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With coronavirus, Abrahamic faith practices must change. Here’s why | Opinion

Posted on May 1, 2020

In Rabbi Marc Schneier’s op-ed in USA Today, he wrote about how the advent of the Coronavirus has compelled the three Abrahamic faiths — Judaism, Christianity and Islam — to rethink how to maintain their ability to come together to express their beliefs and practice their religious rituals.

Minacce a sicurezza ed economia riavvicinano Israele e i Paesi del Golfo

Posted on March 11, 2020

Sputnik (Italian) March 11, 2020 Sembra che i Paesi del Golfo, tradizionalmente ostili a Israele, si stiano riavvicinando Tel Aviv, secondo il rabbino Marc Schneier, consigliere del Re del Bahrein. Tuttavia, non sarà possibile instaurare relazioni diplomatiche solide fino a quando la questione palestinese non sarà risolta. Alla luce dei risultati della terza tornata di elezioni Continue Reading »

Security, Economic Threats to Thaw the Ice Between Gulf and Israel – Advisor to Bahraini Monarch

Posted on March 4, 2020

Sputnik March 4, 2020 Gulf nations that have traditionally been hostile to Israel now appear to be getting closer to Tel Aviv, believes Rabbi Marc Schneier, an advisor to the King of Bahrain. But full diplomatic relations are not yet possible as long as the Palestinian issue remains unresolved. While the official results of Israel’s Continue Reading »

Rabbi in Saudi Royal Palace

Posted on February 25, 2020

The Micah Report By Micah Halpern Tuesday February 25, 2020 I’ve Been Thinking: Times are changing. I’ve said it before and I know I’ll be saying it again – and again. An Israeli rabbi was invited, as part of a group of interfaith leaders, to meet the King of Saudi Arabia in his palace. Rabbi Continue Reading »

Le roi saoudien reçoit un rabbin israélien au palais royal – une première

Posted on February 24, 2020

Times of Israel (French) By Raphael Ahren February 24, 2020 David Rosen, invité à Ryad dans le cadre d’une réunion interconfessionnelle, salue ce “moment révolutionnaire” ; mais dit que la question palestinienne reste un “plafond de verre” Pour la première fois de l’histoire des temps modernes, un rabbin a rencontré le monarque saoudien à Ryad Continue Reading »

Spread of a disease is no excuse to target particular communities

Posted on February 19, 2020

China Daily By Harvey Morris February 19, 2020 In the late 1950s, I was among the countless number across the world who fell prey to a global pandemic of what, in those politically incorrect days, was called “Asian flu”. I had an unpleasant week or so. In London alone, almost one-in-two schoolchildren caught the bug. Continue Reading »

Greenblatt: Palestinians’ aspirations are not rights

Posted on February 13, 2020

The Jerusalem Post By Lahav Harkov February 13, 2020 Greenblatt to continue work on ties between Israel and Gulf States. US President Donald Trump’s former representative for international organizations Jason Greenblatt may have left his White House job in September, but he’s not leaving his work in the region, he told The Jerusalem Post at Continue Reading »

Jews must set an example in resisting coronavirus anti-Chinese racism

Posted on February 13, 2020

The Jerusalem Post By Marc Schneier February 13, 2020 As a Jew, the upsurge of anti-Chinese bigotry triggered by the coronavirus brings back painful memories of medieval Europeans blaming Jews for the spread of the Black Death. Fear of the supposed “Yellow Peril” is back big time. The rapid spread of the coronavirus from its Continue Reading »

Netanyahu meetings with Saudis, Gulf leaders won’t happen before election

Posted on February 11, 2020

The Jerusalem Post By Lahav Harkov February 11, 2020 “There’s a regional balance of power,” Rabbi Marc Schneier explained. “In order to affect a real change, the Saudis would need to meet with the Israeli prime minister.” Meetings between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman or leaders of other Gulf Continue Reading »

Las reuniones de Netanyahu con los líderes del Golfo no sucederán antes de las elecciones

Posted on February 11, 2020

Noticias de Israel February 11, 2020 Las reuniones entre el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu y el príncipe heredero saudí Mohammad Bin Salman o los líderes de otros Estados del Golfo no tendrán lugar antes de las elecciones del 2 de marzo en Israel, dijo el rabino Marc Schneier a The Jerusalem Post el martes. Estos Continue Reading »

INTERFAITH LEADERS CONFRONT WORLD PROBLEMS AT UNITED NATIONS EVENT

Posted on February 10, 2020

Black Star News By Judy Kuriansky February 10, 2020 Pervasive violence. Devastating climate change. Religious and racial intolerance. Deadly epidemics. These themes threatening our world today were taken on by a panel of faith leaders, experts and high-level officials at a commemoration of an event during World Interfaith Harmony Week celebrated annually in early February Continue Reading »

The Gulf States’ Changing Attitudes towards Judaism: A Cultural Revolution in the Making

Posted on February 10, 2020

London School of Economics Middle East Center By Adam Hoffman and Dr Moran Zaga February 10, 2020 Dr Muhammad al-Issa’s unprecedented visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on 23 January 2020, the 75th anniversary of its liberation, marked a peak in a process of interfaith momentum that has been recently evident in the Muslim world, Continue Reading »