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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Inside Israel, both religious Muslims and Jews celebrate major religious holidays in ways that may bend the war in Gaza toward peace. By The Monitor’s Editorial Board April 19, 2024 Despite nearly seven months of war between Hamas and Israel, and lately attacks between Iran and Israel, both Jews and Muslims living in Israel […]
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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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Arab News By: Rabbi Marc Schneier April 5, 2023 Passover is the holiday celebrating the birth of the Jewish nation, a recounting of how God delivered the ancient Israelites from their enslavement in Egypt and allowed them to prosper for thousands of years as a people. But this annual commemoration, sacred to Jews all over […]
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Gulf Business By: Rabbi Marc Schneier March 27, 2021 All the major Abrahamic faiths will be celebrating festivals of spring at the same time this year, symbolising hope for the year ahead This year, the Jewish holiday of Passover takes place from March 27-April 4, only one week before the advent of the monthlong Ramadan. […]
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Arab News By: Rabbi Marc Schneier March 26, 2021 “As we celebrate with friends and families, Jews and Muslims in the US can each honor the triumph of our common cause.” On Saturday, Jews around the world will commemorate the Exodus of the Israelites from enslavement when they celebrate the holiday of Passover, abstaining from […]
Read moreGulf Business By: Rabbi Marc Schneier March 2020 All the major Abrahamic faiths will be celebrating festivals of spring at the same time this year, symbolizing hope for the year ahead This year, the Jewish holiday of Passover takes place from March 27-April 4, only one week before the advent of the month-long Ramadan. The […]
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