In the midst of this global moment of upheaval, Encounter remains committed to bringing you the questions that need confronting, shaping the conversations we need to be having and considering
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In the midst of this global moment of upheaval, Encounter remains committed to bringing you the questions that need confronting, shaping the conversations we need to be having and considering
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Dr. John Ruskay is Executive Vice President emeritus of UJA-Federation of New York, Senior Fellow at the Jerusalem-based Jewish People Policy Institute, and a Senior Mentor in the Mandel Foundation
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Encounter is a profound and immersive experience that stirs its participants to see the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a new way. As Jewish communal leaders, we have easy access to the Jewish Israeli narrative. Through this sacred journey, on the other hand, we met people and heard personal and individual Palestinian stories that we would never have access to in another way. The cohort that traveled together was moved and by what we saw and heard, and we will use these experiences to broaden and deepen the dialogue on Israel/Palestine in the American Jewish community.
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Encounter offers an option for heckshered food from Jerusalem for all meals. For those who don’t opt for heckshered food, all food served is vegetarian Middle Eastern fare prepared in
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