Yehuda Stolov | |
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| Born | February 19, 1961 |
| Occupation | Executive Director of Interfaith Encounter Association |
| Website | https://interfaith-encounter.org/en/whos-who/ |
Yehuda Stolov, an Israeli, is a founder and the executive director of the Interfaith Encounter Association (IEA). [1] He currently resides in Jerusalem with his wife, Lia and his three kids.
Yehuda's education is very diverse. Prior to his college career, he studied several Jewish subjects at the yeshiva Mercaz HaRav Kook. He has a B.S. and an M.S. in physics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He also has a multidisciplinary PhD with a dissertation called Development Templates in Rabbi Nachman of Braslav’s Stories - a Complex Dynamic Approach. On top of that, he has received training for NGO leadership.
Along with his directorship at IEA, he also retained a membership with the Advisory Board of the Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy, a status as founder of The Future Shapers Institute, a consultancy to the EUREPA Suisse SA and the Saint Nicholas Foundation. He also is a member of the Standing Committee of “The Trialogue of Cultures” of the Herbert Quandt Foundation. Yehuda was also awarded the 2006 Prize for Humanity by the Immortal Chaplains Foundation. As described, this award honors those who "risked all to protect others of a different faith or ethnic origin [2] ".
Previously, he held the following titles:
• Membership with the Steering Committee for the United Nations Decade of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation for Peace.
• Membership in the Council of Demiurgus Peace International.
• Regional Coordinator of the Middle East and North Africa Region of the United Religions Initiative (URI).
• Membership in the Interim and Global Council of the URI.
• Co-organizer of The Contemporary Challenges to the Abrahamic Religions .
• Membership in the Executive Committee/Board of The International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ).
• Organizer in the second annual conference and of the Middle East Abrahamic Forum (MEAF).
• Co-organizer of the foundation conference of the Middle East Abrahamic Forum (with Egyptian, Jordanian and Palestinian counterparts).
• General Secretary of The Israel Interfaith Association.
• Membership in the Young Leadership Committee of the ICCJ.
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• "The Relevance of Freedom of Religion and Belief to the Sustainable Development Goals", side event to the Human Rights Council session, panel debate, March 7, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland.
• "The Interfaith Encounter Association", in Symposium on the follow-up to the Rabat Plan of Action and Beirut Declaration on “Faith for Rights”, 6–7 December 2017, Rabat, Morocco.
• "The Interfaith Encounter Association", in "Building a Culture of Peace in the Middle East and the Global Arena", January 12, 2016, Knesset (Israeli Parliament), Jerusalem.
• "Holy Land Peace through Interfaith Encounter – Digital & Human Connections", in the 34th World Congress of the International Association for Religious Freedom, 24–27 August 2014, Birmingham, UK.
• "Peace in the Holy Land. It Can be Done.", keynote speech at the conference "Religious Freedom and Responsibility For Planet and People", organized by International Association for Religious Freedom and World Congress of Faiths, 20–23 August 2013, Horsham, UK.
• "Shift your paradigm! - A proven approach for achieving peace in the Holy Land", in Limmud Conference, December 21–27, 2012, University of Warwick, UK.
• "Qualities for Productive Encounters Based on the Teachings of Sfat Emet", in Limmud Conference, December 21–27, 2012, University of Warwick, UK
• "The Dotted Kiss in Parasht Vayishlach - The Power of Encounter", in Limmud Conference, December 21–27, 2012, University of Warwick, UK.
• "Jerusalem-Hebron Religious Leaders Forum", in Regional Conference International Association for Religious Freedom – Europe-Middle-East, July 19–22, 2012, Elspeet The Netherlands.
• "The Interfaith Encounter Association – Education to Civil Excellence", in: "Excellence in Education 2012: Theory-Research-Practice", July 9–12, 2012, Jerusalem Israel.
• "Interfaith Encounter Association", in: "Inter-religious and Inter-Cultural Dialogue in a Changing Middle East – Challenges and Opportunities", May 30, 2012, Western Galilee College, Akko Israel
• “Interfaith Encounter and Peaceful Coexistence in the Holy Land”, in: "Second Emory Conference on Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding", June 17–19, 2011, Emory University, Atlanta GA, USA
• "Religion as a Bridge" (in Hebrew), in: "Religious Faith and the Jewish-Arab Conflict", April 13–14, 2011, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel.
• "Interreligious Grassroots-work in Jerusalem", in: "Jerusalem – Holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims", April 1–3, 2011, Lassalle-House, Bad Schönbrunn, Switzerland.
• "Interfaith Dialogue for an Open Jerusalem", in "Jerusalem: The Global Challenge", first Annual International Conference, October 14–16, 2010, Jerusalem, Israel.
• Keynote address in the conference “Religious Narratives on Jerusalem and their Role in Peace Building”, organized by The German Development Service (DED), Wasatia, and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Ramallah (KAS), 20 October 2009, Jerusalem, Israel.
• "Politics and Interfaith Encounter in the Holy Land", in: Euro-Mediterranean Meeting on Religious Diversity Management, 15–17 December 2008, Barcelona, Spain.
• "Religion as a Reform Mechanism", in: Religions and Reforms – International Conference Under the Patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan Bin Talal, 29–30 January 2007, Dead Sea, Jordan.
• "Interreligious Prevention and Mediation of Conflicts in Urban Areas – the Interfaith Encounter Association", in: "Congress on Religions and cultural Diversity: Mediation towards Social Cohesion", 18–20 December 2006, Barcelona, Spain.
• "RELIGION: NOT THE PROBLEM OF THE MIDDLE EAST BUT MAY BE A SOLUTION", in: "International Conference on Education for Peace & Democracy", 19–23 November 2006, Antalya, Turkey.
• in Sabanci University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution; 20 November 2006, Istanbul, Turkey.
• "The Interfaith Encounter Approach", in "Making Visions come true" – the IX. Nuerenberger Forum, 26–29 September 2006, Nuerenberg, Germany.
• "The Role of Religion for World Peace and Sustainability - The Interfaith Encounter Approach", in: "International Forum on Religion and Peace", June 9–10, 2006, Seoul, Korea.
• "The Role of Religion for World Peace and Sustainability in the 21st Century", in: "2006 World Religious Leaders' Conference", June 8–14, 2006, Seoul, Korea.
• “Building Human Peace through Interfaith Dialogue” – in “Religion and State” and “Media” seminars at the School of Law in Tel Aviv University, 9 December 2003 and 5 January 2005.
• “Self-education for Peace Through Interfaith Dialogue”, in “Alternative peace Education in a Violent Conflict” – Annual conference of the peace Education Forum, The Truman Institute – the Hebrew university of Jerusalem, 21–22 October 2003.
• “The Human Globalization: A View from the Holy Land”, in “An inter-faith Perspective on Globalisation” – International Conference in the Summer School of Plater College, Oxford UK, July 2002.
• “What are Stories Made of? A Mechanical Analysis of Texts”, in the Thirteenth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, August 2001.
• “Plurality – a Jewish View”, in: “The Contemporary Challenges to the Abrahamic Religions”, conference on the Abrahamic Religions, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, August 2000.
• “The Struggle for Peace in Israel” in the 30th World Congress of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF), Vancouver, August 1999.
• Numerous lectures, in Israel and abroad, on the theory and practice of the work of the Interfaith Encounter Association.
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