Aug 30, 2011 | Eshel in the News
Good Night Irene, You Shabbos Queen There is much to be grateful for today in New York City, where I happen to be for a week-long, ultimately called-on-account-of-weather Storahtelling training. The hurricane was called Irene, a name much more suited to the sweet love object of the famous Leadbelly ballad than the personification of a deadly storm the size [more]
Aug 30, 2011 | Eshel in the News
Good Night Irene, You Shabbos Queen There is much to be grateful for today in New York City, where I happen to be for a week-long, ultimately called-on-account-of-weather Storahtelling training. The hurricane was called Irene, a name much more suited to the sweet love object of the famous Leadbelly ballad than the personification of a deadly storm the size [more]
Feb 15, 2011 | Eshel in the News
Gay Orthodox Shabbaton Was Like ‘Heaven’ For those on the margins, a new sense of belonging at first-ever event. Usually, when Adam goes to shul, he feels like part of him is just not there. In the black-hat synagogue he attends with his children, he feels that he’s always guarding the secret that he’s gay. [more]