Rebecca Levin from OC, California took part in A Wider Bridge’s LGBTQ Mission to Israel and share her magic moments from the trip in this newly-released video. “I felt a sense of community not only with the people I was with, but also with Israel as a whole. I gained connections to Israel I never […]
During her trip to Israel last year, 22 year old content coordinator from Orange County Rebecca Levin wrote a blog for our website, documenting A Wider Bridge’s 2014 Israel Mission. Now it’s time to meet her in person. “I knew I was bi-curious at least when I was in high school because I had a […]
Rob Schoenberger and his partner Ira Dankberg host A Wider Bridge’s program tonight in their home in Los Angeles, and in this video, that was shot in Tel Aviv during A Wider Bridge LGBTQ Mission last year, Rob talks about coming out and his connection to Israel. “My partner Ira and myself, we heard about […]
Friends of A Wider Bridge, is a special video series in which American LGBT people reflect on their connection to Israel. Stephen Friedman shares his coming out story and his fears of traveling to Israel for the first time as part of A Wider Bridge’s 2014 Israel Mission in October 2014. Stephen Friedman, 29, home-staging and interior design […]
Friends of A Wider Bridge, is a special video series in which American LGBT people reflect on their connection to Israel. Los Angeles Based musician Matthew Cohen was one of the participants on A Wider Bridge’s 2014 Israel Mission in October 2014. During his stay in Tel Aviv Matthew shared with us his coming out story, and […]
Friends of A Wider Bridge, is a special video series in which American LGBT people reflect on their connection to Israel. Chris McCannell was one of the participants on A Wider Bridge’s 2014 Israel Mission in October 2014. During his stay in Tel Aviv Chris shared with us his coming out story, and his Israel story. “I’ve been […]
Vincent Jones was one of the participants on A Wider Bridge’s 2014 Israel Mission in October, and we’re now proud to have him on our Advisory Board. During his stay in Tel Aviv Vincent shared his unique story with us. “I believe I first came out when I came out of the womb,” Vincent says […]
A Wider Bridge is proud to present: Friends of A Wider Bridge, a new video series in which American LGBT people tell stories about their connection to the Jewish community and to Israel. Bina Raskin was one of the participants on A Wider Bridge’s 2014 Israel Mission in October, and during her stay in Tel […]
A Wider Bridge gives you, for the first time since we started our annual Israel Missions, a video sneak peek at the experience of the participants on the trip during our 4th Mission in October. Watch it here! For 10 days at the end of October, a group of 23 LGBTQ people from North America […]
Lee Rosenfield published a column on the Jewish Exponent about his recent trip to Israel with his husband, which included participating in A Wider Bridge’s 2014 Israel Mission. Following the war with Hamas this past summer, I felt a tremendous sense of urgency to travel to Israel. I needed to demonstrate my solidarity with the […]