Opinion: By recalling our ancestors’ centuries of suffering on Passover, we not only remember their pain but cultivate a compassionate imagination; despite threats, Israel moves forward, reclaiming the Jewish people’s strength and dignity By Rabbi Marc Schneier April 26, 2024 Many of us – including myself – sat around this year’s Passover Seder with […]
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Even amid the war between Israel and Hamas the conflict has not morphed into a more calamitous religious war between Muslims and Jews. By Rabbi Marc Schneier April 18, 2024 The word “religion” in English comes from the Latin word “religare” which means to bind together. Indeed, we think of religion as a force […]
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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, […]
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News 12 By News 12 Staff October 28, 2023 The group met with both Imam Shamsi Ali and Rabbi Marc Schneier at Beach Bakery Grand Cafe, a Kosher restaurant in the Hamptons owned by a devout Muslim family. “Right now, it’s really hard to be Jewish,” said Elizabeth Direktor, a student at Baruch College. […]
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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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