Nominations

Nominations For Encounter's Intensive Leadership Seminar
Thank you for your interest in nominating a Jewish communal leader for participation in one of Encounter’s Intensive Leadership Seminars.

Encounter’s Intensive Leadership Seminars, by-invitation-only, are heavily subsidized programs for deeply committed high-level Jewish professionals and volunteer leaders. Past participants of Encounter’s programs are invited to nominate colleagues and peers for participation in a future Intensive Leadership Seminar. Cohorts are carefully curated to reflect a diversity of sectors, denominational affiliation and political views.

Please Note: There is limited space in each cohort and as such, nominations do not guarantee an invitation.
First, Tell Us About You!

Nominator information is used to match with our records.
Nominator English Name *

First Name Last Name
Nominator Hebrew Name

שם משפחה שם פרטי
Email *
Phone Number
Please enter a valid phone number.
Are you a past participant of an Encounter Leadership Seminar? *

Yes No
When was the most recent Leadership Seminar you attended?
Year
Month

Nomination Guidelines

Please review the details below and then click NEXT to enter your nomination.
Encounter seeks to catalyze a changed Jewish communal engagement with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. To that end we are primarily focused on high-level senior Jewish professional and volunteer leaders, with a demonstrated track record of commitment to Jewish communal life and to engagement with Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

For Israeli Jewish Leader Nominations:

We are focused on high-level Israeli Jewish professional and volunteer civil society leaders, with a particular emphasis on leaders in the following sectors:
- Policy (career government professionals, municipal leadership, diplomats)
- Philanthropy & Business (philanthropists, foundation professionals, venture capitalists, business leaders)
- Public Square (media, public writing, cultural influencers)
- Education & Social Change (directors of leadership programs, heads of pre-army mechinot, ministry of education, municipal education departments, directors of social change organizations)
- Religious Leadership (rabbis, communal leaders, heads of yeshivot)
Cohorts are carefully curated to reflect a diversity of sectors, religious identities, socioethnic backgrounds, and political views.

For American Jewish Leader Nominations:

Please nominate professional or lay leaders in the following sectors:
- Jewish Federations: National and regional leadership
- Jewish Community Relations Councils: National and regional directors
- Jewish Life and Israel Engagement on Campus: National, regional and campus directors
- National Advocacy Organizations: National and regional leadership
- The Pulpit: Senior rabbis
- Institutions/Organizations of Higher Jewish Learning: Senior leaders of rabbinical schools and other institutions training Jewish leaders, emerging and existing
- Jewish Education: Leading researchers and practitioners
- Jewish Public Square: Media, artists, leaders ‘outside traditional sectors’
- American Jewish Philanthropy: Professional and volunteer leaders
- Individual Lay Leaders with track record of service in major organizations in American Jewish life
Cohorts are carefully curated to reflect a diversity of sectors, religious identities, socioethnic backgrounds, and political views.

About the Nominee

Please tell us as much as possible.
Nominee Name (English) *

First Name Last Name
Nominee Name (Hebrew)

First Name Last Name
Nominee Email *
example@example.com
Nominee Phone
Please enter a valid phone number.
Organization
Their primary affiliation relevant to Jewish leadership.
Title
Sector
What is your relationship to the nominee?
Is the nominee an American Jewish Leader or an Israeli Jewish Leader? *

American Jewish Leader Israeli Jewish Leader

Reason for this Nomination
Why are you nominating this person for participation in an Encounter Intensive Leadership Seminar?
How would you characterize the nominee’s sphere(s) of influence within American Jewish communal life?
How would you describe the nominee’s leadership capacity and style?
In your opinion, what value would the nominee bring to the broader cohort of peers?
Anything we should know about how the nominee may show up in group activities? As you know the Intensive is a very group-centered and process-oriented experience. Do you believe the nominee will function well within this culture?
Anything else you would like to add?

Next Steps

Click Submit to send your nomination to Encounter. We will evaluate the nomination and may begin to reach out to your nominee. Please let us know your contact preferences for this stage below.
Does the Nominee know that you are submitting this nomination? *

Yes No
May Encounter use your name when reaching out to the nominee? *

Yes No
HIDDEN, REQUIRED FIELDS

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Nominations For Encounter's Intensive Leadership Seminar

First, Tell Us About You!

Nomination Guidelines

About the Nominee

Reason for this Nomination

Next Steps

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