Encounter reinforced that certainty is not our friend if we are going to be drivers of peace. We need more questions than answers, more curiosity than certainty.
Elana Kahn
Director, Jewish Community Relations Council of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation
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
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 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
The trip forever colors your understanding of the security of Israel… It deepens your knowledge and exposure no matter how much you've read.
Angie Atkins
Director of Heritage Alumni, Wexner Foundation
