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December 28, 2021 Why the Middle East should not give up on Biden

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 […]

December 14, 2021 Azerbaijan to commemorate International Holocaust Day

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 […]

Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban attend the opening of the Chabad Ohr Avner school, Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 4, 2010. (Wikimedia Commons)

December 11, 2021 An interfaith miracle in Azerbaijan

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 […]

December 7, 2021 President Ilham Aliyev received President of US-based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received President of the US-based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding Marc Schneier.

November 19, 2021 A peaceful, happy holiday season for US Muslims, too

Arab News By: Rabbi Marc Schneier November 14, 2021 The US holiday season is defined by tradition, gratitude and family. It is a period to reflect on the blessings of life, celebrate communally with our neighbors, and spread the gifts of love and charity. No other time of year reminds us so strongly of our […]

November 8, 2021 Saudi Arabia — the true champion of the interfaith model

Arab News By: Rabbi Marc Schneier November 4, 2021 Five years ago, the very notion of Yeshiva University, the pre-eminent institution of higher Jewish learning in the US, honoring the secretary general of the Makkah-based Muslim World League would have been met with stupefaction or downright indignation. But such is the astounding ascendance of […]

November 6, 2021 L’Arabie saoudite, véritable défenseur du modèle interconfessionnel

Arab News French By: Rabbi Marc Schneier November 06, 2021 – Le Dr Mohammed ben Abdelkarim al-Issa, secrétaire général de la Ligue islamique mondiale, est devenu presque unanimement un champion interconfessionnel à l’échelle mondiale – Du centre Etidal, qui combat l’idéologie extrémiste, à l’adhésion aux délégations œcuméniques, le Royaume prouve sa réelle détermination à faire […]

September 14, 2021 Resolve needed to realize Abraham Accords’ vision of peace

Arab News By: Rabbi Marc Schneier Sept. 14, 2021 In the Talmudic “Ethics of the Fathers,” compiled almost two millennia ago, Rabbi Tarfon offers us several lessons on the importance of completing the unfinished task. “It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it,” he explains. […]

August 28, 2021 Rabbi Marc Schneier welcomed the newly appointed Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the U.S.

The Azeri Times August 28, 2021 Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU), welcomed to the United States His Excellency Khazar Ibrahim, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the U.S., at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Washington, DC on August 25th, 2021. Rabbi Schneier presented Ambassador Ibrahim with his new book, Sons of […]

August 20, 2021 Rabbi Marc Schneier hosted a farewell luncheon in New York City in honor of H.E. Elin Suleymanov

The Azeri Times August 20, 2021 Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU) hosted, on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, a farewell luncheon in New York City in honor of H.E. Elin Suleymanov who served as Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States from 2011 to 2021 and is […]

July 15, 2021 Erdogan in a message to Israel: “Use our ties with Hamas to your advantage”

Yedioth Ahronoth By: Itamar Eichner July 15, 2021 The Turkish president and his associates have sent messages to Israel that Ankara is interested in restoring relations with Jerusalem, and offers to act as a mediator with Hamas to advance Israeli interests such as the issue of prisoners and missing persons. Senior Israeli officials: We will […]

July 8, 2021 Abraham Accords about people, not politicians, writes Marc Schneier

Khaleej Times By: Rabbi Marc Schneier July 08, 2021 We are seeing friendship and love, and these warm sentiments are having a positive effect throughout the world. There was no Benjamin Netanyahu, and no Donald Trump or Jared Kushner in Abu Dhabi or Dubai as an Israeli foreign minister set foot in the UAE for […]