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Let’s explore why queer inclusion matters in Judaism: Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi, Ph.D., combines Jewish text, queer theory, and personal experience to address how issues of gender, sex, and sexuality affect us, our communities & Judaism. Wednesday 8/27 12pm ET awiderbridge.org/event/why-qu...

Learn author and activist Ben M. Freeman in this engaging session about what it means to be a proud LGBTQ in today’s world, grounded in our shared truth and history. awiderbridge.org/event/the-je...

This Sunday we screen the documentary The First Lady in San Francisco. The movie tells the incredible story of Efrat Tilma, a trailblazer, one of Israel's first publicly #trans women. If you're in the area don't miss this! awiderbridge.org/event/screen...

Our Interim Executive Director, Rabbi Denise Eger, spoke with the @jewishjournal.bsky.social about the work of A Wider Bridge in SoCal, specifically in San Francisco and San Diego, where the #Antisemitism and anti-Israel voices have been shockingly loud jewishjournal.com/community/ra...

@menhavingbabies.bsky.social We’re launching our brand new Wellness Series with Yoga @ the Park ❤️ starting with Brooklyn tomorrow (7/30) at 7pm - more info: awiderbridge.org/event/yoga-t... #lgbtq #jewish

We’re launching our brand new Wellness Series with Yoga @ the Park, in NYC:
30/7 Brooklyn: awiderbridge.org/event/yoga-t...
8/4 Manhattan: awiderbridge.org/event/yoga-t...

Special Afternoon with Filmmakers and Activist Efrat Tilma: watch the documentary about of one of the first publically transgender women in Israel awiderbridge.org/event/screen...

Activist recalls experience in Tel Aviv after Israel-Iran war began Marty Rouse was part of Jewish Federations of North America Pride mission

“I go over to look at the TV, just to watch... all of a sudden... you see one bomb go and land and explode in Tel Aviv. It landed and blew up.”
AWB alum Marty Rouse recalls the time he was stuck in Tel Aviv at the beginning of the Israel-Iran war www.washingtonblade.com/2025/07/03/a...

Incidents of Antisemitic Hate Targeting Jewish and Pro-Israel Communities Mar Pride Month | Combat Antisemitism Movement During Pride Month in June, the Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) by CAM monitored a series of incidents indicating an apparent post-October 7th trend of

Combat AntiSemitism Movement published an article that summarizes antisemitic incidents in this past Pride Month, and included the A Wider Bridge report. Read here: combatantisemitism.org/studies-repo...

Gay by the grace of God: A Black pastor’s journey Openly gay minister named Bishop Joseph Tolton is at the forefront of the movement of African and Black American faith leaders.

“I didn’t choose to be gay—I discovered I was.”
Bishop Bishop Joseph Tolton's powerful journey as a Black, gay pastor is reshaping what faith and pride look like.
Read more about this A Wider Bridge mission alum:
amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/06...

‘Hands Off Iran’ movement is erasure of Iranian people, not solidarity. It's support for "regime that tortures its citizens." - Important op-ed by Iranian Jew @matthewnouriel.bsky.social 🙏https://www.losangelesblade.com/2025/06/26/im-a-queer-iranian-jew-why-i-stand-with-israel-during-this-conflict/

FIRST PERSON | Can queer Jews count on you when Pride Month is over? Pride events are known for vibrant atmospheres, but this year feels different as we return to fighting government-led oppression.

"The need for queer pride will not end on June 30. The attacks on queer people’s rights and safety certainly won’t cease at the end of the month." - Thank you, Rahel Knight jweekly.com/2025/06/10/c...

LOCAL VOICE | Pride can't be radically inclusive if antisemitism is tolerated Criticism of Israel isn't antisemitic. But it is antisemitic when Jews are shamed, blamed and scapegoated unless they denounce who they are.

"Criticism of Israel is not antisemitism. But it is antisemitism when Jews are shamed, blamed and scapegoated unless they denounce who they are, ignore their traumas or erase their identity." - Rev Megan Bohrer in a new op-ed: jweekly.com/2025/06/25/p...

S.F. Trans March calls event an ‘act of resistance’ for Palestinians Participants are encouraged to bring Palestinian flags and union posters “to build power against our common enemy!”

'Transgender People for Palestine' rally is planned this evening in San Francisco. Rabbi Denise Eger considers this “absurd” - jweekly.com/2025/06/26/s...

🌈✡️ Show your Jewish Pride at Chicago Pride!
Let’s make sure our voices and symbols are SEEN and HEARD.
Sunday 6/29 at 11am, at Halsted & Roscoe
To keep updated join our Chicago Meetup Whatsapp group: chat.whatsapp.com/E09zrrucrPc9...

This Sunday, June 29, we're marching in the NYC Pride as A Wider Bridge / Queers Against Antisemitism — with pride, purpose, and QUEER JOY💪🏳️‍🌈
And before that - we're hosting a fabulous Pride Brunch! sign up: awiderbridge.org/our-events/
#NYCPride #QueerJoy #AWiderBridge

JPride in San Diego - a truly inclusive Pride event! Come and meet us at our table! July 18-20: www.lfjcc.org/about/liveup...

WATCH: Rabbi Denise Eger teaches us how to use Jewish sacred texts to advocate for substantive change in Judaism toward LGBTQ+ inclusion and celebration - full recorded session now available: awiderbridge.org/event/judais... #pridemonth #jewishpride

GUEST OPINION: Pride means nothing if it leaves some behind Pride has always been about more than parades and parties. It’s about showing up — boldly, visibly, and without apology — in a world that too often asks us to

“Pride means nothing if it leaves some behind” - by Colorado State Representative @briannatitone.bsky.social in powerful call @denvergazette.com to build truly inclusive Pride Jewish LGBTQ+ individuals feel safe and welcomed this month: denvergazette.com/opinion/colu...

Pride belongs to everyone — including LGBTQ Jews | Opinion The senior and executive ministers of Sunshine Cathedral in Fort Lauderdale write that, in a time of increasing antisemitism, LGBTQ Floridians should keep Jewish members of their community in mind …

Bishop Talk:
Bishop Robert Griffin and Bishop Durell Watkins co-authored this op-ed in the @sun-sentinel.com, reaffirming their commitment to intersectional justice and argue that inclusion must include all LGBTQ+ people, regardless of religion www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/06/08/p...

OKC Pride Month must bring about safety and belonging for LGBTQ+ Jews and others | Opinion Let's reaffirm our highest values -- inclusion, affirmation, safety and belonging for all in our community

Rabbi Dr. Levi Ethan Alter in a powerful op-ed in the @theoklahoman.bsky.social reminds us: Pride means standing together.
This Pride, we must unite against hate in all its forms — including rising antisemitism and attacks on LGBTQ+ communities.
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...

Proud, but pushed out: Why LGBTQ Jews are creating Pride spaces of their own Faced with widespread antisemitism in the gay rights movement, 'We're not going to let them take Pride away from us,' says one Jewish activist

Antisemitism is raging at Pride events across the U.S. this year — from Austin to SF, NY to Raleigh. @jewishinsider.com highlights the disturbing trend, leading with @AWiderBridge's Rabbi @dleger.bsky.social:
“We’re not going to let them take Pride away from us.”
jewishinsider.com/2025/06/lgbt...

"A Nation’s Sanity Held Hostage" — Why bringing the hostages home is essential to healing Israeli society. Watch the powerful conversation with Israeli leaders and learn about the mental health aspect of the situation 🇮🇱🕊️
awiderbridge.org/a-nations-sa...

Sacramento Pride must be safe from all forms of hate, including antisemitism | Opinion “Since the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, queer Jews have faced growing exclusion from Pride events across the country.”

"...demanding that LGBTQ+ Jews disavow their identities or their right to express them as a condition of inclusion is not activism, it’s bigotry. It undermines the very foundation of Pride and the LGBTQ+ movement itself" - @steve4sac.bsky.social in the @sacbee.com - www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

A Wider Bridge is outraged by the shooting that took place at the campaign headquarters and home of our Board Chair, Daniel Hernandez. This has to stop. Violence and intimidation has no place in politics. Words and rhetoric are now being translated to violence.

A Wider Bridge stands in solidarity with our friends and family in Israel today and everyday as Israel seeks to defend itself from the Iranian threats of destruction.

Rabbi Denise L. Eger teaches us how to use #Jewish sacred texts to advocate for substantive change in Judaism toward #LGBTQ+ inclusion and celebration - Monday, June 16 at 3pm (Eastern) awiderbridge.org/event/judais...

Opinion | Queer spaces should be open to Jews like me Plus: Should Harvey Milk’s name be scrubbed from that Navy ship?

This beautiful article on the @washingtonpost.com talks about LGBTQ+ Jews and the experience of social rejection in queer spaces. Highly important read www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... (🙏 Jewish Community Mental Health Initiative)

Pride Has a New Rule: Be the Right Kind of Jew—or Be Erased I won’t pass your purity test. I won’t hide my Jewishness. And I’m not going anywhere.

Important read in the @jewishjournal.bsky.social: “Pride has a new rule — be the right kind of Jew or be erased.” A powerful reflection by @matthewnouriel.bsky.social on how some LGBTQ+ Jews are being sidelined at Pride. Inclusion must mean everyone: jewishjournal.com/commentary/o...

Powerful op-ed by Rev. Dr. Neil G. Thomas in The @dallasnews.com calls out the double standard at Pride: welcoming some identities while telling Jews to “leave politics at home.”
“We must create safe, affirming spaces for all.”
Read more: www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...