Yehuda Stolov is the executive director of the Interfaith Encounter Association that works since 2001 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 throughout the world and published many papers on related issues. He was awarded in 2006 the Immortal Chaplains Foundation's Prize for Humanity; and in 2015 the IIE Victor J. Goldberg Prize for Peace in the Middle East.  He holds a B.Sc. and a 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.