Encounter gave me access to neighborhoods and people which were otherwise off limits. I was able to see and hear things firsthand that I would not have experienced otherwise.
Miriam Heller Stern
Director, School of Education, Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew Union College
The opportunity to build relationships and process this intense experience with colleagues and new friends feels essential and a gift.
Rabbi Deborah Waxman
President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College/Jewish Reconstructionist Communities
Incredibly eye-opening, educational. It offers Jewish communal leaders a unique opportunity to get unfiltered facts about the current conditions.
Deborah Lauter
Executive Director, NYC Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes
I am so impressed with the staff and the culture of this organization.
Debbie Cosgrove
Chair, Jewish Women’s Foundation NY
Jewish communal leaders simply must recognize the need for us (right now!) to listen and learn, honor and engage, struggle and sit with all of these issues, narratives, experiences...for our sake collectively as a Jewish people, and specifically as American Jews.
Lindsey B. Mintz
Executive Director, Indianapolis JCRC
