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Foundation for Ethnic Understanding president warns that efforts to detach Zionism from Jewish identity distort history and undermine the fight against antisemitism. By:TheJ.ca Staff January 29, 2026 Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, speaks at a public forum on Jewish identity and antisemitism. Schneier authored a new op-ed marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. (Image: Supplied.) New York — Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the...

Police outside of Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn Photo by Lloyd Mitchell By Barbara Russo-Lennon New Yorkers are reacting after a man repeatedly tried to ram a car through Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn Wednesday night — an act the NYPD is investigating as a possible antisemitic hate crime. Thousands of people were gathered at the site when the suspect, who has not yet been identified, intentionally and repeatedly drove a car into the main entrance of the Crown...

By Marc Schneier PUBLISHED: January 27, 2026 at 5:00 AM EST Pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside an event held by Nefesh B’nefesh, an organization that helps American Jews immigrate to Israel, at the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan on Nov. 19, 2025. (Photo by Selçuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images) International Holocaust Remembrance Day is today, Jan. 27, marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, is a day of self-reflection and introspection. Particularly, as the...

By Rabbi Marc Schneier Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking from the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington in 1963. In March 1968, just weeks before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed the Rabbinical Assembly in New York. What made this so special is that it took place in this special city, a melting pot for all religions, races, and cultures, emphasizing the beauty and meaning of who he was. His words were unequivocal: “Peace for Israel means security, and we must...

MLK was clear: Anti-Zionism is antisemitism – opinion The question is not what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would say today – he already told us. The question is whether we are prepared to listen. DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) ByMARC SCHNEIER JANUARY 18, 2026 10:44 “The whole world must see that Israel must exist and has a...

By Barbara Russo-Lennon Jewish counter-protesters gather in front of Park East Synagogue as police keep demonstrators separated during a protest against a Nefesh B’Nefesh event on Nov. 19 Photo by Yoav Ginsburg/ZUM A prominent NYC rabbi expressed cautious optimism after Mayor Zohran Mamdani quietly reinstated an Adams-era executive order that he previously revoked: One that directed the NYPD to better regulate protests outside houses of worship, including synagogues. Rabbi Marc Schneier, president...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani rescinded nine executive orders that his predecessor, Eric Adams, had issued before he left office. Among the orders Mamdani rolled back were a BDS ban, and the adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism. By Michael Arria  January 2, 2026 Zohran Mamdani at the Resist Fascism Rally in New York City’s Bryant Park on October 27, 2024. (Photo: Bingjiefu He, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0) In his first hours in office, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani rescinded...

“Wherever anti-Zionism has been normalized, it has led to an increase of hostilities toward Israel and the Jewish people,” Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch told JNS. “I would welcome the mayor waking up one day and understanding that.” Debra Nussbaum Cohen New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Jan. 1, 2026. Credit: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office. Within moments of Zohran Mamdani’s swearing in as New York City mayor at midnight on Jan. 1, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch called JNS from Jerusalem, explaining...

        Rabbi Marc Schneier argued that contemporary Jewish communities—particularly in the United States—possess a level of strength, visibility, and influence unparalleled in modern history, even as hostility toward Jews intensifies globally.   By: Reuven Y. Epstein At a time when headlines around the world chronicle a troubling resurgence of antisemitic incidents, a prominent American rabbi is offering a counternarrative that is both sobering and unexpectedly hopeful....

BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 4.​ The Chairperson of the Caucasus Muslims Office, Sheikhulislam Pashazade, received a delegation led by President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU) Rabbi Marc Schneier today, the office told Trend. Greeting the guests, Pashazade spoke about the unique multicultural lifestyle in Azerbaijan, the leading role of the Azerbaijani state in international interfaith dialogue thanks to the efforts and initiatives of President Ilham Aliyev, and the activities of...