At A Wider Bridge, we have been reflecting on what our unique role is during this time of protest against systemic racial injustice, and the senseless murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, and too many others. Condemning the recent killings of unarmed Black people by police is essential, but it […]
BUILDING BRIDGES: UPCOMING EVENTS Fall Israel Fest October 17, 7:30 pm pT/ 10:30pm ET RSVP: https://www.fallisraelfest.com/pre-program-mixers Film Screening of “Sublet” and Q+A with director Eytan Fox October 18, 11AM PT/ 2PM ET DON’T MISS EYTAN FOX’S LATEST MOVIE (STREAMING OCTOBER 18 – 20) + HIS LIVE […]
A Letter from our Board Chair and CEO, Alan Schwartz regarding our response to COVID-19 Dear Friends, Like everyone, the events of the past couple weeks have been dizzying for all of us at A Wider Bridge. First, we wish a Refuah Shleimah, a complete healing, to everyone in our community in Israel, in North America, and around […]
Over the course of Black History Month in February, A Wider Bridge alumn Nik Harris posted a picture and paragraph each day of a key QTPOC (queer/trans person of color) in US history. We are pleased to be able to share these with you. Nik is currently the LGBTQ Consumer Advocate for Florida Commissioner Nikki […]
MEET THE SLATES AND THEIR POSITIONS ON LGBTQ ISSUES ABOUT THE 38TH WORLD ZIONIST CONGRESS ELECTIONS A Wider Bridge (AWB), the pro-Israel LGBTQ organization, is proud to present the first-ever World Zionist Congress voter guide for LGBTQ Jews and our allies! The guide presents the relevant position statements of each of the 15 […]
A Wider Bridge condemns the recent statements made by Israel’s Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz against the LGBTQ community. Rabbi Peretz recently implied that becoming LGBTQ is a result of an unhealthy and unnatural upbringing. He has also endorsed conversion therapy in the past. We stand in support with the LGBTQ Israeli community and with […]
A Wider Bridge’s Executive Director Tyler Gregory penned this op-ed in the Washington Blade in response to the rising anti-Semitism in the US, and in particular, the spate of anti-Semitic incidences in the New York City area during Channukah 2019. Seventy-five years after the liberation of Auschwitz, deadly attacks on Jewish homes, businesses, and places of […]
Read our message from Chair of the Board Alan Schwartz: “This holiday season is a time for gratitude, and a time for hope. Personally, I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to lead an organization as vital as A Wider Bridge. My gratitude extends to the thousands of North Americans — LGBTQ and allies, Jews […]
Jordyn Wright (Facebook) A Wider Bridge stands in solidarity with McGill University student Jordyn Wright who is being targeted for her Jewish and pro-Israel identities. Jordyn is being pressured to resign as Student Society President should she take a planned trip to Israel with Hillel. This blatant antisemitism echoes McGill’s shameful past and illustrates its […]
Our historic LGBTQ Clergy Leadership Mission to Israel and the West Bank has just concluded, with 14 diverse LGBTQ clergy members from Protestant denominations who were on a joint mission in partnership with the Israel Action Network (IAN). On the Israel/Lebanon Border We had an inspiring week – visiting with LGBTQ leaders in Tel Aviv, […]