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November 29, 2022 Embracing America’s political complexity is the best approach

Arab News By: Rabbi Marc Schneier November 22, 2022 The results of this month’s midterm elections in the US shocked many of America’s closest political observers both here and abroad, as the Democrats significantly outperformed expectations during a cycle when the president’s party usually suffers at the polls. The Democrats will hold onto control of […]

November 4, 2022 Pope slams ‘childlike’ whims of powerful that start wars

By Nicole Winfield November 4, 2022 SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — With Russia’s war in Ukraine raging, Pope Francis joined Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders on Friday in calling for the great religions to work together for peace, telling an interfaith summit that religion must never be used to justify violence and that faith leaders must […]

Pope slams ‘childlike’ whims of powerful that start wars (ABC News)

ABC News By Nicole Winfield (Associated Press) November 4, 2022 Pope Francis has joined Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders in Bahrain in calling for the world’s great religions to work for peace SAKHIR, Bahrain — With Russia’s war in Ukraine raging, Pope Francis joined Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders on Friday in calling for the great religions to work together […]

November 3, 2022 First session of Bahrain Dialogue Forum held

November 3, 2022 Manama, Nov. 3 (BNA): The opening session of the “Bahrain Dialogue Forum: East and West for Human Coexistence” highlighted the importance of interreligious dialogue regionally and internationally. The session on “Promoting Global Coexistence and Human Fraternity” was moderated by Aladdin Project President, Dr. Leah Pisar. Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (SCIA) President, […]

October 28, 2022 Bahrain is a beacon of religious tolerance and coexistence

Arab News By: Rabbi Marc Schneier October 27, 2022 The eyes of the faithful around the world will focus on the small Arabian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain on Nov. 3-4 as it hosts a historic conference entitled the “Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East and West for Human Coexistence.” Participants will include Pope Francis, making the […]

September 23, 2022 Kazakhstan’s Unique Story of Building Interfaith Dialogue and Co-existence Must Be Told, Says US Rabbi

The Astana Times By Aibarshyn Akhmetkali September 22, 2022 ASTANA – With rising geopolitical confrontations around the world, the seventh Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions that took place in Astana on Sept. 14-15 could not have been more timely. Attended by high-level religious leaders, such as Pope Francis and Grand Imam of al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the congress […]

Марк Шнайер:«Евреям повезло, что они живут в такой толерантной стране, как Азербайджан»

Stegmi Media Group Azerbaijan September 23, 2022 Интервью СТМЭГИ с президентом Фонда этнического взаимопонимания (ФЭВ), американским раввином Марком Шнайером. – Недавно вы посетили Азербайджан. Скажите, пожалуйста, с чем был связан ваш визит? – Я считаю Баку своим вторым домом. Я бываю в Азербайджане 2-3 раза в году. У меня особые близкие отношения с Президентом Ильхамом […]

September 15, 2022 Muslim, Jewish leaders work for interfaith dialogue in Kazakhstan

i24News September 15, 2022 ‘Would like to say out loud the things we are able to say between us,’ Rabbi Lau tells Grand Imam of al-Azhar At the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan, Jewish-Muslim dialogue was ripe. The major interfaith conference– the seventh to be held in the Kazakh capital […]

Kazakhstan: Jewish Rabbi upholds role of religions in promoting peace (from Vatican News)

Herald Malaysia online (article from Vatican News) By Benedict Mayaki, SJ & Deborah Castellano Lubov September 15, 2022 American-born Rabbi Marc Schneier, the President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and a participant at the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, underscores the importance of religion in peace-building and speaks against imposing […]

September 14, 2022 Kazakhstan: Jewish Rabbi upholds role of religions in promoting peace

Vatican News By Benedict Mayaki, SJ & Deborah Castellano Lubov September 14, 2022 American-born Rabbi Marc Schneier, the President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and a participant at the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, underscores the importance of religion in peace-building and speaks against imposing religious beliefs on others. The […]

May 19, 2022 Sheikh Khalifa’s legacy of transformation and tolerance

Arab News By: Rabbi Marc Schneier May 19, 2022 The entire interfaith community mourns the loss of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the late president of the UAE, who oversaw dramatic transformation in his country — in terms of both economics and making the UAE a beacon of tolerance for the world. For 18 years, […]

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 […]