Apr 6, 2020 | Eshel in the News, Featured Articles
The psychological impact of quarantine Social Isolation by Zach Truboff
Jul 16, 2019 | Eshel in the News
By Simone Somekh July 10, 2019 To read this article on the Forward website, click here Just a few days ago, a Jewish teenager from South Africa committed suicide while on an organized trip to Israel. Before dying, the 19-year-old—a first-year medical school student—wrote a note on his phone that he was struggling [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]
Feb 13, 2011 | Eshel in the News
When Love Fights with Faith A Community of Jews Learns to Live with Contradiction Some individuals who experience conflicts between their traditional religious beliefs prohibiting homosexuality and their same-sex attractions and desires seek out "sexual conversion therapies." Unfortunately, most people who try to change their sexual orientation are unsuccessful and sometimes these "therapies" do harm. [more]
