Dan’s Papers By Todd Shapiro September 17, 2023 While it may seem unconventional for a rabbi to consider the coming High Holy Days as down time, Rabbi Marc Schneier would be forgiven if that is how he sees it. Schneier, 64, founded The Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach 33 years ago. For the past 10 Continue Reading »
Jerusalem Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier August 26, 2023 On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, the Black-Jewish alliance must maintain its vigilance. On August 28, 1963, an estimated 250,000 Americans joined together in the historic March on Washington; gathering at the Lincoln Memorial to demand our nation fulfill the promise of Abraham Lincoln’s Continue Reading »
By Itamar Eichner, Reuters June 28, 2023 US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken affirms Biden administration’s concern about ongoing West Bank violence, saying Saudi Arabia won’t normalize without calm and dialogue U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said on Wednesday that building plans in Israeli settlements and the rise in violence throughout the West Bank Continue Reading »
By Handan Kazanci March 2, 2023 Rabbi Marc Schneier says he is ‘proud’ of Israel personnel who took part in earthquake search and rescue efforts ISTANBUL A prominent leader of the Jewish community in the US is in Istanbul to show solidarity with the Turkish people following the devastating Feb. 6 earthquakes which killed thousands Continue Reading »
By Marc Schneier January 25, 2023 As the UAE introduces Holocaust education in schools, the Arab world prepares itself to tackle the historical gap of knowledge. Let us be clear: The Gulf region and the Arab world do not bear culpability for the infamy of the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews. That responsibility rests solely on the Nazis, their Continue Reading »
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 Continue Reading »
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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 Continue Reading »
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 Continue Reading »
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 Continue Reading »
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 Continue Reading »
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 figures Continue Reading »
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