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US says Saudi Arabia-Israel normalization ‘impossible’ while West Bank tensions high

Posted on June 29, 2023

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 »

US rabbi visits Istanbul to show solidarity with Turkish people following deadly quakes

Posted on March 14, 2023

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 »

The Arab world is ready to learn about the Holocaust

Posted on January 26, 2023

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 »

Bagels and challah for Jews keeping kosher at World Cup

Posted on November 29, 2022

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 »

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

Posted on November 26, 2022

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Kosher in Qatar: Gulf state makes effort to accommodate Jewish guests for World Cup

Posted on November 23, 2022

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 »

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

Posted on November 22, 2022

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 »

World Cup: Religious Jews to get kosher food in Qatar

Posted on November 21, 2022

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 »

Kosher bagels allowed in Qatar for FIFA World Cup

Posted on November 21, 2022

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 »

US Rabbi Facilitates Kosher Food at the World Cup in Qatar

Posted on November 18, 2022

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 »

Pope slams ‘childlike’ whims of powerful that start wars

Posted on November 4, 2022

By Nicole Winfield November 4, 2022 SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — With Russia’s war in Ukraine raging, Pope Francis joined Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders on Friday in calling for the great religions to work together for peace, telling an interfaith summit that religion must never be used to justify violence and that faith leaders must Continue Reading »

Pope slams ‘childlike’ whims of powerful that start wars (ABC News)

Posted on November 4, 2022

ABC News By Nicole Winfield (Associated Press) November 4, 2022 Pope Francis has joined Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders in Bahrain in calling for the world’s great religions to work for peace SAKHIR, Bahrain — With Russia’s war in Ukraine raging, Pope Francis joined Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders on Friday in calling for the great religions to work together Continue Reading »