Apr 1, 2026 | Eshel in the News
(RNS) — The court sided with an evangelical Christian therapist who argued Colorado’s conversion therapy ban restricts her right to free speech. By Kathryn Post (RNS) — As LGBTQ-affirming faith communities across the United States prepared to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility on Tuesday (March 31), their plans were interrupted by news the Supreme Court had [more]
Jan 28, 2026 | Eshel in the News
[caption id="attachment_165132" align="aligncenter" width="624"]\ Photo by Mercedes Mehling/Unsplash/Creative Commons[/caption] by Yonat Shimron (RNS) — A group of Orthodox rabbis from the U.S. and Israel issued a strongly worded letter condemning discredited practices that try to “convert” LGBTQ+ people to heterosexuality — a rarity for an establishment that still largely sees queer people as sinful. The [more]
Jan 3, 2012 | Eshel in the News
Nefesh Head Backs Away From ‘Torah Declaration’ On Gays With the controversial idea that gays and lesbians can be “cured” through therapy rippling across the Orthodox Jewish world of late, Rabbi Simcha Feuerman recently found himself in something of a dilemma. The rabbi is a licensed clinical social worker who serves as the president of [more]
Dec 14, 2011 | Eshel in the News
Orthodox rabbinic group won’t take position on reparative therapy for gays NEW YORK (JTA) — The Rabbinical Council of America said it will not take a position on so-called reparative therapy for gays. In a statement released Monday, the RCA, the main umbrella group of centrist Orthodox rabbis, said it will neither “endorse nor reject [more]
Sep 22, 2011 | Eshel in the News
Once Upon a Gay…. Many people are surprised when I tell them I voluntarily entered reparative therapy at the age of 21 without pressure from family or religious leaders. I usually respond by telling them that during that time in my life it wasn’t an option between coming out and conversion therapy. It was a [more]
