Jun 29, 2026 | Eshel in the News
Only compassion can resist the political and cultural trends making our institutions less welcoming, writes an educator at Eshel. By SAUNDRA STERLING EPSTEIN For the past decade, I have been working, along with my colleagues at Eshel, to increase the acceptance of LGBTQ+ individuals in the Orthodox Jewish world. This is our organization’s mission: to [more]
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 31, 2025 | Eshel in the News
By Asaf Elia-Shalev A person wears a pride-themed yarmulke in the West Village in New York City, on June 26, 2020. (Noam Galai/Getty Images) After trying for five years to dissuade lawmakers in Missouri from enacting laws he believed would endanger his son and other transgender youth in the state, Russel Neiss finally admitted defeat. The [more]
Sep 9, 2014 | Eshel in the News
Steve Greenberg: How Orthodox Jews Changed Their Minds On Gay Rights Same-sex rights proponents suffered an unusual loss this week when a federal judge in Louisiana upheld the state’s ban on gay marriage, bucking a domino-like chain of favorable rulings on the issue. Overall, 21 states have toppled bans since the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage [more]
Jul 2, 2013 | Eshel in the News
Orthodox Union Statement on Today’s Supreme Court Rulings Today, the leadership of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of Americaissued the following statement: “In response to the decisions announced today by the United States Supreme Court with reference to the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8, we reiterate the historical position of the [more]
