Aug 14, 2023 | Eshel Out Loud
אַחַת שָׁאַלְתִּי מֵאֵת־יְהֹוָה אוֹתָהּ אֲבַקֵּשׁ שִׁבְתִּי בְּבֵית־יְהֹוָה כׇּל־יְמֵי חַיַּי One thing I ask of Hashem, only that do I seek: to live in the house of Hashem all the days of my life. In just two days, we will start reciting this verse as part of the psalm for the month of Elul. It reminds [more]
Jun 30, 2023 | Eshel in the News
By Andrew Lapin “There is a cultural divide between the rabbis and the LGBTQ+ community,” Miryam Kabakov, executive director of the nonprofit Eshel, which supports LGBTQ Orthodox Jews and their families, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency about the flag controversy. “The rabbis think that LGBTQ+ symbols are about sex,” Kabakov added. “They are not. They are [more]
Oct 25, 2019 | Eshel in the News
According to Miryam Kabakov, executive director of ten-year-old Orthodox LGBTQ+ organization Eshel, the Orthodox community has become exceedingly more open over the past decade. “When we started,” she says, “Orthodox communities were not really addressing LGBTQ inclusion as something they needed to do.” Now, Eshel’s Welcoming Shuls project reports that over 140 Orthodox synagogues across North America are [more]
May 13, 2019 | Eshel Out Loud
I am an Orthodox Jew. I’m also an openly Bi-woman who is an active part of the Jewish LGBTQ community, particularly the Orthodox group for support and acceptance called Eshel. I also have a lot of awesome friends in the Orthodox community—friends who love and support me for who I am and believe in a [more]
Feb 21, 2019 | Eshel in the News
by Johanna R Ginsberg Published in New Jersey Jewish News on February 20, 2019 A survey revealed that Modern Orthodox parents with LGBTQ children are demanding a place for their children in Orthodox spaces from synagogues to day schools. Parents surveyed were nearly unanimous in their desire for day schools to educate staff and publish [more]
