Jun 1, 2026 | Eshel Out Loud
Eshel has been working with shuls and schools for more than a decade now on policy issues. In 2018 we encouraged schools to “take the pledge,” a document drafted by an Orthodox high school student and his principal. It promised that when students come out of the closet in high school, the school would not [more]
Apr 1, 2026 | Eshel in the News
(RNS) — The court sided with an evangelical Christian therapist who argued Colorado’s conversion therapy ban restricts her right to free speech. By Kathryn Post (RNS) — As LGBTQ-affirming faith communities across the United States prepared to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility on Tuesday (March 31), their plans were interrupted by news the Supreme Court had [more]
Apr 28, 2025 | Eshel Out Loud
The world is changing rapidly. And so we, too, must change. Judaism teaches us the concept of tikkun olam: the responsibility to improve a broken world. Buddhism teaches us that human suffering comes from a refusal to accept what currently is. So which is it: do we accept that things just are the way they [more]
May 1, 2024 | Eshel Out Loud
This Shabbat will be Parshat Acharei Mot, which we know can be a painful moment for many in our community because of the prohibitions against same sex relations. I remember as a high school student sitting in shul as the parsha was read and wondering what it meant for me - what did God think [more]
Apr 11, 2024 | Eshel in the News
Two Calls From the Editor by Larry Gordon I received two phone calls last Friday in rather rapid succession, and the subject matters of both calls had nothing to do with each other beside the fact that they both dealt with highly sensitive and controversial matters. The first call was from a group named Eshel that deals [more]
