A Wider Bridge, and organization connecting LGBTQ Israelis and North American Jews, has a different perspective from many of its far-Left counterparts. Gay rights activists Vincent Jones, Alice Kessler and Danny Wein, delegates who have come to participate in Tel Aviv pride week and Friday’s parade, join VOI’s Molly Livingstone in-studio to talk about liberals’ […]
Israeli website Ynet News summarizes Mayor Ed Murray’s Israel visit, which included a participation in the 40 Years of Pride conference Openly gay Seattle Mayor Ed Murray will be among those celebrating Israel’s LGBT community at Friday’s Tel Aviv Pride Parade, despite pressure to cancel his visit. The planned visit raised objections among activists in […]
Rejecting calls to cancel visit, Ed Murray participated in Tel Aviv’s Gay Pride Parade; ‘I encourage any country that supports LGBT people,’ he tells Haaretz. Despite vocal efforts by supporters of the movement to boycott Israel, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray joined tens of thousands of people in Tel Aviv’s annual Gay Pride Parade on Friday. […]
Live Blogging: A Wider Bridge Brings you the latest news and the best photos from Tel Aviv’s 2015 Pride Weekend! Gay Pride 2015 (photo by: Hadas Parush) Scroll down for more photos June 13, 5:48pm: Conchita Wurst, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Join 180,000 At Tel Aviv Pride (New Now Next) – Mayor Ron Huldai welcomed […]
Ha’aretz writer joined participants of 40 Years of Pride Conference at their Knesset visit It’s not every day that Israeli lawmakers from across the political spectrum sit around a table visibly moved to the point of tears. But that’s exactly what happened Wednesday morning when a group of transgender Israelis shared with them their personal, […]
Name: Danny Wein Country: USA (Washington) I come with many different identities, I represent them and myself. I’m looking to draw connections from various parts of my identity: Jewish, gay, roots in Israel, etc. in order to maximize the impact of my work and the work of groups seeking full equality. We can learn lessons […]
Name: Lea Matthews Country: USA Representing Progressive Christian Clergy and the fight for full inclusivity in the United Methodist church. “I hope to build relationships with other progressive movements and within faith communities both inside Christianity and outside. I’m particularly interested in forging a relationship with clergy and orthodox denominations where people have chosen to […]
On Thursday, 5pm Israel time (10am ET) Israeli noted newspaper Ha’aretz will conduct a debate on “Pinkwashing.” Aeyal Gross and 40 Years of Pride speaker James Kirchick will be on both sides of the issue. Before the debate takes place, the two have written op-eds in the newspaper. Read them below. James Kirchick Israel is […]
No visit to the nation of Israel, a nation born from tragedy and into turmoil, could be complete without a visit to Yad Vashem- the Worldwide Holocaust Museum. Earlier today, A Wider Bridge group and participants of the 40 years of Pride conference travelled to Jerusalem to visit this heart wrenching reminder of the holocaust. […]
Meet Vasco Monteiro From: Portugal As a journalist I represent my readers, I’m here to show what’s happening in this conference and share with my audience around the world the conversations I’ve heard and the experiences I’ve had here. To show a global perspective on the LGBT movement and give people knowledge about what’s going […]