By Bloomberg News November 30, 2023 Hamas’s assault and the Israeli military response in Gaza is fueling antisemitism and Islamophobia faster than governments can react. Three college students of Palestinian descent out walking over the Thanksgiving break were shot in Vermont. A synagogue in Berlin was hit with Molotov cocktails. And a mosque in Ottawa was smeared with excrement. […]
Desert News By Hanna Seariac November 29, 2023 On Saturday, three college students of Palestinian descent were shot and injured in Burlington, Vermont, as they walked to a family member’s home for dinner. Authorities are currently investigating this attack as a possible hate crime, The Associated Press reported. A 48-year-old man named Jason Eaton […]
Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and Imam Shamsi Ali, spiritual leader of the Jamaica Muslim Center, talk about their work to combat antisemitism and hatred on college campuses.
FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier and Nusantara Foundation President Imam Shamsi Ali speak out against hate speech (FOX | Nov. 3, 2023).
CBS New York By Jennifer Bisram November 2, 2023 NEW YORK — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, faith leaders from both the Muslim and Jewish faiths came together Thursday to talk with college students in the Bronx, hoping to promote peace. They met with Muslim students at CUNY’s Lehman College. “We feel as religious […]
FOX 5 NY’s Sharon Crowley reports on Rabbi Schneier and Imam Ali’s meeting with Muslim student leaders at CUNY’s Lehman College (Nov. 2, 2023)
News 12 By Heather Fordham and Adolfo Carrion November 2, 2023 Members of the Jewish and Muslim community met with students at Lehman College’s campus on Thursday to address both groups’ concerns and spread the message that hate has no place on campus. An imam and rabbi came together to meet with student leaders […]
Rabbi Marc Schneier discusses with I24News plans to combat antisemitism on college campuses (Oct. 31, 2023)
Southampton Press By Cailin Riley November 1, 2023 The war in Gaza is unfolding thousands of miles away, but since it began, American Jews have been embroiled in a different kind of war at home. Antisemitic attacks and threats have risen sharply since Israel began an intense bombing campaign and ground war inside Gaza, […]