Articles and Essays

By the Encounter Team

Do Young Jews Care about Israel?

by Rabbi Melissa Weintraub | Published on June 5, 2008
Nothing Human is Foreign: A blog about peacebuilding trip to Israel and Palestinian Territories

by Melanie Malka Landau | Published on November 17, 2010
Speech by Rabbi Melissa Weintraub at the Encounter Gala

by Rabbi Melissa Weintraub | Published on May 10, 2011
Speech by Rabbi Miriam Margles at the Encounter Gala

by Rabbi Miriam Margles | Published on May 10, 2011
Speech by Yona Shem-Tov at the Encounter Gala

by Yona Shem-Tov | Published on May 10, 2011
The Handel Family Visits Jerusalem, or, The Mystery of Five-Sixths

by Ilana Sumka | Published on April 20, 2009
The Need for Civil Discourse

by Rabbi Melissa Weintraub | Published on February 21, 2010

After Birthright, Bethlehem

by Akiva Gottlieb in Tablet | Published on June 26, 2012
Journaling in Jerusalem:
Israel through the eyes of two first-year graduate students

by Jessica Kirzner and Daniel Crane | Published on May 4, 2009
Letter from Encounter’s Palestinian Partner, Sami Awad

by Sami Awad, Encounter Partner and Director of Holy Land Trust | Published on October 29, 2010
Tags: Holy Land Trust Palestinian Peace Sami Awad
Me and My Fear

by Feivel Strauss | Published on November 25, 2010
Nothing Human is Foreign: A blog about peacebuilding trip to Israel and Palestinian Territories

by Melanie Malka Landau | Published on November 17, 2010
Opening Minds and Expanding Hearts

by Margery Goldman | Published on November 1, 2009
Peer Leading in Bethlehem

by Jason Rodich in the Wexner Spring 2010 Newsletter | Published on March 4, 2010
Tower of Babel Redux: Beit Lehem or…Beit Lehem?

by Jesse Melman | Published on October 1, 2007

D’var Torah by Rabbi Yosef Blau at the Encounter Gala

by Rabbi Yosef Blau | Published on May 10, 2011
JTA Op-Ed: America needs a civility campaign

by Rabbi Steve Gutow | Published on November 3, 2010
Mad as Heck

by NJJN Editorial | Published on November 3, 2010
Opening Up Israel Education

by Michael Emerson | Published on May 1, 2010
Tags: Israel Education
Poll: Americans of all faiths see a civility problem in U.S. politics

by Nicole Neroulias | Published on November 11, 2010
Responding to the Aleph Bet

by Yael Krieger in Sh’ma | Published on February 1, 2008
Right of Reply: Young US Jews — self-centered and individualistic?

by Ari Hart in The Jerusalem Report | Published on October 29, 2009
Speech by Cindy Bernstein at the Encounter Gala

by Cindy Bernstein | Published on May 10, 2011
Speech by Sami Awad the Encounter Gala

by Sami Awad | Published on May 10, 2011
Talking to our Children about Israel

by Alan Edelman in Kansas City Jewish Chronicle | Published on August 1, 2009
Tags: Israel Education
The Forward Editoral: Be Nice
Walaja’s Walls

by Ari Hart in The Jerusalem Post | Published on July 30, 2010
Washington Post On Faith Forum: We need ‘civil’ discourse

by Rabbi Steve Gutow | Published on November 3, 2010
When ‘safety’ is a threat

by Lisa Goldstein | Published on November 5, 2010