The Transgender Community in Israel
June 8 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join Sha’ar Zahav and co-sponsor, A Wider Bridge, in a 75-minute Zoom presentation and discussion with a diverse group of Israel leaders of Israel’s Transgender community.
Moderator: Arthur Slepian (Founder of A Wider Bridge, past President of Sha’ar Zahav and immediate past Chair of the Bay Area Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
Panelists:
Linor Abergel, CEO and Founder of the Israeli Transgender Association, the only Israeli organization dedicated exclusively to Trans women, focusing on geographical and social peripheries, conservative families, Mizrachi, Ethiopian and Arab communities, and elderly Trans women.
Merav Livni Keish, CEO of Brit HaLeviyot (The Lionesses’ Alliance), serving families of Transgender and gender-diverse children, currently consisting of over 400 families.
Ariel Alvarez-Pereyre, a writer, musician and trans activist whose first book is about love, faith and the journey toward authentic relationship. Ariel lives in Southern Israel near the ongoing war and actively works on staying well in difficult times.
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