Sep 14, 2012 | Eshel in the Media
Eshel Goes to the Midwest! Amram Altzman courtesy of the American Jewish World “Eshel is the only place where I feel completely comfortable. I am completely out as a lesbian and I am not being judged (by outsiders) as an Orthodox Jew.” This quote, from Shulamit, one...
Sep 9, 2012 | Eshel in the Media
Suicide rates high for Orthodox homosexual youths Research shows 20% of LGBT sample attempted suicide, compared to 3.5% rate for general youth population. Suicide rates among Orthodox homosexual youth are dramatically higher than that of their heterosexual peers,...
Aug 14, 2012 | Eshel in the Media
Orthodox Gays Need Allies, Not Just Compassion A few months ago, a young Orthodox rabbi decided to “come out of the closet,” in a sense, when he publicly identified himself as an “LGBT ally,” referring to lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people. Rabbi Shmuly...
Jul 17, 2012 | Eshel in the Media
Writing Her Way To A New Life Documenting the fraught journey from Jay to Joy Ladin. In an interview, Joy Ladin begins several responses, “When I started living as myself…” For the Stern College professor, poet and author, the boundary between then and now, between...
Jun 28, 2012 | Eshel in the Media
Reconciling sexuality with religion One would be hard pressed to find instances of Orthodox Judaism and LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) occupying the same sentence. Yet for the women whose stories appear in the anthology, “Keep Your Wives Away...
May 22, 2012 | Eshel in the Media
Stay Out of It On same-sex marriage, Orthodox Jews should keep the religious and civil separate—as they do on other issues Last week the two leading umbrella organizations of Orthodox Jewish synagogues issued statements opposing same-sex marriage and condemning...
