We have some exciting staffing updates! First, please join us in welcoming our newest team member, Daniel R. Reinglass, as our first Director of Development. Daniel comes to A Wider Bridge having most recently served as the Senior Manager of Membership Programs at the country’s largest non-profit theatre, the Roundabout Theatre Company, in New York. A Chicago native, […]
The New York Pride Parade ended Pride Month with a huge celebration. Among all the happy, colorful celebrants, it was hard not to notice one truck waving blue and white flags. On the truck, along with other celebrants from the community, was Israel’s Consul General in New York, Danny Dayan. The Israeli Consulate Delegation marches […]
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending the 18th Annual Pride Seder at Temple Israel of Greater Miami, co-sponsored by A Wider Bridge. Over 200 people filled the room for the largest gathering yet of LGBTQ Jews and allies coming together to celebrate both Pride and Israel at 70. Having just landed a few […]
Temple Israel Miami holds the 18th Annual LGBTQ Ru’ach Pride Seder on Wednesday, June 13, 5:30pm. The event is co-sponsored by A Wider Bridge Every year at Temple Israel Miami’s LGBTQ Pride Seder, we come together to tell the story of our liberation from oppression, to celebrate our freedom, and to commemorate the Jewish LGBTQ community […]
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 […]
AWB’s Northeast Manager Quentin Hill blogs about being a proud radical, queer Zionist in these troubling times. We are living in troubling times. The political climate is toxic, tensions are rising, and divisions in this country are running deep. Things are even worse for marginalized communities all across the country; racism is stemming from the highest levels […]
How does one move from growing up in a family that helped start the Muslim Brotherhood and providing material support for terrorism as a child onto being an outspoken advocate for the State of Israel and an active supporter of A Wider Bridge? Quentin Hill, our Northeast Manager, writes. Quentin Hill (left) interviewing John Calvin […]
What a difference a year makes. One year after the ugly protest in Chicago that shut down our reception at Creating Change, A Wider Bridge returned to the conference, this year in Philadelphia, to educate LGBTQ leaders about our work. On Friday, January 20, AWB held a well-attended lunch forum at a venue not far […]
Quentin Hill joined A Wider Bridge’s staff in August, and just came back from his first AWB LGBTQ Israel Mission, which was also his first time traveling to Israel with a group of LGBTQ people. During the trip, Quentin was also inspired regarding how to deal with the election results back home. Here’re quotes and […]