Please join us for the second
Encounter Alumni Retreat
March 18 to 21, 2010 in New York, NY
Early Bird Special: Register by Feb 5, 2010 for just $150
Travel subsidies available for out-of-town participants!
How can we integrate our powerful experiences in Bethlehem into our work in the Jewish community?
Join us in New York City for three energizing days:
- Explore ways that we as North American Jewish leaders can contribute to Jewish-Arab and Jewish-Jewish conflict transformation.
- Build practical skills to cultivate wise, nuanced engagement with Israel in your community.
- Learn with exceptional fellow Encounter alumni and Jewish leaders from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
Join a program track for in-depth learning and skills training in a topic of your choice (visit our website to read the detailed track descriptions):
Facilitation Training • Congregational Engagement with Israel • Telling my story / Speaker Training • Encounter Torah / Peace-building Beit Midrash • Israel Education – Community of Practice (closed group) • Peace-building Social Entrepreneurship • High-Impact Peace-building Philanthropy • Israel and the Institutional Jewish Community
Join with the wider alumni community for:
- Delicious kosher food and vibrant davening
- News and updates from speakers, friends and host families from your trip
- Encounters will Palestinian-Americans in NYC
- Facilitated conversation among our richly diverse group of Jewish leaders
The Fine Print: The retreat starts on Thursday, March 18 at 8:00 PM (check in opens at 6:00 PM) and continues until Sunday, March 21 at 1:00 PM. All meals will be included and will be strictly kosher. The retreat will meet in various locations on the Upper West Side of NYC. Cost: The retreat fee is on a sliding scale from $200 to $400. Early bird special: Register by Feb 5, 2010 for just $150. (There are a limited number of additional scholarships available. Please also let us know if you would like to sponsor another alum with a scholarship.)
Accommodations: Make your own arrangements on the Upper West Side or stay with us: We’ve reserved a block of rooms at the NYC Hostel International on the Upper West Side for just $100 for three nights. We’ll also help out of town guests find potential local hosts for home hospitality. Spouses and life partners are welcome to join the retreat for Shabbat (Friday evening to Saturday evening). Partners pay a sliding scale fee of $75 to $100. Travel stipends are available to subsidize the cost for alumni from out of town. Encounter will reimburse up to $300 of your travel costs over $100 (i.e. if you spend $400, Encounter will reimburse $300). The registration deadline is March 1, 2010.
To register: Read the track descriptions on our website. Fill out the online application. Questions are welcome. Please call Benj Kamm, Encounter’s North American Program Coordinator, at 646 374 8238 or email benj@encounterprograms.org.
Photos courtesy of Bruce Shaffer & Encounter
