Encounter is an opportunity to engage more deeply and seriously in the most pressing issues 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 beneath the facile talk about solutions and talking points…
Jon A. Levisohn
Director, Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, Brandeis University
I have an additional narrative in my head which I didn't have prior--that is why I knew it was necessary for me as a communal leader.
Debbie Cosgrove
Chair, Jewish Women’s Foundation NY
I thought I had a solid command on so many facts and figures and data points and narratives. This trip gave me more facts, data points and anecdotes and voices that offer different narratives… Being present for that testimony was a gift.
Rabbi David Seth Kirshner
Rabbi, Temple Emanu-El, Closter, New Jersey
It's a powerful and necessary experience.
Lindsey B. Mintz
Executive Director, Indianapolis JCRC
It is a duty to listen to all the stories if you wish to have a properly functioning moral compass.
Rabbi Steve Greenberg
Executive Director, Eshel
