The Jerusalem Post By Marc Schneier Last March, in the wake of the killings in Toulouse, large numbers of French Muslims took part in interfaith demonstrations. Earlier this week, Israeli Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein unveiled a report on worldwide anti-Semitism which shows an alarming rise in anti-Jewish incidents during 2012, including Continue Reading »
Brooklyn Daily Eagle By Francesca Norsen Tate January 24, 2013 The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, in cooperation with UJA Federation of New York and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, has authored a prayer that was read in synagogues across the country on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Weekend, Saturday, Jan. 19. Continue Reading »
Huffington Post By Michelle Schweiger Schecter In an event held on the eve of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, I had the pleasure of introducing Rabbi Marc Schneier to a group of teens at Renaissance Education, Music, and Sports, a not-for-profit that serves the South Bronx by providing music and sports enrichment programming, as well Continue Reading »
Jewish Daily Forward By Marc Schneier This year, we commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on January 21, the same day that we celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama to his second term as president of the United States. Martin Luther King Jr. Day also marks the beginning of a year-long observance Continue Reading »
Jewish Daily Forward By Marc Schneier This year, we commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on January 21, the same day that we celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama to his second term as president of the United States. Martin Luther King Jr. Day also marks the beginning of a year-long observance Continue Reading »
Palm Beach Daily News By Betty Nelander A national prayer honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., written by Rabbi Marc Schneier, will be inaugurated at a special service Saturday at New Synagogue, 235 Sunrise Ave. The prayer has been distributed to thousands of Jewish organizations and in advertising. Schneier, author of Shared Dreams: Martin Continue Reading »
Global Grind By Russell Simmons Editor’s Note: This article was originally written for The Huffington Post by Russell Simmons & Rabbi Marc Schneier On Jan. 7, exactly two weeks before we are to simultaneously celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and inaugurate Barack Obama to his second term as President of the Continue Reading »
Jewish Telegraphic Agency By Gil Shefler NEW YORK (JTA) — An interfaith group distributed a specially composed memorial prayer for the Rev. Martin Luther King to U.S. synagogues. The prayer sent out by the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding honoring King is to be recited on Jan. 19, the Sabbath before the federal holiday two days Continue Reading »
Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier and Russell Simmons On Jan. 7, exactly two weeks before we are to simultaneously celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and inaugurate Barack Obama to his second term as President of the United States, sinister advertisements went up in dozens of subway stations around New York City, Continue Reading »
By Rabbi Marc Schneier The end of year 2012 coincides with the end of days for our Patriarch Jacob, which was the focus of the biblical reading last Shabbat. Jacob, lying on his deathbed, looks over to his children. Will he remember the internecine conflict among his sons, the hatred among the brothers, the attempt Continue Reading »
Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier Hanukkah, the eight day holiday which the Jewish people just observed, is first and foremost, about miracles. Hanukkah commemorates both the miracle of the victory of the Jewish people led by Judah Maccabee in their uprising against their Greek oppressors in 165 B.C.E. and the miracle that the menorah Continue Reading »
The Times of Israel By Rabbi Marc Schneier Miracles have always played a major role in Jewish history; indeed, the very survival of the Jews as a people, despite nearly 2000 years of exile and persecution, is the greatest miracle of all. Yet in the Talmud, our sages remind us that one must not rely Continue Reading »
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