Miryam Kabakov

Miryam Kabakov (born 1964)[2] is an American Jewish social worker and community organizer. She is the Executive Director of Eshel, a national organization that supports and advocates for LGBTQ+ Orthodox Jews.[1][3]

Miryam Kabakov
Personal
Born1964 (age 58–59)
ReligionJudaism
Alma mater
PositionExecutive Director
OrganisationEshel
Began2012

Among other positions, Kabakov has served as director of the Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival,[4] as National Program Director of AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps, and as a social worker at Footsteps.[1][3] She also founded a support group for lesbian, bisexual and transgender Orthodox women in New York.

She was the editor of the 2010 anthology Keep Your Wives Away From Them: Orthodox Women, Unorthodox Desires, consisting of 14 essays by LGBTQ+ Orthodox women, which was named best anthology of 2011 by the Golden Crown Literary Society.[2] She was inspired by the book Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence, which was edited by Rosemary Curb and Nancy Manahan and published by Naiad Press in 1985. She wondered why there wasn't a similar book for Orthodox women.[4][5]

In 2019, she was one of the first grant recipients of the Jewish Women's Foundation of New York's The Collective project, which supports Jewish women social entrepreneurs.[6]

Personal life

Kabakov lives with her partner Mara Benjamin and two children in St. Paul, Minnesota.[5][7] She identifies as "post-modern Orthodox" and attends a Conservative congregation.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Miryam Kabakov". Jewish Women's Foundation of New York.
  2. Fishkoff, Sue (November 11, 2011). "Observant and lesbian: Anthology explores merging identities". JWeekly.
  3. "Our Team". Eshel Online.
  4. Gustin, Marene (1 December 2010). "Keep Your Wives Away from Them". OutSmart Magazine.
  5. Nussbaum Cohen, Debra (June 10, 2010). "Q&A With Miryam Kabakov: Editor of Anthology on Orthodox Lesbians". The Forward.
  6. Cohen, Debra Nussbaum (June 6, 2019). "After Shifting its Strategy, a Foundation Gets Behind Jewish Women Social Entrepreneurs". Inside Philanthropy.
  7. "Miryam Kabakov, Author at My Jewish Learning". My Jewish Learning. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
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