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Martin Luther King Jr., Israel and Obama

Posted on March 19, 2013

The Jerusalem Post By Marc Schneier There is no disputing the historic significance of President Barack Obama’s state visit to Israel. There is no disputing the historic significance of President Barack Obama’s state visit to Israel; his first since he was elected our nation’s chief executive just over four years ago. During his first term, Continue Reading »

Hannity Escalates Attack on Ellison

Posted on February 28, 2013

Politico By Kevin Cirilli Sean Hannity unleashed on Rep. Keith Ellison on Thursday night after a heated interview earlier in the week, charging that Ellison spent years spewing hateful rhetoric that the Fox News host suggested was as extreme as the Ku Klux Klan. On his program, Hannity linked Ellison to Nation of Islam leader Continue Reading »

The Muslim-Jewish side of Russell Simmons

Posted on February 27, 2013

Jewish Journal of Greater LA By Ryan Torok Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons is bringing his passion for Jewish-Muslim relations to the West Coast. Simmons, who co-founded record label Def Jam at the age of 26 and helped jumpstart the careers of the Beastie Boys and LL Cool J, relocated from New York to Los Angeles Continue Reading »

Congressional Hearings on Rising Anti-Semitism Must Acknowledge the Muslim Leaders Willing to Condemn It

Posted on February 26, 2013

Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold hearings today on the disturbing rise of anti-Semitism in Europe. In a pre-hearing interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, sub-committee chairman, Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), said that anti-Semitism “is getting demonstrably worse all over the world, but especially Europe … The Middle Continue Reading »

Embrace moderate Muslim leaders

Posted on February 23, 2013

Ynet By Rabbi Marc Schneier Op-ed: Prominent rabbi says increased willingness of European Muslim leaders to denounce attacks on Jews mustn’t be overlooked The delegates to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations deserve our united applause for travelling to Paris last week to express solidarity with French Jewry, which has endured a Continue Reading »

Jewish, Muslim Religious Leaders meet in Germany

Posted on February 16, 2013

The Jerusalem Post By Sam Sokol Dozens of imams hold Holocaust commemoration in Drancy, where Jews in 1942 were confined before being transported to extermination camps. Leaders of Jewish and Muslim communities in Germany met in Cologne on Tuesday in an effort by the New York based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding to “create long-term strategies Continue Reading »

Ed Koch: An Inspiration for Black-Jewish Relations

Posted on February 4, 2013

Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier New York City and the entire nation are mourning the passing of former Mayor Ed Koch, a larger-than-life figure who came to personify the city he ran with verve and ebullience for three full terms from 1978-1989. Coming to office at a time when New York was all but Continue Reading »

Willingness of Muslim Leaders to Denounce Anti-Semitism

Posted on February 4, 2013

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 »

Prayer honors partnership between Jews and Martin Luther King’s legacy

Posted on January 24, 2013

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 »

Driving out Darkness: Bringing Light to Our Youth by Spreading Dr. King’s Legacy

Posted on January 22, 2013

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 »

Dr. King’s Memory and the Jewish Conscience

Posted on January 20, 2013

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 »

Dr. King’s Memory and the Jewish Conscience

Posted on January 20, 2013

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 »