FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier was interviewed by Laura Cellier on i24News Middle East Now to discuss yesterday’s historic visit of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to the Kingdom of Bahrain. A culmination of a personal journey Rabbi Schneier started 10 years ago in Bahrain.
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Arab News By: Rabbi Marc Schneier February 10, 2022 Last October, the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue decided to relocate from Vienna to Lisbon. The reasons why bear powerful lessons for us all. We often compare Vienna to Geneva as one of the great cities of multilateral diplomacy. The […]
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Newsweek By: Derrick Johnson and Rabbi Marc Schneier President and CEO of the NAACP; President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding February 01, 2022 You may wonder why the president and CEO of the NAACP and a prominent New York rabbi are joining forces for Black History Month. The answer is simple: Today, our communities […]
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Arab News By: Rabbi Marc Schneier January 26, 2022 The brazen missile attack on Abu Dhabi last week served as a reminder to the world that the Houthis pose a threat not just to the people of Yemen, but also to the broader stability of the Middle East and beyond. It is really a reminder […]
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Jewish Journal By: Aaron Bandler January 20, 2022 It began like any other Saturday morning for the synagogue, at least the type of Saturday morning to which the Jewish community has become accustomed in the age of COVID-19. “I’m grateful to be alive.” Those were the words that concluded Congregation Beth Israel Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker’s […]
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Israel Today By: Yossi Aloni January 19, 2022 “This is another expression of the change that the Middle East is undergoing towards Jews and Israel” In another sign of rapprochement between Saudi Arabia, the State of Israel and the Jewish world, the Saudi newspaper Arab News recently appointed Rabbi Marc Schneier as a regular columnist. […]
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The Jerusalem Post By: Jerusalem Post Staff January 17, 2022 Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, head of the Pittsburgh synagogue that was targeted in a deadly antisemitic attack in 2018, expressed his support for the Beth Israel synagogue following a hostage crisis. Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, head of the Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood […]
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Arab News By: Rabbi Marc Schneier January 16, 2022 As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US on Monday, let us recall the words of this peerless and universal civil rights leader, who emphasized that “our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation.” Clearly, the cause for […]
Read moreFFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier was interviewed by Laura Cellier on i24’s Middle East Now regarding his critical role in strengthening ties between Jews and other groups in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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Arab News By: Rabbi Marc Schneier December 28, 2021 Much has been made in recent months about a weakened US, humbled by its setbacks in Afghanistan and distracted by internal turmoil, abandoning its allies in the Arab world, and leaving behind a region mired in confusion and turmoil. The evidence for this narrative has been […]
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The Jerusalem Post By: Jeremy Sharon December 14, 2021 Azerbaijan will become one of only a handful of Muslim-majority countries to mark the day. Azerbaijan will for the first time mark International Holocaust Day on January 27, becoming one of only a handful of Muslim-majority countries to commemorate the day. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev […]
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Arab News By: Rabbi Marc Schneier December 11, 2021 In an era of unprecedented Jewish-Muslim breakthroughs, it takes a lot to surprise. Yet President Ilham Aliyev did just that last week when I met him in Baku, taking several groundbreaking actions to foster the long-term success of Azerbaijan’s Jewish community — the largest in the […]
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