On December 6, 2017, A Wider Bridge and the New York LGBTQ, Jewish and pro-Israel communities gathered together for our first community benefit in New York City. Check out the photos from the event now on our Facebook page. A Wider Benefit honored two champions of our communities – A Wider Bridge’s Founder and retiring Executive […]
Meet Ori and Alona – two women who cannot get married to each other in Israel because same-sex marriage is not yet legal in Israel. They took part in a group wedding ceremony this week in NYC, as a political action calling for marriage equality in Israel. On December 3, Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) and […]
He’s in his early 40s, a member of the Tel Aviv City Council, and responsible for all LGBTQ issues in the Tel Aviv Municipality. As a part of the JCC Manhattan’s Israel 2.0 series, we welcome Yaniv Waizman to the JCC stage for a conversation and cocktail party. Waizman also the founder of Israel Gay Youth (IGY), […]
A Wider Bridge is sharing our eight greatest achievements of the past year. Modeled after the eight days of Chanukah, we celebrate the miracles of our work and its widespread reach and impact. As we head into 2018, we wish everyone a happy Gregorian calendar New Year! Will you honor our work, and make a recurring, tax-deductible […]
Talleen Abu Hanna, Miss Trans Israel 2016 is currently on a speaking tour across the United States. The beauty queen, who embarked on a successful modeling career, landed in Boston on Sunday, and is scheduled to stay in America for 10 days. Abu Hanna spoke yesterday at NEU Hillel and later at Fenway Health. Today […]
The World Jewish Congress teamed up with A Wider Bridge for a special discussion on the experiences of pro-Israel LGBT activists and tools for bringing Zionism back into the LGBT discourse. Read the WJC’s recap of this important event below. From left: Assaf Weiss, Nadiya al-Noor, Tye Gregory, and Mark Joseph Stern. (c) Shahar Azran […]
Maysaloun Hamoud’s debut feature film In Between is an empowering tale of three Palestinian women living in Tel Aviv, each fighting their own battles for independence and fulfillment. Balancing tragicomic relationship blues with sharp sociopolitical observation, Hamoud’s slyly subversive drama draws us deep into an often hidden world. As the title suggests, these women occupy a […]
“There is no reason why LGBTQ people and their allies cannot be proudly Jewish and proudly Zionist. ” Journalist Mark Stern who writes for Slate, will be moderating the panel this Thursday for the LGBTQNZ Pride, Zionism, and Inclusivity in New York. Below, he talks about his reactions to the Dyke March fiasco and creeping […]
The US premiere of Montana, a lesbian film from Israel will take place at NewFest‘s 29th Annual New York LGBT Film Festival on Sunday, October 22 at 1:30pm at the SVA Theatre! In this film from Limor Shmila, a young woman returns to her hometown following the death of her grandfather, and begins an affair with a […]
As many of us have observed over the past several months, it has become increasingly difficult for supporters of Israel to feel welcome and embraced in LGBTQ, progressive, and social justice circles – including those among us that have been fighting for the civil rights of Israelis and Palestinians alike. Perhaps the most prevalent example […]