[1] Eshel provides education and advocacy, a speaker's bureau, community gatherings, and a social network for individuals and institutions.

Eshel is Hebrew for the biblical shrub with bright red flowers planted by Abraham[3] to signal to parched travelers that a welcoming tent was nearby, often thought to be a tamarisk.

[8] Eshel helps parents work with rabbis, teachers, summer camps, and neighbors to promote the love and acceptance of their children to keep families together and reduce suicide.

[15] Eshel has subsequently worked with other religious high schools to protect their LGBT orthodox students from bullying and expulsion.

Eshel organized a Midwest retreat in August 2013 in Wisconsin[19] and hosted a shabbaton at the Stanton Street Synagogue in June 2016.