A Wider Bridge celebrates Pride across the USA! While our official delegation marched with the Zioness Movement and the Israeli Consulate General in NYC, we also proudly represented from coast to coast, and in between. NEW YORK New York Pride Chen Arieli (Chair, The Aguda LGBTQ National Task Force) with Israeli Actor Yuval David (middle) […]
It started with an innocuous question. A friend asked if I was going to attend the upcoming Chicago Dyke March. This gave me pause. I have attended virtually every Chicago Dyke March for the past 20 years. I was regretfully out of town last year when my friend Laurie Grauer was asked to leave for […]
On Sunday, May 6th, A Wider Bridge Held its first-ever LGBTQ Israel Campus Summit with students from the Chicagoland area. Organized by A Wider Bridge Campus Engagement Fellow Eli Cohen, with assistance from AWB staff Laurie Grauer and Quentin Hill, this summit created an affirming space where students gained the knowledge and skills needed to […]
The AWB Tour with Adi Sadaka and Arnon Allouche from the Haifa Communities’ House continued in Chicago with a stop at the Center on Halsted. The Legacy Project and the Center on Halsted ( the Center ) kicked off the 2018 season of their joint Legacy LIVE series with “When They Go Low, We Go […]
A Wider Bridge presents a series of talks across the U. S. featuring Arnon Allouche and Adi Sadaka of the Haifa Communities’ House. Come learn how this organization successfully creates a multicultural, pluralistic, feminist space welcome to all. EVENT DETAILS AND RSVP NEW YORK CITY The Center Sunday, March 18 208 W. 13th Street, NYC 6:00 […]
Julio Rodriguez, the Board President of the Association of Latino/as/x Motivating Action (ALMA), writes his strong support for Israel’s recent policy change to allow gay men to donate blood. As a Latinx gay man and AIDS activist that came out in Chicago during the height of the AIDS epidemic and saw many of my friends […]
Talleen Abu Hanna, Miss Trans Israel 2016, is currently in the United States for a 10-day speaking tour. Yesterday, she shared her remarkable story with students at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. This event, organized by Wildcats for Israel and A Wider Bridge, was a chance to meet Talleen and ask questions about LGBTQ life […]
Talleen Abu Hanna, Miss Trans Israel 2016 is currently on a speaking tour across the United States. The beauty queen, who embarked on a successful modeling career, landed in Boston on Sunday, and is scheduled to stay in America for 10 days. Abu Hanna spoke yesterday at NEU Hillel and later at Fenway Health. Today […]
On October 25, an enthusiastic crowd gathered at the bar Sidetrack in Chicago to address how we can support LGBTQ Rights in Israel. The evening began with socializing, drinks, and nosh – followed by a panel discussion. The discussion featured A Wider Bridge Staff Laurel Grauer who generated worldwide attention on the intersection of LGBTQ […]
Join us in Chicago as we learn how to become agents for change in promoting equal rights for LGBTQ citizens in Israel and beyond. We look forward to seeing you at this community event on Wednesday, October 25, at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted, Chicago. 6:00-6:30pm: Registration and Networking 6:30pm-7:15pm: Discussion with Q and A 7:17pm-Open […]