The organization was founded in 2010 by Arthur Slepian after a homphobic shooting in Bar Noar , a gay bar in Tel Aviv . Slepian thought that LGBT relations between North America and Israel should n't only come in times of crisis , but that the communities in both countries should be more consistently connected . The group also focuses on the message that it is possible to be both LGBT and Jewish
Bar Noar
2009 Tel Aviv gay centre shooting
A Wider Bridge