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 »
Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier The juxtaposition of events was at once startling and profoundly reassuring. Last week in Vienna, only a few days after a cease-fire put an end to the recent exchange of missile fire between Israel and Gaza, I had the privilege of attending the opening of the King Abdullah Bin Continue Reading »
Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali In the run up to Thanksgiving, hundreds of Muslims and Jews have joined together in cities across North America to serve nourishing meals to hungry and homeless people. In the process, they are also manifesting that even on occasions like the present moment, when violence Continue Reading »
The Times of Israel By Rabbi Marc Schneier Next week, on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish community will gather together to read the Torah portion detailing one of the earliest and most troubling family rivalries in human history – but one whose resolution can provide us all with a measure of hope for a better tomorrow. Continue Reading »
FFEU’s Weekend of Twinning set to take place at 250 Jewish and Muslim institutions in 26 countries at some 125 meetings.
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