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How Colleyville Unfolded

Posted on January 20, 2022

Jewish Journal By: Aaron Bandler January 20, 2022 It began like any other Saturday morning for the synagogue, at least the type of Saturday morning to which the Jewish community has become accustomed in the age of COVID-19. “I’m grateful to be alive.” Those were the words that concluded Congregation Beth Israel Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker’s Continue Reading »

Saudi Newspaper Appoints Rabbi as Regular Columnist

Posted on January 19, 2022

Israel Today By: Yossi Aloni January 19, 2022 “This is another expression of the change that the Middle East is undergoing towards Jews and Israel” In another sign of rapprochement between Saudi Arabia, the State of Israel and the Jewish world, the Saudi newspaper Arab News recently appointed Rabbi Marc Schneier as a regular columnist. Continue Reading »

Tree of Life rabbi shares support for Colleyville synagogue

Posted on January 17, 2022

The Jerusalem Post By: Jerusalem Post Staff January 17, 2022 Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, head of the Pittsburgh synagogue that was targeted in a deadly antisemitic attack in 2018, expressed his support for the Beth Israel synagogue following a hostage crisis. Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, head of the Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood Continue Reading »

For the first time: a rabbi receives a regular column in a Saudi newspaper

Posted on January 9, 2022

Ynet By: Itamar Eichner January 09, 2022 Arab News, the leading Saudi newspaper published in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf, has appointed senior Orthodox Rabbi Marc Schneier as a regular columnist for the paper. “This is another expression of the change that the Middle East is undergoing towards Jews and Israel,” the rabbi told Continue Reading »

Israeli TV channel hails friendship between Azerbaijan and Israel

Posted on January 7, 2022

AZERTAC January 7, 2022 Israeli “i24 News” TV channel has broadcast a program highlighting a genuine friendship between the Jewish and Azerbaijani peoples. Speaking at the program, President of the US-based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding Rabbi Marc Schneier emphasized that Azerbaijan, which hosts the largest Jewish community among the Muslim countries, is a model of Continue Reading »

Azerbaijan to commemorate International Holocaust Day

Posted on December 14, 2021

The Jerusalem Post By: Jeremy Sharon December 14, 2021 Azerbaijan will become one of only a handful of Muslim-majority countries to mark the day. Azerbaijan will for the first time mark International Holocaust Day on January 27, becoming one of only a handful of Muslim-majority countries to commemorate the day. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev Continue Reading »

L’Arabie saoudite, véritable défenseur du modèle interconfessionnel

Posted on November 6, 2021

Arab News French By: Rabbi Marc Schneier November 06, 2021 – Le Dr Mohammed ben Abdelkarim al-Issa, secrétaire général de la Ligue islamique mondiale, est devenu presque unanimement un champion interconfessionnel à l’échelle mondiale – Du centre Etidal, qui combat l’idéologie extrémiste, à l’adhésion aux délégations œcuméniques, le Royaume prouve sa réelle détermination à faire Continue Reading »

Rabbi Marc Schneier welcomed the newly appointed Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the U.S.

Posted on August 28, 2021

The Azeri Times August 28, 2021 Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU), welcomed to the United States His Excellency Khazar Ibrahim, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the U.S., at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Washington, DC on August 25th, 2021. Rabbi Schneier presented Ambassador Ibrahim with his new book, Sons of Continue Reading »

Rabbi Marc Schneier hosted a farewell luncheon in New York City in honor of H.E. Elin Suleymanov

Posted on August 20, 2021

The Azeri Times August 20, 2021 Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU) hosted, on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, a farewell luncheon in New York City in honor of H.E. Elin Suleymanov who served as Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States from 2011 to 2021 and is Continue Reading »

Erdogan in a message to Israel: “Use our ties with Hamas to your advantage”

Posted on July 15, 2021

Yedioth Ahronoth By: Itamar Eichner July 15, 2021 The Turkish president and his associates have sent messages to Israel that Ankara is interested in restoring relations with Jerusalem, and offers to act as a mediator with Hamas to advance Israeli interests such as the issue of prisoners and missing persons. Senior Israeli officials: We will Continue Reading »

Abraham Accords about people, not politicians, writes Marc Schneier

Posted on July 8, 2021

Khaleej Times By: Rabbi Marc Schneier July 08, 2021 We are seeing friendship and love, and these warm sentiments are having a positive effect throughout the world. There was no Benjamin Netanyahu, and no Donald Trump or Jared Kushner in Abu Dhabi or Dubai as an Israeli foreign minister set foot in the UAE for Continue Reading »

New Middle East Bigger Than Any One Government

Posted on June 17, 2021

Jewish Journal By: Rabbi Marc Schneier June 17, 2021 From North Africa through the Middle East to Central Asia, governments are more assertively staking out their Israelophilic credentials, confident in the response of publics that now want closer connectivity to Israel and its people. If anyone harbored doubts about the sustainability of Israel’s newfound partnerships Continue Reading »