Jun 29, 2026 | Eshel Out Loud
When you ask a potential wedding vendor, “Do you know what a tisch is?” the question underneath is usually much bigger than vocabulary. What you are likely really asking is: Will I have to explain my wedding from scratch? Will you be thrown off by the flow of the day? Can I trust you to [more]
Apr 21, 2026 | Eshel Out Loud
The season of sefira draws our attention to the passage of time. We mark each day with an account of the days and weeks that have gone by. This ritual timekeeping follows the joyous celebration of yetziat mitzrayim, which is marked by a very different relationship to time. After hundreds of years in bondage, when [more]
Jan 17, 2024 | Eshel Out Loud
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Oct 29, 2020 | Eshel Out Loud
Leana Tapnack, seen here with mikvah attendant Talia Lakritz at the West Side Mikvah in New York, decided to observe the laws of niddah together with her wife, Sandy. (Courtesy of Tapnack) Some queer Jews are finding meaning in the laws of family purity, traditionally observed by married Orthodox couples Like many observant Jewish women, [more]
Nov 13, 2019 | Eshel Out Loud
(This speech was given Miryam Kabakov, Executive Director of Eshel, at the panel discussion entitled " Bridging the Divides, Fostering Inclusivity: Rabbinic, Psychoanalytic and Academic Perspectives on Traditional Judaism and Contemporary Gender/Sex Identities," which was held at the Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York, November 11, 2019.) This Shabbat we read the Parsha where Avraham [more]
