Qatar – Foundation For Ethnic Understanding

February 1, 2024 An American Rabbi Close to the Saudi Royal Family: Normalization? Only in exchange for a Palestinian state

Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, wrote in Arab News that any Saudi involvement in Gaza’s reconstruction and normalization of relations with Israel will only come with a promise of progress toward a two-state solution. In his article, the rabbi urged Netanyahu: “This historic opportunity must be embraced.” By Itamar Eichner […]

April 5, 2023 Passover means rebirth, now as much as ever

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 […]

March 30, 2023 Rabbi Schneier’s I24 interview about the opening of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Tel Aviv

Rabbi Schneier on I24news addresses the significance of the opening of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tel Aviv, the necessity to revive Israeli-Palestinian engagement to sustain and grow the Abrahamic Accords and the opportunity that arises for Israel with the Iran-Saudi Arabia rapprochement.

November 29, 2022 Bagels and challah for Jews keeping kosher at World Cup

By Mariam Fam, Associated Press November 29, 2022 DOHA, Qatar — Rabbi Eli Chitrik’s phone buzzes. A woman is about to show up at his Doha hotel to pick up her lunch: two bagel sandwiches. It’s one of many calls and messages Chitrik is receiving these days for bagel sandwiches, freshly made in a designated kosher […]

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 26, 2022 “We opened the first kosher kitchen in the history of Qatar” (Article in Hebrew and video interview in English)

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November 23, 2022 Kosher in Qatar: Gulf state makes effort to accommodate Jewish guests for World Cup

By David Isaac November 23, 2022 While Qatar can hardly be considered a friend of Israel, harboring as it does Hamas and other Islamic extremists and pouring millions into the Gaza Strip, when it comes to Jews visiting the country for the FIFA World Cup it has been very accommodating, contrary to early reports which […]

November 22, 2022 There’s no beer at the World Cup in Qatar, but there are kosher bagels

By David Klein November 22, 2022 (JTA) — Qatar may have caused an uproar by banning alcohol at the World Cup soccer tournament in Doha this month, but for religious Jewish fans, some kosher offerings will be available, thanks to two rabbis. Rabbi Marc Schneier, from New York, and Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, the Hasidic Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s emissary […]

Rabbi Marc Schneier’s discusses with Kosher Qatar World Cup initiative with I24News

Rabbi Marc Schneier joins Laura Cellier of I24News to quash false reports that Qatar has banned Kosher food. With thousands of Israelis flocking to the World Cup tournament being held in the Gulf state, Rabbi Schneier shares his experience working with Qatari officials to provide observant Jews with Kosher food during their stay. Qatar and […]

November 21, 2022 World Cup: Religious Jews to get kosher food in Qatar

By Johanna Afriat November 21, 2022 The kosher kitchen is under the supervision of Rabbi Mendy Chitrik of Istanbul Practicing Jewish supporters who come to watch the World Cup matches in Qatar benefit from kosher food on site, according to the spokesperson for the Israeli delegation present in the Arab state. “Several rabbis from other […]

Kosher bagels allowed in Qatar for FIFA World Cup

By Zvika Klein November 21, 2022 Rabbi Marc Schneier of New York denied the claims published by The Jerusalem Post that Qatar banned hot kosher food and Jewish prayer. Schneier, an influential Jewish figure in the Muslim world and president of the New York-based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, a global center for Muslim-Jewish relations, said on Monday that […]

November 18, 2022 US Rabbi Facilitates Kosher Food at the World Cup in Qatar

November 18, 2022·3 min read Rabbi Marc Schneier of New York Facilitates First Kosher Kitchen in Qatar Jewish Fans Can Rejoice as Kosher Food Available for FIFA World Cup Opening on Nov. 20 Collective Effort with Qatari and US Congressional Officials DOHA, Qatar, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Rabbi Marc Schneier of New York, widely considered one of the most influential Jewish […]