Cantor Juval Porat, of LA’s LGBT synagogue Beth Chayim Chadashim, is part of the clergy in A Wider Bridge’s 2013 LGBT journey to Israel. In his personal blog he writes about his experiences in Israel. Below is the last entry- but you can go back to the blog in the coming days for more… My […]
During Saturday’s meeting of gay Israeli singer Yehonathan and A Wider Bridge group, we premiered a special pop-up video, describing the popstar’s professional journey to date. Take a look. The video features the song “Now I Know” from the new album ‘Yeho’. Buy the song on iTunes
Twenty-two LGBTQ participants from the United States (and the UK!) landed in Tel Aviv on Wednesday for A Wider Bridge’s 3rd annual LGBTQ journey to Israel. First photos are here. The journey started this year in the Negev with a night in Kfar Hanokdim, an exotic Israeli Kibbutz in the desert. Spectacular views. After eating […]
As a part of our LGBT trip to Israel, A Wider Bridge is very happy to personally introduce to our group three emerging musical artists who are very special to the LGBT community in Israel. They sing both in English and Hebrew, and appeal not only to the Hebrew speaking audience – but are aiming […]
A Wider Bridge is proud to present: Our 3rd annual LGBT trip to Israel. Join us from October 30 – November 9, 2013 (10 nights) to see Israel as you’ve never seen her before– through a Jewish LGBT lens. A unique journey through Israel! Register for the trip and find scholarship information here. Co-Sponsors: Keshet, Nehirim, […]
The Israeli LGBT community is getting ready for A Wider Bridge’s next trip to Israel: This week Mako Pride, the biggest online media source for the LGBT community in Israel, has published an interview with Arthur Slepian, Executive Director of A Wider Bridge. He speaks about the trip and about our goal to have […]
Shana Cohen was among the first group of A Wider Bridge community members who took our incredible and unforgettable trip to Israel. This week, she became engaged to her girlfriend, and wrote a very touching post on our Official Facebook page, that speaks for itself. And so she writes: “I am so incredibly blessed and […]
What a trip it was! A lot has been said about A Wider Bridge’s latest LGBT trip to Israel. You’ve seen the photos on Facebook, you read it in Israeli media, now the trip group members have collected their best photographs from their 10 unforgettable days in the Land of Milk and Humus and we […]
Here is a full translation of the article about A Wider Bridge’s recent LGBT group trip to Israel, that was published on Sunday in the Israeli popular website Mako. Click here for the original story in Hebrew A very wide bridge: Arthur Slepian, founder and Executive Director of A Wider Bridge, an organization which connects […]
Today (Wednesday) is day 8 of A Wider Bridge’s co-funded group-trip to Israel, and the amazing photos that they have taken are piling up in our special Facebook gallery. The group has arrived in Haifa today, exploring the North of Israel along their way there. In Haifa they’ll visit the magnificent Bah’ai gardens, but they […]