Bloomington – Rabbi Melissa Weintraub, a Bloomington native, was one of the winners of the 2011 Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize from Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa.
Weintraub has co-founded and helped pioneer Encounter, an organization that trains Jewish leaders to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by providing them with firsthand exposure to Palestinians.
As one of three prize winners, Weintraub will receive $50,000, plus $50,000 to an organization she designates.
