Gay Rabbi Mikie Goldstein was elected Monday as President of the Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative Movement in Israel. Rabbi Mikie serves as a rabbi in Congregation Adat Shalom Emanuel in Rehovot. The Masorti Movement in Israel published an official statement and congratulated the new President on its Facebook page on Tuesday. Mikie Goldstein is considered Israel’s […]
Transgender Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari was recently appointed head of Kol Tzedek, a small West Philadelphia Reconstructionist synagogue Hebrew is a gendered language; almost every noun is grammatically either masculine or feminine. This makes things interesting for Reconstructionist Judaism, a liberal movement within the religion. “So how do we wrestle with gender inclusion and trans […]
Transgender rights. Same-sex marriage. Federal protections against discrimination. In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, some of the hard won rights and protections that the LGBTQ community have gained in recent years are once again in the national spotlight. President-elect Trump has appointed several members to top government posts that have supported so-called religious freedom […]
North Carolina Hillel gay Rabbi, Ariel Naveh, was one of 45 rabbis and Jewish leaders who signed a petition calling for the full repeal of the transphobic bathroom bill. I moved to North Carolina about eight months ago after living most of my life either above or well above the Mason-Dixon line. I remember distinctly […]
Gay Cantor Mark Goldman of Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El in Florida will join the Jewish Federations of North America’s “See Israel With Pride” mission- and you should come along! A Wider Bridge is proud to be collaborating with JFNA on developing the LGBTQ portions of the itinerary for the May 2016 Israel Mission trip If […]
Gay Cantor Mark Goldman of Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El of Fort Lauderdale, Florida will be honored for his 21 years of service at a gala fundraiser titled Havana Nights on Feb. 20 at 7 p.m., taking place at the temple. “Mark (Goldman) has been the heart and soul of our congregation who has been passionate […]