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Herald Malaysia online (article from Vatican News) By Benedict Mayaki, SJ & Deborah Castellano Lubov September 15, 2022 American-born Rabbi Marc Schneier, the President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and a participant at the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, underscores the importance of religion in peace-building and speaks against imposing religious beliefs on others. Participants at the opening and plenary session of the 7th Congress of the leaders...

Vatican News By Benedict Mayaki, SJ & Deborah Castellano Lubov September 14, 2022 American-born Rabbi Marc Schneier, the President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and a participant at the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, underscores the importance of religion in peace-building and speaks against imposing religious beliefs on others. Participants at the opening and plenary session of the 7th Congress of the leaders of world and traditional religions in Kazakhstan...

Ynet By: Itamar Eichner July 13, 2022 During Biden visit, Riyadh could announce it will allow Israeli flights to Far East using kingdom’s airspace and Israeli Muslims to arrive for holy pilgrimage on indirect flights U.S. President Joe Biden, who will arrive in Israel Wednesday afternoon, will launch initial moves toward normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, Israeli officials said on Wednesday. Such a step would likely see Riyadh allowing Israeli commercial flights to use...

The Jerusalem Post Op-ed by: Rabbi Marc Schneier July 8, 2022 I have no doubt that when Saudi Arabia reaches out its hand toward Israel, the friendship will be deep and sustainable. MOHAMMAD AL-ISSA, secretary-general of the Muslim World League, leads a prayer during a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 2020. (photo credit: KACPER PEMPEL/REUTERS) President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia is sparking speculation about the future of US policy in the region and the prospect of a breakthrough in...

The Jerusalem Post By: Lahav Harkov June 9, 2022 Israel, FIFA and Qatar finalized an arrangement by which Israelis can attend the World Cup on Thursday. Rabbi Marc Schneier with H.E. Hassan Al Thawadi, Secretary-General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy in Doha, Qatar. Israeli rabbinical organization Tzohar is in negotiations to provide supervision for kosher food at the World Cup in Qatar in November, Tzohar chairman Rabbi David Stav confirmed on Thursday. Kosher World Cup Israel,...

Ynet By: Itamar Eichner April 20, 2022 Israel’s leading newspaper features a profile of Rabbi Schneier. “The events on the Temple Mount were the first test since the reconciliation between Israel and Turkey began and I am glad we were successful. Erdogan is committed today to resolving disputes through diplomatic channels. It is an authentic, pure and stable reconciliation because we designed it that way in the first place. I am sure it will last.” -Rabbi Marc Schneier Turkish President...

The Jerusalem Post By: Rabbi Marc Schneier April 19, 2022 The Crimean Tatars, largely Muslims, trace their history in the Ukrainian peninsula back many centuries, most of which are marked indelibly by Russian oppression. US PRESIDENT Joe Biden stops to speak to reporters at Fort McNair Army Base in Washington, earlier this month, charging that Vladimir Putin is a war criminal and saying he’ll call for a war crimes trial. (photo credit: LEAH MILLIS/REUTERS) Each day brings us new horrors from...

Daily Sabah By: Daily Sabah with AA April 1, 2022 Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett may visit Ankara after Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu’s visit to Tel Aviv, says Rabbi Schneier This handout picture released on March 9, 2022 by the Turkish Presidential Press Service shows Israeli President Isaac Herzog (L) and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan shaking hands after a joint press conference in Ankara (AFP photo) A prominent leader of the Jewish community in the United States,...

Anadolu Agency By: Betul Yuruk April 1, 2022 Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett may visit Ankara after Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu’s visit to Tel Aviv, says Rabbi Schneier NEW YORK  Rabbi Marc Schneier, a prominent leader of the Jewish community in the US and former schoolmate of Israeli President Isaac Herzog who assisted in his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkiye, said the two leaders’ summit demonstrated that Washington and Ankara have strong...

Jewish Journal By: Rabbi Marc Schneier March 31, 2022 A view of the Beth Israel Synagogue in Izmir, Turkey, in 2010. (Wikimedia Commons) Change is happening fast in Turkey, and countries from Europe to the Middle East and the US are taking note. On the brink of international isolation not so long ago, we have seen President Recep Tayyip Erdogan usher in a far-reaching geopolitical recalibration in recent months, including several actions that have required real leadership at a time when the world...