Rabbi Melissa Weintraub is an educator, facilitator, and trainer working to transform conflict in the face of polarized, entrenched divisions. Melissa is the founding director of Encounter, an organization dedicated to strengthening the capacity of the Jewish people to be agents of change in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A Conservative Rabbi and noted speaker, Melissa has lectured and taught on four continents and is the author of several articles treating the ethics of war and peace in Jewish sources.