Florida Pride Seder: Celebrating Pride and Israel at 70
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending the 18th Annual Pride Seder at Temple Israel of Greater Miami, [...]
Zehorit Sorek
Ru’ach Pride Seder to Build Connections Between Miami and Israel
Temple Israel Miami holds the 18th Annual LGBTQ Ru’ach Pride Seder on Wednesday, June 13, 5:30pm. The [...]
A Wider Bridge Helps Fund LGBT Orthodox Shabbat Weekend Near Haifa
This weekend, April 27-28, members of Israel’s LGBT religious Jewish communities will gather on a [...]
Zehorit Sorek: Fighting A Rabbi’s Homophobia With Images of Love
Recently, Israeli Rabbi Yigal Levenstein proclaimed that “homosexuality should be eradicated like [...]
Israeli Politicians Spar Over Surrogacy For Same-Sex Couples
This past Monday, a heated debate in Israel’s Knesset centered around whether to allow members of the [...]
Orthodox Gay Wedding Goes Viral: Famous Rabbi Attends, Mother’s Speech Reaches the News
Helen Elbaum, an orthodox mother, moved the entire Israeli public with her speech in her son’s gay [...]
Wrapping up 2017: Top Stories of the Year!
We’ve been reviewing our most notable accomplishments of the past year, and wanted to share them with [...]
Zehorit Sorek Describes the Fight For LGBT Equality in Israel’s Orthodox Community
Zehorit Sorek, from the Israeli lesbian religious group Bat Kol, recently attended the Limmud conference in [...]
Our Top Eight Achievements of 2017
A Wider Bridge is sharing our eight greatest achievements of the past year. Modeled after the eight days of [...]
Naftali Bennett Doesn’t Rule Out an LGBTQ Person in His Jewish Religious Party
Education Minister and chairman of Jewish Home party, Naftali Bennett, didn’t rule out that a member of [...]