Archive: January 2025

MLK and Donald Trump’s shared vision

Posted on January 17, 2025

President Trump continues Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy as he works to bring peace to the Middle East President Donald Trump must continue to build on Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision By MARC SCHNEIER January 17, 2025 President Donald Trump’s second-term inauguration on January 20, 2025, will coincide with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a time Continue Reading »

Addressing the Global Summit of Religious Leaders (Cop29)

Posted on November 5, 2024

Rabbi Schneier joined H.E. Mukhtar Babayev, President of COP29, and  Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims’ Board, to address The Global Summit Of Religious Leaders (Cop29), “World Religions For A Green Planet”. The Summit provided a strong spiritual framework to the many ministers and political leaders who participated in the Cop29, since it Continue Reading »

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

Posted on February 1, 2024

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 Continue Reading »

No surprises in Saudi desire for two-state solution

Posted on January 29, 2024

On Sept. 22, 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood triumphantly at the podium of the UN General Assembly and proclaimed to the world, including those so-called pundits who doubted his peacemaking ability and acumen, that the Abraham Accords, signed by Israel with the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan in 2020, had “heralded the dawn of a new age of peace.” Then he asserted boldly: “But I believe we are at the cusp of an even more dramatic breakthrough: an historic peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia.”

On Martin Luther King Jr day: What is the response to antisemitism? – opinion

Posted on January 15, 2024

By Rabbi Marc Schneier January 14, 2024 The challenge remains as to whether Black activists today will emulate Dr. King in unequivocally denouncing the rise of antisemitism in America and calling it out within their community.     The image is chilling in its overt and malevolent celebration of the brutal Hamas attack of last Continue Reading »

Jews, Muslims coexist at kosher, halal bakery in Westhampton Beach

Posted on December 17, 2023

By Bart Jones Long Island / Suffolk – ONLY IN NEWSDAY December 17, 2023     War is raging in the Middle East, but in Westhampton Beach an example of peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Jews is thriving. About five years ago, Rashid Sulehri, a Muslim immigrant from Pakistan, bought the only kosher bakery on Continue Reading »

A Wave of Hate Crime Unleashed by Israel-Hamas War Is Testing the World

Posted on November 30, 2023

By Bloomberg News November 30, 2023 Hamas’s assault and the Israeli military response in Gaza is fueling antisemitism and Islamophobia faster than governments can react.   Three college students of Palestinian descent out walking over the Thanksgiving break were shot in Vermont. A synagogue in Berlin was hit with Molotov cocktails. And a mosque in Ottawa was smeared with excrement. Continue Reading »

The disturbing rise of antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes

Posted on November 29, 2023

Desert News By Hanna Seariac November 29, 2023   On Saturday, three college students of Palestinian descent were shot and injured in Burlington, Vermont, as they walked to a family member’s home for dinner. Authorities are currently investigating this attack as a possible hate crime, The Associated Press reported. A 48-year-old man named Jason Eaton Continue Reading »

Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali on MSNBC discussing their work to combat antisemitism and hatred on college campuses

Posted on November 10, 2023

  Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and Imam Shamsi Ali, spiritual leader of the Jamaica Muslim Center, talk about their work to combat antisemitism and hatred on college campuses.  

Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali condemn hate speech and Islamophobia

Posted on November 6, 2023

  FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier and Nusantara Foundation President Imam Shamsi Ali speak out against hate speech (FOX | Nov. 3, 2023).  

Muslim & Jewish faith leaders come together to discuss peace, unity with New York college students

Posted on November 3, 2023

CBS New York By Jennifer Bisram November 2, 2023   NEW YORK — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, faith leaders from both the Muslim and Jewish faiths came together Thursday to talk with college students in the Bronx, hoping to promote peace. They met with Muslim students at CUNY’s Lehman College. “We feel as religious Continue Reading »

Fox5 reports on Rabbi Schneier and Imam Ali’s meeting with Muslim Students at Lehman College

Posted on November 3, 2023

  FOX 5 NY’s Sharon Crowley reports on Rabbi Schneier and Imam Ali’s meeting with Muslim student leaders at  CUNY’s Lehman College (Nov. 2, 2023)