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Pride for Israel -- a full day conference to celebrate the pro-Israel and the Jewish LGBTQ+ community. Los Angeles, November 9: prideforisrael.planningpod.com

If you live in New York join us for an LGBTQ community-wide Sukkot party this Sunday!
Party is for 21+ and starts at 7pm
More info: awiderbridge.org/event/annual...

Yuval David on Jewish Identity and Advocacy in Hollywood - Solzy at the Movies Yuval David discusses Jewish identity, Hollywood hypocrisy, selective activism, and the importance of speaking out against antisemitism.

🙏 Thank you Danielle Solzman for keeping the A Wider Bridge flag visible! Read the conversation with @yuvaldavid.bsky.social solzyatthemovies.com/2025/09/29/y...

Antisemitism LGBTQ+ Support group starts this Friday! We invite you to a special safe space for our community to share, contemplate and support each other during these times where antisemitism is raging even within our own LGBTQ+ community. awiderbridge.org/group/

THIS WEEKEND in Philly 😍 we take a moment to reflect on our mistakes from the previous year; any negative baggage that we carry around every day; negative emotions (some resulting from the Antisemitism we experience more these days) awiderbridge.org/event/tashli...

This Weekend! Join A Wider Bridge and our Queers Against Antisemitism Fellow in the Bay Area, Jamie Haft, for a casual get-together that’s all about queer joy, Jewish pride, and connection: awiderbridge.org/event/queer-...

This October, A Wider Bridge and Jewish Community Mental Health Initiative (JCMHI) host a support group for our community to share, contemplate and support each other during these times where antisemitism is raging even within our own LGBTQ+ community awiderbridge.org/event/antise...

NEW! AntiSemitism LGBTQ+ Support Group providing a special safe space for our community to share, contemplate and support each other during these times where antisemitism is raging even within our own LGBTQ+ community: awiderbridge.org/group/

“The Jews: An Indigenous People:” author chat with Ben M. Freeman on Monday 9/8: awiderbridge.org/event/the-je... Learn from Ben in this engaging session about what it means to be a proud LGBTQ in today’s world, grounded in our shared truth and history.

Watch now!
Queer Inclusion in Judaism with Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi is now available on YouTube in case you missed it. Here is the recording for the session: lnkd.in/g-FnWcem

Looking for the perfect way to show your pride this High Holy Days? 🏳️‍🌈✨ From LGBTQ+ Jewish kippot to A Wider Bridge flags, our store has it all—now on sale! awiderbridge.org/store/

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, and our Judaism.
Join this free webinar on August 27! More info/registration: awiderbridge.org/event/why-qu...

The Blogs: Words that could flip your world: A medical odyssey From the blog of Danielle Feldman at The Times of Israel

In a brave first column of a three-part series, AWB Mission alum Danielle Feldman opens up about her breast cancer diagnosis. Refuah Shleima ❤️🙌 blogs.timesofisrael.com/words-that-c...

Why Queer Inclusion Matters in Judaism: Free webinar about gender, sex, and sexuality in Judaism. Come learn from the wisdom of Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi, Ph.D. awiderbridge.org/event/why-qu...

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...