Los Angeles’ gay interfaith power couple Stephen Friedman and Adam Granat took part in A Wider Bridge’s LGBTQ Mission to Israel and share their magic moments from the trip in this newly-released video. “At first I was a little freaked out about coming here to Israel, watching the news and not really having an opinion […]
Stuart Sotsky, 2015 A Wider Bridge Mission Alum and President of DC’s LGBT Congregation, Bet Mishpachah, is satisfied with the remarkable parallel development of LGBT rights in Israel and continues to find inspiration to guide him in traditional Jewish teachings and humanistic values. The human concept of justice is embodied in our religious precepts, legal […]
Justin Tindall, International Program Coordinator at It Gets Better, was a part of A Wider Bridge’s 2015 LGBTQ Israel Mission and this week penned an op-ed about what he’s learned Justin Tindall (third from left) at the 40 Years of Pride panel in Tel Aviv, June 2015 If you’ve followed LGBT news this past summer, you couldn’t […]
40 Years of Pride: A Global Conference for LGBTQ Leaders, June 9-11, 2015 in Tel Aviv, Israel Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the founding of The Aguda, Israel’s LGBT Task Force. A Wider Bridge will be leading our 2015 LGBTQ trip to Israel from June 3 to 13, with an option for participants to attend […]
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 […]
Join A Wider Bridge for our 5th annual LGBTQ Mission to Israel, June 3 to 13, 2015! Our unique trip brings together an incredible and diverse group of leaders – lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ) people and allies, Jews and non-Jews. Through shared experience, the trip connects modern Israeli and LGBTQ life with […]