A Recipe for A Proud Jew: An LGBTQ Jewish Virtual Cooking Event with Chef Ayelet Latovitch
2025-06-09 10:30 - 11:30 UTC | https://awiderbridge.org/event/a-recipe-for-a-proud-jew-an-lgbtq-jewish-virtual-cooking-event-with-chef-ayelet-latovitch/
Join Chef Ayelet live from her kitchen in Tel Aviv as she teaches us how to make simple dishes to nourish our bodies and neshamot (souls)
A proud Tel Avivian with Persian Mizrahi roots, Chef Ayelet brings her full self to the kitchen, and invites you to do the same as we connect through cooking. While Chef Ayelet cooks, her wife works the camera, adding tidbits, humor and maybe even making an appearance in front of the camera if we’re lucky…
Recipes will be emailed to registrants at least 48 hours prior to the event, and the recording will be available afterwards.
Join us for this chance to celebrate Jewish LGBTQ culture across continents and cuisines.
Co-sponsors: IPF Atid, Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest
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Ayelet’s photo credit: Haim Yosef

AWB + QAA Happy Hour in Tel Aviv: Pride Weekend 2025
2025-06-15 20:00 UTC
Join Queers Against Antisemitism and A Wider Bridge in Tel Aviv for a special Pride Weekend Happy Hour. a space to connect, unwind, and celebrate Queer Jewish pride, joy, and resilience.
Sunday, June 15
8:00 PM
Location: Sent to registered guests the day before
Whether you’re in town for Pride or live nearby, we’d love to have you with us for good drinks, great conversations, and meaningful connections with Queers from around the globe.
Space is limited — RSVP to receive the location.
We’re looking forward to seeing you there.
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Judaism and LGBTQ+ Identity with Rabbi Eger
2025-06-16 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax)
Rabbi Eger teaches us how to use Jewish sacred texts to advocate for substantive change in Judaism toward LGBTQ+ inclusion and celebration.
In this session, Rabbi Eger addresses critical questions like:

What do our core Jewish texts say about LGBTQ+ love and relationships?
How has religion historically been weaponized against queer people?
Why does it matter?
Is there space for queer Jews in Judaism?
How do we practice concepts like Btzelem Elohim or seeing G-D in each of us?
What does it mean to actualize social justice in today’s world?

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A Wider Bridge is proud to co-sponsor this event organized by LAASOK, the Liberal Beit Midrash, in addition to other co-sponsors: CCAR Press, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Central Synagogue, Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action, Keeping it Sacred, Kirva, Temple Israel of Greater Miami, Temple of Israel in Wilmington, North Carolina, Tzedek Box, and the the Union for Reform Judaism.
This program is part of the “Social Justice in our Texts” Study Series. Click here for more information.

NYC Pride Brunch [New York]
2025-06-29 11:30 - 15:00 UTC
Before we march against antisemitism, we BRUNCH.
It’s an Alex Kaufman classic in partnership with Queers Against Antisemitism and A Wider Bridge, we’re serving up bagels, drinks, and big queer energy. Come for the carbs, stay for the kiki, and roll out with us as we take the streets with pride, joy, and zero tolerance for antisemitism.
Queer. Loud. Proud.
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It’s Happening: We’re Marching at NYC Pride!
2025-06-29 15:30 - 19:00 UTC
For the very first time, A Wider Bridge and Queers Against Antisemitism are leading a delegation of marchers at New York City Pride — and we want you with us!
This is more than a march. It’s a moment.
We’re showing up proudly as queer Jews and allies taking space with joy, resilience, and visibility — and speaking out loud and clear against rising antisemitism in our communities and beyond.
New York Pride | Sunday, June 29, 2025
March with us — details coming soon!
Come ready to represent, connect, and look fabulous AF while doing it. Signs, solidarity, and strength are provided. All welcome. Whether you’re LGBTQ+, Jewish, an ally, or all of the above!
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Jewish Pride Party [London]
2025-07-05 14:00 - 17:00 UTC
The Hineni Project and A Wider Bridge will hold a Jewish Pride Party in London, providing a safe space for LGBTQ+ Jews and allies to celebrate in Style!
Saturday, July 5 at 2pm in Soho
Free entry
For more info go to hineniproject.org

Jewish and Queer Pride [Portland]
2025-07-20 09:30 - 11:30 UTC
You’re invited! Join us in Portland for a joyful morning celebrating Jewish and Queer Pride at a casual pre-parade meetup. Whether you’re marching or just want to start your day with good vibes, come connect with community, sip coffee, shmooze, and nosh a little. All are welcome, let’s kick off Pride with love, laughter, and lots of bagels!
The venue is wheelchair accessible.

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Screening: The First Lady [San Francisco]
2025-08-03 15:00 - 17:00 UTC
The First Lady: A Special Afternoon with Filmmakers and Activist Efrat Tilma
Sunday, August 3, 2025 / 3:00–5:00 PM
Join A Wider Bridge and Congregation Sha’ar Zahav for an inspiring afternoon celebrating The First Lady, a powerful new documentary spotlighting Israeli trans trailblazer Efrat Tilma.
You’ll hear from the film’s acclaimed directors Udi Nir & Sagi Bornstein, enjoy a special live lip-sync performance by Efrat herself, and take part in an intimate conversation about a bold new initiative: launching Israel’s first and only free mental health clinic dedicated to the trans community. This groundbreaking project comes at a time of growing urgency, as LGBTQIA+ protections in Israel face increasing political threats.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to engage, be moved, and learn how you too can support this vital new project.
Light refreshments will be served.
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The First Lady
Directors: Sagi Bornstein and Udi Nir
2025
Fearing for her life, Israeli transgender pioneer Efrat Tilma fled the country as a teenager. Now in her seventies, she must fight for her freedom once again, as the country spirals into political and social regression.

Yoga @ The Park [Brooklyn]
2025-08-07 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax)
We’re launching our brand new Wellness Series with Yoga @ the Park, in Williamsburg and Manhattan!
It’s been a tough few weeks. Let’s come together, breathe it out, and release all the bad vibes.
Come move, stretch, and reset with us, in community, in nature (or at least NYC’s best version of it).
No experience needed, just bring yourself (and a mat)!
This is just the beginning, more wellness goodness is on the way.
Let’s build community, one deep breath at a time.
See you in the park!
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Yoga @ The Park [Manhattan]
2025-08-10 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax)

Why Queer Inclusion Matters in Judaism
2025-08-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Halifax)
Let’s explore why queer inclusion matters in Judaism. Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi, Ph.D., combines Jewish text, queer theory, and personal experience to address how issues of gender, sex, and sexuality affect us, our communities, and our Judaism.
Wednesday, August 27 at Noon ET / 3pm PT
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Co-sponsored by LAASOK, the Union for Reform Judaism and A Wider Bridge.

Social Justice in our Texts: Jewish Wisdom for Building a Better World
2025-09-15 08:00 - 15:00 UTC
A Monthly Study Series
Poverty. Climate change. Racial justice. LGBTQ+ inclusion. Human rights. Tikkun Olam.
What does Judaism teach us about creating a just society?
Throughout this year, join us to take a monthly, one-hour “study break” to learn about an aspect of social justice in Jewish texts.
Human Rights, Jewish Roots with Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber
September 15 at 3pm ET / 12pm PT
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, drafted in 1948 by French Jewish jurist René Cassin, laid out a vision for dignity and freedom for all people. But long before the United Nations, Jewish tradition was already wrestling with many of the same ideas. In this session, we’ll explore how biblical and rabbinic texts speak to the principles behind the Declaration. Together we’ll ask: How deeply are human rights rooted in Jewish wisdom?

This program is organized by Laasok: The Liberal Beit MIdrash, and co-sponsored by: A Wider Bridge, AMMUD: Jews of Color Torah Academy, Central Synagogue, Congregation B’nai Israel in Little Rock, Arkansas, Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East Lansing, Michigan, Congregation Shir Chadash of the Hudson Valley, Keshet, Kirva Institute, Temple Sholom in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, and Tzedek Box.
This program is part of the “Social Justice in our Texts” Study Series.
Free and open to all. Register at laasok.org/current-offerings/#justice

Ancestral Allyship AWB Author Chat with Rabbi Mike Moskowitz
2025-09-16 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Join A Wider Bridge in conversation with Rabbi Mike Moskowitz, Scholar-in-Residence for Trans and Queer Jewish Studies at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ congregation, located in New York City on his latest book Ancestral Allyship. He is simultaneously a deeply traditional and radically progressive LGBTQ+ advocate.
Tuesday, September 16 at 2pm (Eastern)
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His three ordinations from Ultra-Orthodox yeshivas enable him to reach communities others cannot, helping them navigate traditional values while fostering acceptance and understanding, and providing authoritative Halakhic guidance that embraces LGBTQ+ people.
In Ancestral Allyship, he explores the weekly Torah parsha as a practice of allyship – a response by someone of privilege to the oppression or affliction of another. Allyship is necessary only when the unity of our humanity has already broken down. In the Jewish tradition, we are obligated to prevent this breakdown proactively. When we attach ourselves to God’s expectations of ethical living, cleaving to an ideal way of being, we strive to create a world free from all forms of dehumanization. This book, rooted in the knowledge that how we treat each other defines our religious identity, helps us to move closer toward it.
About Rabbi Mike Moskowitz
Rabbi Mike Moskowitz is the Scholar-in-Residence for Trans and Queer Jewish Studies at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ congregation, located in New York City. He received three Ultra-Orthodox ordinations while learning in the Mir in Jerusalem and in Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ. He is a David Hartman Center Fellow, and Wexner Field Fellow.

Tashlich Hike [Philly / NJ]
2025-09-27 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
A Wider Bridge and our Queers Against Antisemitism Fellow in Philadelphia, Jessica Cook, invite you to our Tashlich Hike.
Tashlich means “casting off” in Hebrew, and involves symbolically casting off the sins of the previous year by tossing pieces of bread, paper, lint in our pockets into a body of water.
We take a moment to reflect on our mistakes from the previous year; any negative baggage that we carry around every day; negative emotions (some resulting from the Antisemitism we experience more these days) that are trapped inside us that we may want to let go of.
By cleansing we welcome and start the new year with more light, we make space for positive and clean energy to have more peace in our daily lives.
Come for the conversation, live the experience, stay for the company!
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Queer New Year Pizza Party [Bay Area]
2025-09-28 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join A Wider Bridge and our Queers Against Antisemitism Fellow in the Bay Area, Jamie Haft, for a casual get-together that’s all about queer joy, Jewish pride, and connection. It’ll be right after Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, so let’s celebrate together. Come hangout and share your ideas for building a more connected community.
We’ll provide some pizzas (including vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options). There will be drinks and more food available for purchase.
The address will be shared 48 hours before the event to all those registered. We will be at a venue with a covered outdoor patio in Oakland near a BART station.
Allies welcome, the more the merrier. Cheers to friendship and the year ahead, 5786!
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Sunset Potluck-Picnic Tashlich [South Florida]
2025-09-28 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
A Wider Bridge and our Queers Against Antisemitism Fellow in South Florida, Joey Wakin, invite you to our annual Sunset Potluck-Picnic Tashlich.
Tashlich means “casting off” in Hebrew, and involves symbolically casting off the sins of the previous year by tossing pieces of bread, paper, lint in our pockets into a body of water.
We take a moment to reflect on our mistakes from the previous year; any negative baggage that we carry around every day; negative emotions (some resulting from the Antisemitism we experience more these days) that are trapped inside us that we may want to let go of.
By cleansing we welcome and start the new year with more light, we make space for positive and clean energy to have more peace in our daily lives.
Come for the conversation, live the experience, stay for the company!
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AntiSemitism LGBTQ+ Support Group
2025-10-03 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-17 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-24 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-31 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
A Wider Bridge and Queers Against Antisemitism and Jewish Community Mental Health Initiative (JCMHI) invite you to an Antisemitism LGBTQ+ Support group, providing a special safe space for our community to share, contemplate and support each other during these times where antisemitism is raging even within our own LGBTQ+ community. This group is sponsored by a grant from UJA/NY on 5 consecutive Friday afternoons in October. It will be co-facilitated by Molly Harris, MSW LCSW, CST and Rabbi Denise L. Eger, D.D., PCC
The Dates: October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Time: 1 pm – 2 pm ET on Zoom
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*By registering for this support group, I agree to the guidelines and disclaimer written here.
About Molly Harris, MSW, LCSW, CST
Molly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist with a focus on inclusivity and non-judgmental self-exploration. She received her BA in Psychology from the University of Denver and continued her education obtaining her MSW from the Graduate School of Social Work. Molly specializes in working with struggles related to oppressed identities, hidden disabilities, and societal stigma. She has primarily worked in the field of Eating Disorders and Gender & Sexuality (LGBTQIA+), and she is comfortable with clients, couples, or families facing any struggle. Molly uses an empowerment-focused approach alongside humor, compassion, and validation to help her client(s) identify their needs, challenges, and goals in the therapeutic space. She focuses on collaboration and building an affirming client-therapist relationship. In addition to private practice, Molly conducts workshops, in-service trainings, and consultations to the general public and mental health professionals to help spread knowledge and awareness of gender, sexuality, and body image. Molly also serves as a volunteer support group facilitator through the Jewish Community Mental Health Initiative (JCMHI), providing support for the Jewish community and offering this series in collaboration with JCMHI and A Wider Bridge.
About Rabbi Denise L. Eger, D.D., PCC
Rabbi Denise L. Eger is an international Jewish leader, author, speaker, and activist, known as the first openly LGBTQ person to serve as president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the first woman to lead the Southern California Board of Rabbis. Founding Rabbi Emerita of Congregation Kol Ami in West Hollywood, she is the author or editor of 7 Principles for Living Bravely, Mishkan Ga’avah: Where Pride Dwells, and Gender & Religious Leadership: Women Rabbis, Pastors, and Ministers, and has contributed to numerous other works. Named one of the most influential Jews by The Forward and the #1 LGBT Clergy Person by The Huffington Post, she is also a PCC-accredited executive coach who works with clergy, nonprofit leaders, and organizations. Rabbi Eger lives in Austin, Texas, with her wife, Rabbi Dr. Eleanor Steinman, and together they are proud parents and grandparents.

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Remember October 7
2025-10-05 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
“October Seventh” Memorial Event
The Greater Philadelphia Jewish community commemoration.
Join us on Sunday, October 5, 2025, at Adath Israel on the Main Line for an evening of commemoration and reflection.
Together in solidarity, grief, and healing, our community, synagogues, organizations, families, and friends, will honor the victims of October 7 and call for the release of all hostages.
For security and safety reasons, entry to the event will be allowed by pre-registration only.
Please print / save on your phone your tickets.
Seating is limited.
5:00PM – EXHIBIT
6:00PM – CEREMONY
Both powerful and painful, the exhibit will include visuals and clips from October 7, inviting reflection while leaving us with a message of resilience and hope.
Please note: some of the footage may be difficult to watch.
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The ceremony will be held in the presence of representatives from the Consulate General of Israel in New York, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, as well as synagogues, organizations, and communities from across the region.

Annual LGBTQ Sukkot Party! [New York]
2025-10-12 19:00 - 22:00 UTC
Join Us for the Annual New York Metro LGBTQ Sukkot Party! A Wider Bridge and Queers Against Antisemitism is joining together with Eshel, Keshet, JQY, and the Sephardic Mizrahi Q Network and UJA/NY for a joyous queer holiday bash!
Come experience this celebration with a special LGBTQ+ Jewish twist at Marlene Meyerson JCC’s rooftop Sukkah, featuring breathtaking views of the NYC skyline, an open bar (21+), Israeli cuisine, snacks, and plenty of laughs with friends old and new.
You must be 21+ and ready to have a good time!
Date: Oct. 12, 2025
Time: 7-10pm (volunteer shifts begin at 5:30pm)
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Social Justice in our Texts: Jewish Wisdom for Building a Better World
2025-10-20 08:00 - 15:00 UTC
This event is part of a Monthly Study Series
Prophetic Voices, Then and Now
With Rabbi Barbara Symons
Monday, October 20 at 3pm ET / Noon PT
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What does it mean to be a prophet? What does prophecy demand of us today? In this session, we’ll sketch a “job description” of a prophet, and explore who the Hebrew prophets were. Then we’ll turn to the week’s Haftarah (prophetic reading)—analyzing the text through the prophet’s lens and then offering alternative voices as we listen carefully for the call to action. This class invites us to hear the prophets anew, and to ask how their message challenges and empowers us.
Anyone who registers for this class will receive a discount code for Rabbi Symons’s book, Prophetic Voices, from the CCAR Press.
This program is organized by Laasok: The Liberal Beit MIdrash, and co-sponsored by: A Wider Bridge, AMMUD: Jews of Color Torah Academy, CCAR Press, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Central Synagogue, Congregation B’nai Israel in Little Rock, Arkansas, Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East Lansing, Michigan, Congregation Shir Chadash of the Hudson Valley, Keshet, Kirva Institute, Temple B’nai Or in Morristown, New Jersey, Temple Judea in Coral Gables, Temple Sholom in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Tzedek Box, the Union for Reform Judaism, and the Religious Action Center.
P art of the “Social Justice in our Texts” Study Series.
Free and open to all. Register at laasok.org/current-offerings/#justice

This program is organized by Laasok: The Liberal Beit MIdrash, and co-sponsored by: A Wider Bridge, AMMUD: Jews of Color Torah Academy, Central Synagogue, Congregation B’nai Israel in Little Rock, Arkansas, Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East Lansing, Michigan, Congregation Shir Chadash of the Hudson Valley, Keshet, Kirva Institute, Temple Sholom in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, and Tzedek Box.
This program is part of the “Social Justice in our Texts” Study Series.
Free and open to all. Register at laasok.org/current-offerings/#justice

“The Jews: An Indigenous People:” AWB Author Chat with Ben M. Freeman
2025-10-21 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Halifax)
Join A Wider Bridge in conversation with acclaimed LGBTQ Jewish author and activist, Ben M. Freeman on his latest book. In The Jews: An Indigenous People, the final installment of his seminal Jewish Pride trilogy, Ben takes readers on a powerful journey through 3,000 years of Jewish history. Exploring the origins of Jewish identity and practice and their resonance today, Ben arrives at an academically sound and quite simply logical conclusion: Jews are indigenous to the land of Israel.
Learn from Ben in this engaging session about what it means to be a proud LGBTQ in today’s world, grounded in our shared truth and history.
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Purchase The Jews: An Indigenous People (U.S. Version)
About Ben M. Freeman
Ben is founder of the modern Jewish Pride movement, a leader, public intellectual, and educator. He is the author of the seminal Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People (2021) and its follow up, Reclaiming our Story: The Pursuit of Jewish Pride (2022). The finale of his Jewish Pride trilogy, The Jews: An Indigenous People, was published in February 2025.
Focusing on Jewish identity and the historical and contemporary Jew-hatred, Ben M. Freeman works to educate, inspire, and empower. As a Holocaust scholar for over fifteen years, he gained prominence during the Corbyn Labour Jew-hate crisis in the UK, quickly establishing himself as one of his generation’s leading Jewish thinkers. Ben was voted number 8 on the inaugural 25 Young ViZionaries list by The Jerusalem Post and JNF-USA. Additionally, he serves as a Jewish Diplomat for the World Jewish Congress and a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism Policy.

Queering the Weekly Parsha
2025-10-23 13:15 - 14:15 (America/Halifax)
A Weekly Study Group with Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi, Ph.D.
Thursdays at 1:15pm, starting October 23
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Use discount code AWB15 for 15% off the first month
Queering the Weekly Parsha offers learners of all levels and identities the opportunity to look at the weekly Torah portion through a queer lens. We will explore how the text affirms and challenges folks with queer identities, how our ancestors viewed sexuality, and where we might find inspiration for inclusion. Our sources will include Torah, Jewish literature from various time periods, and LGBTQ+ commentary.
This group will run through September 2026

Exposing Beauty In / Out [South Florida]
2025-10-23 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
A Wider Bridge and our Queers Against Antisemitism Fellow in South Florida, Joey Waknin, along with the Consulate General of Israel in Miami is excited to present Exposing Beauty In / Out – a Happy Hour Mingle with special guest and scholar in residence, Miss Universe Israel, Melanie Shiraz. Let’s focus on bringing beauty and unison to everything we do.
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Tales of the Sister City [San Francisco]
2025-10-23 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
Queer Jewish-Palestinian Relationships in Haifa
Join Israeli scholar Dotan Brom to hear surprising stories from Haifa, San Francisco’s Sister City. Dotan is a researcher and tour guide known for co-creating Israel’s leading podcast on queer history. A PhD candidate at Tel Aviv University, Dotan co-curated Israel’s first museum exhibition on queer history.
Dotan will reveal the overlooked history of queer relations between Jews and Palestinians in Haifa, including:

sexual and romantic encounters in the city’s cruising grounds,
power relations between Jewish and Palestinian men,
the participation of Palestinian men in Jewish-led gay organizations, and
the rise of Aswat, a Palestinian lesbian feminist group.

It is a story of both solidarity and violence, which promises to complicate what you think you know about coexistence and queer history in Israel.
This event will take place on Thursday, October 23 at 7:00 PM PT, in-person in San Francisco with a virtual option available; please sign-up below. Refreshments will be provided at 6:30 PM for those joining us in-person. This event is organized by Sha’ar Zahav, San Francisco’s LGBTQIA+ synagogue, and co-sponsored by Queers Against Antisemitism, a program of A Wider Bridge, as well as the San Francisco – Haifa Sister City Committee.
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Shabbat Dinner [Chicago]
2025-10-24 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Celebrate Shabbat with flair, laughter, and joy! A “Gay Shabbos” dinner where queer Jews of every stripe come together – whether you’re Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, post-denominational, patrilineal, a proud convert, cultural-only, or just finding your way back to Jewish life. Expect Jewish joy, soulful modern ritual, fabulous food, and a table big enough for all of us. In partnership with Ami.
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Shabballoween Party [Philadelphia]
2025-10-31 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
A Wider Bridge and our Queers Against Antisemitism Fellow in Philadelphia/South Jersey, Jessica Cook, brings you a Shabballoween Party with music, costumes, drinks, and games. A lively time and mingling with friends and new acquaintances.
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