LGBTQ
Philadelphia Meet Up
Get together with our Philadelphia Eshel family. Join us in this intimate, confidential setting to meet others, like yourself, in the extended Eshel network. WHAT: A confidential gathering for people who identify as LGBTQ+ and are Orthodox, Ortho-curious or formerly Orthodox. WHEN: First Wednesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. WHERE: Fill out this form to get [more]Philadelphia Meetup
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. WHAT: A confidential gathering for people who identify as LGBTQ+ and are Orthodox, Ortho-curious or formerly Orthodox. WHEN: Sunday, November 10, 2019 WHERE: Fill out this form to RSVP and [more]
Between Acharei-Mot and Kedoshim
My bar mitzvah date was totally messed up. The synagogue bureaucrat who assigned it gave me the double portion of Aharei-Mot/Kedoshim to be read on April 26, 1969. But I was born in late June! I'm not sure why they thought it was ok, but this was a full two months before my 13th birthday. By mistake, I was given [more]
Bar or Bat Mitzvah? Hey, What About a Both Mitzvah?
The Jewish coming-of-age ceremony stretches to accommodate the new gender fluidity. Published by Alyson Krueger on March 27, 2019 in the New York Times. (Read this article online) Lion is a 13-year-old who lives in Brooklyn. The middle school student identifies as pangender, a term for feeling like you are every gender at once, and likes [more]
