Mar 25, 2015 | Eshel in the News, Media
This article appeared in the Fall, 2014 issue of the Journal of Jewish Communal Service, Vol. 89, No. 1. It is disseminated with the permission of the publisher, the JPRO Network. Subscriptions available at JPRO.org. Download the full article, here: The Parents Are Our Future The Parents Are Our Future Orthodox Communities’ Openness to Their LGBT Members Miryam Kabakov [more]
Jun 12, 2014 | Eshel in the News
A new resource for LGBT Jews by Leslee Komaiko In 2009, nine years into Shelby Ilan-Pacheco’s marriage to her husband, she came to know with certainty something she had felt for so long. She was gay. But knowing this and doing something about it, doing anything, really, were two different things. “I was paralyzed,” recalled [more]
Jul 1, 2013 | Eshel in the News
For LGBT Orthodox Jews, Growth of Social Media Creates a Safe Space Online Websites, blogs, Facebook groups, and online support groups offer the chance to connect without the risk of ‘going public’ Growing up in an ultra-Orthodox family in Brooklyn in the 1970s, Moshe struggled with his homosexuality. “I went to yeshiva and there were [more]
Apr 26, 2013 | Eshel in the News
Gay Orthodox Jews Deserve Our Support A response to Brian Camenker, by Rabbi Zev Farber Letter to the Editor The Advocate The Talmud declares that anyone who has no compassion for others is not a descendent of our father Abraham. My mind went to this statement as I read Brian Camenker’s hurtful words. Gay Orthodox Jews [more]
Apr 6, 2013 | Eshel in the News
Gay Orthodox Jews to gather and discuss challenges they face When Hyim Shafner first started working as the campus rabbi for St. Louis Hillel at Washington University in the mid-1990s, he was approached by a male student with an unusual request. “I’m having trouble meeting guys, rabbi,” Shafner remembers the student saying. “Can you fix [more]
