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]
Sep 13, 2018 | Eshel in the News
REGISTER HERE! WELCOMING SHULS SHABBAT Shuls, schools, teens and parents: What do they have in store for our LGBTQ youth? What: Join us for a Shabbat with the Sixth Street Community Synagogue Where:Sixth Street Community Synagogue When: October 12-13, Parshat Noach Join Eshel for an inspirational Welcoming Shuls Shabbat with the Sixth Street Community Synagogue on the [more]
Oct 10, 2016 | Eshel in the News
I am a gay Orthodox Jewish teen. That in and of itself may be one of the most controversial sentences in modern Jewish history, but it’s also simply my life. I daven, or pray in community, and I am part of the honors Judaic program at my school. I keep kosher, observe Shabbat, keep all [more]
Sep 21, 2016 | Eshel Out Loud
By Rabbi Ari Segal, Head of School Graphic by Gabe Silverstein and Jordan Levine, shalhevetboilingpoint.com, used by permission This op-ed article first appeared in The Boiling Point, the news source of Shalhevet high school. September 14, 2016 In the wake of last summer’s horrific massacre at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, [more]
Feb 19, 2016 | Eshel in the News, Featured Articles
The Gay Child in My Daughter’s First Grade Class by Maharat Rachel Kohl Finegold It was a parenting moment that came much sooner than I thought it would. My six year-old looked over at me at the dinner table and told me that her teacher had said that a boy “can’t marry a boy, and [more]
