decided to “come out of the closet,” in a sense, when he publicly identified himself as an “LGBT ally,” referring to lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people. Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, founder of Uri L’Tzedek, an Orthodox social justice group, and a [more]
