Anti-LGBTQ incidents rose dramatically in 2018, with a 54% increase in reported incidents of homophobia, the Aguda LGBTQ National Taskforce revealed in its annual Nir Katz report presented to President Rivlin. The Nir Katz Center report breaks down instances of harassment into eight categories, with 25% of incidents occurring in the public domain such as […]
The words “Death to LGBT” were found scrawled on a monument in Tel Aviv that commemorates members of the community who were persecuted by the Nazi regime for their sexual orientation and gender identity. Passersby discovered the graffiti on Thursday, October 25, 2018, at the monument in Meir Park where the LGBTQ community center is […]
The Internet is in an uproar following a post about a pizzeria in Jerusalem, where a worker apparently refused service to a customer because he was gay. The post, published by Sammy Kanter, an American student who came to Israel for a year of studies, was published on Friday and received hundreds of shares and […]
Alma cafe in Givatayim was decorated with rainbow flags last week to mark Gay Pride Week. The flags remained hanging as decoration for a discussion about the LGBT community to be held there, but when the staff arrived Wednesday morning they found the flags burnt on the floor. The management immediately alerted the local police. […]
Peter Fox, a member of A Wider Bridge’s Young Professionals Network, represented our organization at the #DigiTell18 Social Media Conference in Jerusalem. Leading up to the event, he penned an op ed piece in Israel’s YNET about the inclusion of Jews in progressive movements. We bring you the piece below. Liberal movements have always been about inclusion […]
According to the Nir Katz Center’s latest report, in 2017 there was an increase of 26% in the cases in which members of the LGBTQ community complained about violence being made against them. More than a third of the reported incidents were directed against gay men. “Hatred also grows with the help of public figures […]
In a post that went viral on Israeli social media, fourth grade teacher Brahmi Michaeli tells about his experience coming out to his students. Encountering initial reactions of fear, Brahmi managed to change some views on homosexuality. “I call upon all the LGBTQ educators among us to be courageous and join me, to come out […]
AWB’s Digital Media Manager Ronit Bezalel blogs about supporting the lesbian owned R&R DineR restaurant in Jerusalem, which is under daily attack from homophobic ultra-religious Orthodox neighbors. When I heard about the threats and violence aimed at the lesbian owners of Jerusalem’s newly opened R&R DineR, I knew I had to support their business. I’ve been […]
Yossi Levi Sfari, a gay Israeli diplomat serving in Istanbul, recently complained that the Jewish community is ignoring him because of his sexual orientation. Israeli Diplomat Yossi Levi Sfari and his life partner, Ronny Goldberg Yossi Levi Sfari, Israel’s consul in Istanbul, moved there with his life partner, Ronny Goldberg, six weeks ago. Since then, […]
A Wider Bridge is deeply troubled by the incident tonight in Zion Square, in which members of The Meeting Place were harassed, assaulted, and intimidated by a group of homophobic extremists. The aggressors attempted to light a rainbow flag on fire, and destroyed property of The Meeting Place before becoming physical with several LGBTQ activists […]