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...

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...

“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...

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...

“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/

"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...

"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...

'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

“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...

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...

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...

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...

"...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...

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)

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...

Just launched: A Wider Bridge's National #PrideSafe Campaign — protecting #Jewish #LGBTQ+ communities at Pride events across the U.S. because safety and inclusion go hand in hand. Read the press release: awiderbridge.org/a-wider-brid...

In a new op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman, Rabbi Denise L. Eger, our Interim Executive Director, says that LGBTQ+ Jews shouldn't be forced to conceal their Jewishness at Pride events and calls for true inclusivity that embraces both queer and Jewish identities during Pride celebrations.

We're about to start! Join our virtual #jewish cooking event for #pride with Chef Ayelet Latovitch, and her eclectic Middle Eastern recipes: awiderbridge.org/event/a-reci...

"Let’s show the world a Pride that doesn’t just speak of solidarity but embodies it fully, unequivocally, and joyfully for every LGBTQ person — including Jews." Our friend Marty Rouse in an op-ed on @washblade.bsky.social www.washingtonblade.com/2025/05/30/o...

Pride was born as a radical act of inclusion. This op-ed on @dallasnews.com by our friend Rev. Neil G. Thomas calls on LGBTQ+ spaces to stand against antisemitism and ensure queer Jews are fully welcomed. A must-read for Pride organizers and allies. #pride2025 www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...

TOMORROW! Join us for A Wider Pride: For Us All - in Washington DC, Thursday, June 5 at 6pm Come for the community, the celebration, and the cause. RSVP now – you belong here: awiderbridge.org/worldpride25/

Sunday, June 8, 11am Pacific, Virtual event: Learn about the transgender community in Israel: a 75-minute Zoom presentation and discussion with a diverse group of Israel leaders of Israel’s trans community: awiderbridge.org/event/the-tr...

"I'll be at Boston Pride this year - marching not just for myself, but for everyone who's ever been told they're too Jewish, too queer, too political or too loud..." - Rabbi Andrew Oberstein in an op-ed for @bostonherald.bsky.social www.bostonherald.com/2025/05/30/o...

A Wider Bridge is horrified by the antisemitic attack in Boulder, CO at a peaceful vigil for the return of the 58 hostages from Hamas. We pray for healing of those injured and stand with the Boulder #Jewish community. Am YIsrael Chai #BringThemHomeNow #bouldercolorado

A Wider Pride Speaker Announcement: U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz! A steadfast advocate for LGBTQ+ equality and a strong supporter of Israel, we're honored to present her with the Champion of Equality Award as we come together to celebrate Pride awiderbridge.org/worldpride25/