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A Wider Bridge, a pro-Israel advocate in LGBTQ spaces, is shutting down

JL;DR SUMMARY A Wider Bridge, a pro-Israel LGBTQ organization founded in 2010, announced it will cease operations by the end of 2025 due to financial challenges, despite its efforts to secure sustainable funding. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityZionismLgbtqActivismProgressive MovementsFinancial ChallengesA Wider BridgePinkwashing

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Israel
"Founded in 2010 by activist Arthur Slepian, A Wider Bridge set out to connect LGBTQ communities in North America with their counterparts in Israel, promoting Israels record on LGBTQ rights while pushing back against antisemitism and anti-Zionist exclusion in queer spaces."
San Francisco, California, United States
"The San Franciscobased nonprofit said it will wind down operations as of Dec. 31, 2025, citing financial strain, according to a statement from board chair Daniel Hernandez that was shared with supporters Friday."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"Those tensions burst into public view in 2016 at the National LGBTQ Task Forces Creating Change conference in Chicago, when an event involving A Wider Bridge and an Israeli LGBTQ organization was canceled after activist pressure, reinstated and ultimately disrupted by protesters."

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