Organizations Filed Purposes:
ENCOUNTER INVITES JEWISH LEADERS TO EXPAND THEIR VIEW OF THE ISRAELI- PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND TO BE A POSITIVE FORCE FOR COMMUNAL CHANGE. ENCOUNTER IS A NONPARTISAN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION CULTIVATING MORE INFORMED AND CONSTRUCTIVE JEWISH LEADERSHIP ON THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. WE ENABLE DEEPLY COMMITTED JEWISH INFLUENCERS TO ENCOUNTER FIRSTHAND THE PEOPLE, PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES AT THE HEART OF THE CONFLICT. OUR PROGRAMS INSPIRE NEW PERSPECTIVES, NEW CONVERSATIONS AND NEW APPROACHES TO THE CONFLICT. WE ARE BUILDING A DIVERSE JEWISH LEADERSHIP NETWORK ACROSS RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL LINES. AT ENCOUNTER, WE BELIEVE JEWISH LEADERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENGAGE SERIOUSLY WITH A DIVERSE SET OF VOICES TO ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DYNAMICS THAT ANIMATE THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. WHERE ISRAEL WAS ONCE A UNIFYING JEWISH COMMUNAL FORCE, THE SUBJECT OF THE CONFLICT IS NOW ONE OF THE MOST DIVISIVE AND POLARIZING IN AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE. OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS LEADERS WH
ENCOUNTER OFFERS A RANGE OF IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES IN THE WEST BANK FOR JEWISH LEADERS AND INFLUENCERS. FOR SENIOR JEWISH LEADERS, WE OFFER OUR EXECUTIVE LEVEL INTENSIVE LEADERSHIP SEMINARS, WHICH INCLUDE PRE- AND POST-TRAVEL PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS A FOUR-DAY TRAVEL COMPONENT IN BETHLEHEM AND SURROUNDING AREAS, EAST JERUSALEM, AND RAMALLAH.
THROUGH OUR NORTH AMERICA-BASED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS, ENCOUNTER CONVENES OPEN, HONEST AND UNCENSORED DISCUSSION ON ISSUES AT THE HEART OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. OUR CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMMING OFFERS JEWISH LEADERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ONGOING LEARNING THROUGH ENCOUNTERS WITH PALESTINIANS AND THOUGHT LEADERS ON THE CONFLICT. TAILORED PROGRAMMING FOR PAST PARTICIPANTS PROVIDES A PLATFORM TO LEVERAGE THEIR MEMBERSHIP IN ENCOUNTER'S WIDER COMMUNITY, ACCESSING A NETWORK OF THOUGHTFUL PEERS TO SERVE AS THOUGHT PARTNERS AND EXCHANGING BEST PRACTICES WITH COLLEAGUES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Yona Shem-Tov | EXECUTIVE DI | 40 | $137,016 |
| Yoni Gordis | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Meyer Koplow | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jon Levisohn | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jonathan Lopatin | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Martin Bresler | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Daniel Septimus | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Marion Lev-Cohen | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Julie Shaffer | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Steven Jacobson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| David Karnovsky | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Phyllis Goldman | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Sally Gottesman | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
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