Dr. Yehuda Stolov

Yehuda Stolov is the executive director of the Interfaith Encounter Association, an organization that works to build peaceful inter-communal relations in the Holy Land by fostering mutual respect and trust between people and communities through active interfaith dialogue.

Dr. Stolov has lectured on the role of religious dialogue in peace-building throughout the world, including Jordan, India, Indonesia, Turkey, South Korea, North America and Europe.  He also published many papers on related issues.

In 2006, he was awarded the Immortal Chaplains Foundation Prize for Humanity, which honors those who “risked all to protect others of a different faith or ethnic origin.”

Among other activities, Dr. Stolov was a member of the steering committee for the United Nations Decade of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation for Peace.

He holds a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in Physics and a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is married and father of three children, living in Jerusalem.

Featuring Dr. Yehuda Stolov …

Executive Director of the Interfaith Encounter Association

An interview with Dr. Stolov on Middle East peace talks through the Global Dialogue Center.

Just Vision interview with Dr. Stolov.

Washington Jewish Week article on IEA and Dr. Stolov.

Video interview with Dr. Stolov through the Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy.

Dr. Stolov’s page on the Peace and Collaborative Development Network.

Dr. Stolov’s article titled, “Overcoming Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia” in the Palestine-Israel Journal.

An interview with Chicago Public Radio: Dr. Stolov discusses interfaith encounters.

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