A Wider Bridge is proud to host our first-ever Eurovision Song Contest viewing party at Revolver Video Club in LA and hosted by the fabulous Ms. Sadie Pines. Israel won the competition in 2018 with Netta Barzilai‘s TOY, and as a result, is now hosting the 2019 event. For the LGBTQ community, Eurovision has long […]
A Wider Bridge is proud to host our first-ever Eurovision Song Contest viewing party on Saturday, May 18 – broadcasting live from Tel Aviv. RSVP BELOW For the LGBTQ community, Eurovision has long been more than just a song contest. Showcasing performers from across the LGBTQ spectrum – the event has a vehicle for empowerment, […]
Israel’s Netta Barzilai gave a show-stopping performance of “Toy” on May 12, complete with feminist lyrics and a catchy beat that gave her country its first win since 1998. She continues to inspire. Facing the choice of attending Tel Aviv pride or receiving an award in Russia, she declares Pride is “much more important.” Netta, 25, picked […]
In an interview with Neta Barzilai conducted by veteran Israeli newswoman Ilana Dayan, the esteemed interviewer said to her: “It frightens me that someone will take you and promise you a great career and you will go on the path that all of them go on and the first thing you’d do is lose weight.” […]
Israel has just won the Eurovision song contest for the first time in two decades Saturday as singer Netta Barzilai clucked her way to the tops of the international song contest with women’s #MeToo empowerment anthem “Toy.” Backed up by three dancers, her trademark side buns featuring stripes of pink dyed hair to match her […]
The Eurovision Song Contest final is this upcoming Saturday and Israel’s Netta Barzilai is a strong contender with “Toy.” Twenty years ago, Israeli singer Dana International cemented Eurovision as a celebratory space for LGBTQ people everywhere with her winning song Diva. But, she admits, she didn’t believe in the song when she first heard it. […]
Walla! News suggests Dana International for the role of the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs. In a festive video interview for Israel’s 70th Independence Day last week, veteran journalist Sagi Bin-Nun set down with Dana to reflect on 20 years since her grand Eurovision win with the song Diva. Since then, she has represented the […]
Israel’s Eurovision Song Contest entry has caused a huge stir and is now the hot favorite to win the Eurovision Song Contest in May. Netta Barzilai’s entry Toy brings the crazy factor back to Eurovision, but the song carries a strong message with lyrics inspired by the #MeToo movement. Its release on the week of […]
I remember first hearing Israeli singer Ofra Haza’s music in the late 80s. I was a college DJ in Montreal, and her “Im Nin’Alu” remix had just broken through internationally. Though Ofra was famous in Israel, she was new to me in Canada. I couldn’t stop listening to the song, a perfect blend of Yemenite-Israeli […]
The 1990s were the great breakthrough for LGBT representation on the silver screen in Israel. With the visibility that began at the beginning of the decade, there was an attempt to present diverse, colorful figures whose sexuality is meaningful but not all they have to offer. From “Straight to the Point,” through Dana International’s first […]