Entertainment Philanthropy Report 2015
Variety includes the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and its leadership in its Entertainment Philanthropy Report 2015
Muslim And Jewish Freedom Riders Travel To Spread Hummus Not Hate On November 5th Throughout Washington, DC
The 2nd Annual Spread Hummus Not Hate bus tour – a joint venture of the FFEU and the Greater Washington Muslim-Jewish Forum – will deliver a hopeful message to Washingtonians.
Amidst Violence at Home, Israel’s Chief Rabbi Finds Kindred Spirits Among Imams in New York
Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier October 20, 2015 On October 15, even as an ominous wave of violence escalated between Palestinians and Israelis in Jerusalem, I had the honor to host a luncheon at a New York City kosher restaurant at which the Chief Rabbi of Israel, David Lau, met and conversed warmly with a […]
Yom Kippur, Eid al-Adha: Common Faith, Common Fate
Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier As a rabbi and an imam who have been working together for nearly a decade to nurture ties of communication and cooperation between Muslims and Jews worldwide, we find it moving that two of the most important holidays in our respective faiths, Yom Kippur and Eid al-Adha, will overlap this […]
Samia Hathroubi on Sky News
In an interview with Sky News, FFEU European Director Samia Hathroubi discusses regional turmoil, terrorism and Islamophobia after the terrorist attacks in Tunisa, France and Kuwait.
Ramadan and the True Spirit of Islam
Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier Whenever I have the opportunity to attend a Ramadan iftar—the festive meal held every evening at sunset to break the daily fast that Muslims observe for the entire Holy Month of month—I find myself awed by the self-sacrifice and inner discipline of untold millions of individual Muslims who go […]
Rabbi Schneier meets with President of Azerbaijan
FFEU’s Rabbi Marc Schneier met in Baku with the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, His Excellency Mr. Ilham Aliyev to discuss Muslim-Jewish relations
On Public Transport: Support Free Speech, Not Hate Speech
HuffPost By Rabbi Marc Schneier I am a strong supporter of the right to free speech guaranteed in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a principle which is at the very heart of the liberties we enjoy in America. Nevertheless, I applaud the April 28 decision by the Board of the New York City […]
On Public Transport: Support Free Speech, Not Hate Speech
Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier I am a strong supporter of the right to free speech guaranteed in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a principle which is at the very heart of the liberties we enjoy in America. Nevertheless, I applaud the April 28 decision by the Board of the New York […]
Muslims DO Speak Out, We’re Just Not Listening
Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier April 6, 2015 On a February evening in Oslo, Norway more than 1,000 Muslims formed a ‘Ring of Peace’ around the Oslo Synagogue, thereby offering symbolic protection to the Norwegian Jewish community and making clear their utter rejection of the terrorist attack the previous weekend by an Islamist extremist […]
EU Rights Conference to Give Equal Billing to Anti-Semitism, Anti-Muslim Hatred
The Jerusalem Post By Sam Sokol Jewish organizations say that anti-Semitism is distinct from other types of discrimination, should not be conflated with other issues. Jewish organizations worldwide expressed shock and dismay over the weekend following the announcement that the European Commission is planning on holding a conference that implies an equivalence between anti-Semitism and […]
Muslims and Jews Must Speak out When Christians are Attacked
Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali As Christians all over the world mark one of the holiest days of their religious calendar, the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU) and the Nusantara Foundation applaud efforts toward communication, reconciliation and cooperation among all faiths. We are deeply concerned about the wholesale violation of […]