Encounter’s community includes leading rabbis of every denomination, professionals and lay leaders of every major Jewish institution, and public intellectuals shaping the contours of American Jewish life. All care deeply about the future of Israel and share a commitment to a more informed, inclusive and constructive Jewish communal engagement with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Encounter is an opportunity to engage more deeply and seriously in the most pressing issue facing the Jewish people today. You need this. Not because you will emerge with solutions or talking points, but because you will break through and dive beneat...
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Encounter’s work was grounded in clear values... including shema – resilient listening.... Back at Northwestern, the approach of resilient listening opened the door to common ground with left-leaning Jewish students, and my actual experience of e...
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What is so often missing from these conversations are the voices of the people who are actually impacted, because the conflict is not just about security and politics, it’s about people... I believe it is critical for Jewish communal leaders to hea...
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[After the Encounter program] I understand so much more. Even the basic history, the dates, the wars, the treaties…...
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Encounter's value is being one of a kind in creating a thoughtful, safe space [and a] responsible and diverse cohort of inspiring colleagues who can support each other in engaging the conflict in our communities. It offers Jewish leaders access to th...
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I have been to Israel more than 50 times, and have led more than two dozen tours. Until Encounter, however, I had never visited a Palestinian village in the West Bank. The program forever changed the way I will talk and teach about Israel....
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