Mar 12, 2020 | Eshel Out Loud
By Ruben Shimonov As a traditional Mizrahi-Sephardic gay Jewish immigrant, I never thought that it would be within the realm of possibility for me to proudly and confidently hold all of these different parts of my identity at the same time. And then I went on my first Eshel retreat. I had just moved to [more]
Nov 29, 2018 | Eshel in the News
Baltimore Jewish TimesBY ERICA RIMLINGER FROM LEFT: ESHEL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MIRYAM KABAKOV, EFRAT CHIEF RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN AND CHAIRS OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL ESHEL PARENT RETREAT PENINAH GERSHMAN AND SUZI FULD SMILE FOR A PHOTO AT THE PEARLSTONE CENTER. (PROVIDED) When her son came out of the closet, Baltimore resident Mindy Dickler felt as [more]
Nov 20, 2018 | Eshel in the News
By Saundra Sterling Epstein IN 2010, it was clear that something was happening in the world at large and in the world of faith communities, too. We were aware that LGBTQ individuals needed faith communities that would accept them, and many of our communities responded as the social and cultural reality demanded. But there was [more]
May 11, 2017 | Eshel in the News
Originally posted on the Baltimore Jewish Times Sometimes, parents know their child is gay even before their child does. That was not at all the experience of Mindy Sager Dickler, whose family is modern Orthodox. Her son, Elie, coming out five-and-a-half years ago took her completely by surprise. Though Dickler and the rest of the [more]
May 11, 2017 | Eshel in the News
Originally posted on The Times of Israel Eshel was formed when relatives of LGBT kids in conservative communities needed a safe space in a homophobic storm. NEW YORK — Mindy Sager Dickler was speechless when her youngest child Ely came out as gay. “I couldn’t speak. My husband told him ‘We love you, you’re our [more]
