The Encounter experience was such a powerful reminder of the importance of face-to-face interaction. After listening to and learning from actual Palestinian human beings, it’s impossible to revert to grand pronouncements about ‘the Palestinians’ as an undifferentiated, homogenous collective: They’re just as complex, multi-dimensional, thoughtful, and fallible as the rest of us. What a gift to be reminded of that elusive truth in this era of insidious generalizations.
Aaron Dorfman
President, Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah
It offered me a way to stretch myself and face uncomfortable realities in a way that I often (whether consciously or not) tend to avoid doing. Specifically, it reinforced the urgency and centrality of the conflict within the array of issues, causes, and experiences through I which I relate to the State of Israel. At the same time, it connected me to an incredible network of passionate Jewish leaders who now share the same powerful and unsettling experience.
Rabbi Avraham Bronstein
Rabbi, The Hampton Synagogue
I am so impressed with the staff and the culture of this organization.
Debbie Cosgrove
Chair, Jewish Women’s Foundation NY
I have totally opened to a new perspective on the conflict, one that I thought I understood but I now realize that I did not.
Rabbi David Schuck
Rabbi, Beth El Synagogue Center
So important to put faces and images to labels we read about. So important to humanize those often pitted as our enemies. So important to do so with Jews in a context of Ahavat Yisrael.
Rabbi David Wolkenfeld
Senior Rabbi, Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel
