Director: Dr. Yehuda Stolov
Dr. Stolov is the Executive Director of the IEA and has been active in the interfaith field for many years. He brings a deep dedication to the fulfillment of the vision established over forty years ago. If you would like to speak with him directly or have any questions or comments about the IEA, you can contact him directly at yehuda@interfaith-encounter.org.
Along with his directorship at IEA, he also retains a membership with the Advisory Board of theFoundation for Interreligious Diplomacy, a status as founder of The Future Shapers Institute, a consultancy to the EUREPA Suisse SA and the Saint Nicholas Foundation.>
Interviews and talks with Dr. Stolov:
- Justvision
- Global Dialogue Center
- Chicago Public Radio’s Worldview (download as mp3)
- PRI’s The World
- Washington Jewish Week
- Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy
- Radio All for Peace (Winter, 2010) – interview is in Hebrew
- Yehuda giving a talk at the Inner Voice Retreat (28 July, 2011) – Introduction by Reverend Dr. Marcus Braybrooke
- Yehuda giving a talk at the Euphrates Summit (October, 2011)
The Easy Way to Peace in the Holy Land
In his TEDxJaffa talk, Dr. Yehuda Stolov presents the belief that peace in the Middle East is really quite simple — if we focus on our commonalities of our faith, rather than that which separates us.
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Dr. Yehuda Stolov gives a talk at the Second Emory Conference on Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding:>
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Assistant Director: Mr. Salah Alladin>
Board Members:
- Ms. Yael Gidanian (Chair)
- Mr. Moshe Jacobs
- Mr. Moran Muna
- Mr. Imad Abu Hasan
Audit Committee:
- Dr. Shlomo Alon
- Mr. Abdalla Abu Ghannem
International Advisory Council:
- Rabbi Saul Berman, Director of Continuing Rabbinic Education, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, and Adjunct Professor of Law, Columbia University
- Rabbi Dr. Tsvi Blanchard, Director of Organizational Development, Center for Learning and Leadership (CLAL), New York
- Rabbi Dr. Alan Brill, Cooperman/Ross Distinguished Professor of Jewish/Christian Studies in Honor of Sister Rose Thering, Seton Hall University
- Roshei Bernie Glassman, Founder, Zen Peacemaker Order
- Rabbi Dr. Marc Gopin, Director of the Center on Religion, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
- Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, co-founder, Muslim-Jewish Peace Walk
- Dr. Iftekhar Hai, United Muslims of America Interfaith Alliance
- Imam Yahya Hendi, Moslem Chaplain, Georgetown University
- Rabbi Dr. Asher Lopatin, Rabbi of Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation, Chicago, IL
- Prof. Katherine Marshall, Senior Fellow and Visiting Professor, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University
- Prof. Mohamed Mosaad Abdelaziz Mohamed, Professor of Islamic Studies, Northern Arizona University
- Dr. Eboo Patel, Executive Director, Interfaith Youth Core
- Dr. Charles R. Paul, President, Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy
- Father Dr. John Pawlikowski, OSM, Professor of Social Ethics at Catholic Theological Union and Director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies Program
- Rev. Dr. Donald Shriver, President & Professor of Ethics Emeritus Union Theological Seminary
- Rev. Dr. Krister Stendahl, Mellon Professor of Divinity Emeritus, Harvard Divinity School (deceased)
- Rev. Robert V. Thompson, former minister of Lake Street Church, Chicago, IL, and former Chair of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions
- Mr. Jon Wolf, Director, former social policy director of the Synagogue Council of America
- Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin, Chief Rabbi of Efrat and Chancellor of the Ohr Torah Stone Institutions
Friends of IEA:
United States Director:
Halim Johnson – Chicago, IL
halim@interfaith-encounter.org
West Coast Sponsor:
Rebecca Tobias
RebeccaTobias@gmail.com
Founding Board Members (retired):
- Rabbi Dr. Dov Maimon
- Sheikh Muhammad Kiwan
- Fr. Dr. George Khouri
- Sheikh Tawfiq Salameh
