The Foundation is a national non-profit dedicated to strengthening relations between ethnic communities. We are committed to the belief that direct, face-to-face dialogue between ethnic communities is the most effective path towards the reduction of bigotry and the promotion of reconciliation and understanding.

 

 

 

 


The Foundation Hosts First National Summit of
Imams and Rabbis in the United States

Afternoon session at the Islmaic Cultural Center of New York
Ambassador Abdul Wahab and Imam Omar Abu-Namous
Basya Laye and Dori Levine Dr Sayyid Muhammad Syeed

Imam Al-Hajj Talib ‘Abdur-Rashid and William Rapfogel

Imam Makram El-Amin and Rabbi Simeon Glaser,
of Minnesota

Imam Muhammad Shakoor and Rabbi Jeremy Schneider,
of Texas
Imam Samer Alraey, Russell Simmons, Rabbi Norman Roman and Imam Mohammed Mardini, of Michigan
Imam Syed Zaheer-Ul-Hassan and Rabbi Eric Silver,
of Connecticut
Imam Syed Zaheer-Ul-Hassan
Imam Zahir Bacchus and Rabbi Yosi Sapirman, of Canada Joel Cohen, Imam Omar Abu-Namous, Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Samer Alraey
Lara Mayouhas, Lena Alhusseini and Sarah Sayeed Morning session at the New York Synagogue
Participants and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder (bottom row, far right) Participants during a session

Participants engaging in dialogue

Participants
Rabbi Ellen Lippmann and Sarah Sayeed Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum, Russell Simmons, Sheikh Yassir Fazaga and Rabbi Steven Jacobs
Rabbi Lance Sussman and Imam Sakhawat Hussain,
of Pennsylvania
Rabbi Marc Schneier and Ambassador Abdul Wahab
Rabbi Marc Schneier and Russell Simmons Rabbi Yehuda Sarna and Imam Khalid Latif
Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder Russell Simmons and Dori Levine
Russell Simmons, Rabbi Marc Schneier, Imam Omar
Abu-Namous and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder
Sheikh Yassir Fazaga and Rabbi Steven Jacobs, of California
   

 

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The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding was founded in 1989 by Rabbi Marc Schneier and the late Joseph Papp.
We are committed to the belief that direct, face-to-face, dialogue between leaders of ethnic communities is
the most effective path toward the reduction of bigotry and the promotion of reconciliation and understanding.

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