Upcoming presentations of the award winning Encounter Point video

Pangea Day, May 10, Sony Picture Studios - no seats left
University Synagogue, Monday May 12, 7pm

Present the acclaimed documentary:

Monday May 12th at 7pm

University Synagogue
11960 Sunset blvd. Los Angeles, 90049

Jointly produced by a Palestinian, Israeli, North and South American team of young women, Encounter Point follows the stories of courageous Palestinian and Israeli parents who share the common experience of losing a child to conflict. They work on a grassroots level for change by sharing their grief and publicly abandoning hatred.

The film has screened from New York to Dubai to Jerusalem, Jenin, Ramallah, Sderot and Tel Aviv. Across the globe, Encounter Point is inspiring audiences to look beyond the mainstream media's portrayal of violence and militancy. Discussion topics and activities in the screening guides focus on civic leadership, peace building, breaking stereotypes, and media literacy.

You can learn more about this effort through the non-profit organization Just Vision, and read in-depth interviews with dozens of Israeli and Palestinian civilians working to stem hatred, promote reconciliation, understanding and nonviolence among diverse constituencies in Israel and Palestine at the website www.justvision.org.

Trailers, reviews, free downloadable screening guides and more information about Encounter Point are online at: www.encounterpoint.com.

The University Synagogue is under construction but the parking lot is open, first driveway on the left below Sunset on Saltair Avenue.  Saltair is four-five lights west of the 405 Freeway Sunset Blvd. exit. To RSVP for this event, please call: Rebecca Tobias 310.916.8888 or email to Rebecca@RaoulWallenbergInstitute.org.

The Wallenberg Institute has adopted the award winning documentary Encounter Point as the keystone of its 2008 Middle East Peace Project.  Part of our plan is to build an ongoing Middle East Peace Dialog with both Interfaith and Political components on the net as an outcome of our 2008 work.

"Encounter Point" introduces us to dozens of everyday heroes, courageous Israelis and Palestinians working together to make co-existence and reconciliation a reality. Their insights are shaping a new paradigm of compassion and courage.

"Love heals spiritually, physically, psychologically and politically. Politics is about relationships. Come to any relationship with a clear conscience, an open heart, and rolled up sleeves and the best that resides within us will manifest itself. G-d, and the universe rejoices, and the true nature of our souls are exercised." -- Rebecca Tobias, Wallenberg Institute Program Director

Swedish Diplomat Raoul Wallenberg saved the lives of over 100,000 Jews in Hungary from 1944 to 1945. He issued schutz-passes (protective passes), and maintained a number of safehouses throughout Hungary.

He was detained by the Soviet government in 1945, and his subsequent whereabouts are still unknown. 

The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Ethics is currently working to document and archive the stories of those who met Wallenberg or were saved by his courageous deeds.

If you or someone you know were in Budapest during 1944 or 1945 and would like to contribute to this archive by offering your personal testimony, please call Rebecca Tobias at 310-916-8888 or email at Rebecca@raoulwallenberginstitute.org.

Volunteer journalists, photographers and filmmakers are invited to join in our efforts to chronicle these accounts.