The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding is proud to share with its supporters and friends highlights of successful initiatives under the leadership of Rabbi Marc Schneier from January to April 2022 to strengthen Muslim-Jewish relations globally and Black-Jewish relations in the U.S. |
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"MOST INFLUENTIAL JEWISH FIGURE
IN THE WIDER MUSLIM WORLD"
- Times of Israel -
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MUSLIM-JEWISH GLOBAL INITIATIVES |
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AZERBAIJAN:
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE COMMEMORATION
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier at the Presidential Palace in Baku. President Aliyev entrusted Rabbi Schneier with Historic Hanukkah Gifts and proclamations that included the announcement of Azerbaijan's participation in International Holocaust Remembrance Day that took place in Baku on January 27, 2022.
Rabbi Schneier's work with Azerbaijan was featured on i24 News and highlighted in a Jerusalem Post op-ed authored by Dr. Michael Miralashvili, Euro-Asian Jewish Congress President.
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TURKIYE:
FACILITATING THE HISTORIC ANKARA MEETING
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Rabbi Schneier joined Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli President Isaac Herzog at a private dinner in Ankara, in the Presidential Palace, to celebrate Türkiye-Israel rapprochement.
This first step to an Israel-Türkiye rapprochement - which marked the first visit of an Israeli leader in the past 14 years to Türkiye - was facilitated by Rabbi Schneier in cooperation with the Turkish Ambassador to the United States H.E. Murat Mercan.
During his visit to Ankara, Rabbi Schneier discussed Israel-Türkiye and US-Türkiye relations with H.E. Mevlut Cavosuglu, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (left photo) and also with the Hon. Jeffry Flake, Ambassador of the United States to Türkiye (right photo).
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Returning from Ankara, Rabbi Schneier addressed in Washington, D.C., a distinguished gathering at the residence of H.E. Murat Mercan, Ambassador of Türkiye to the U.S.
On April 28, the Rabbi was the keynote speaker at the Turkish Embassy's annual interfaith iftar attended by leading American religious leaders.
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ISRAEL:
RABBI SCHNEIER'S PASSOVER ACTIVITIES
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Rabbi Marc Schneier traveled to Israel to celebrate Passover. He was hosted by Israeli President Isaac Herzog (left photo) and met with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (right photo).
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The Rabbi had the honor of addressing a gathering of diplomats and leaders at the Mimouna Iftar hosted in Tel Aviv hosted by H.E. Abderrahim Beyyoudh, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Israel (left photo, L-R: UAE Ambassador to Israel H.E. Mohammed Al Khaja, Ambassador Beyyoudh and Rabbi Schneier).
On the eve of the commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Rabbi Schneier met in Jerusalem with Dani Dayan, Chairman of Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center (right photo).
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Rabbi Schneier discussed on i24NEWS the new dynamic between the Muslim/Arab World and Israel and how support for Israelis and Palestinians is no longer mutually exclusive (watch video below, on the left). His recent activities in the Greater Muslim world were featured in Ynet, Israel's largest newspaper.
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INDONESIA:
CELEBRATION OF SONS OF ABRAHAM TRANSLATION
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(L-R: Imam Shamsi Ali, H.E. Arifi Saiman, Consul General of Indonesia and Rabbi Schneier) |
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H.E. Arifi Saiman, Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia in New York, hosted a private reception at the palatial Indonesian Consulate, honoring Rabbi Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.:
MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADORS OF INDONESIA AND SINGAPORE
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Rabbi Schneier was hosted in Washington, D.C. by H.E. Rosan Perkasa Roeslani, Ambassador of Indonesia to the U.S. (left photo) and was also received by H.E. Ashok Kumar Mirpuri, Ambassador of Singapore to the U.S. (right photo)
In the meetings Rabbi Schneier discussed expanding interfaith activities in both Southeast Asian countries.
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UKRAINE:
RABBI SCHNEIER'S LATEST OP-ED ON THE CRIMEAN TATARS
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By Rabbi Marc Schneier
April 19, 2022
Russia-Ukraine war: Plight of Crimean Tatars foreshadows more war crimes - opinion
Each day brings us new horrors from the front lines in Ukraine as Russia’s aggression intensifies, with the names of Bucha and Mariupol now seared into the memory of millions around the world. As a rabbi, I am naturally seized on the suffering and uncertain fate of Ukrainian Jews. But my concern extends to Ukrainians of all faiths who are scrambling to survive the indiscriminate onslaught.
One group that has not received the attention they deserve are the Crimean Tatars, a people whom I have engaged with on the interfaith level during my years of interfaith diplomacy with the Muslim world.
The Crimean Tatars, largely Muslims, trace their history in the Ukrainian peninsula back many centuries, most of which are marked indelibly by Russian oppression.
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SAUDI ARABIA AND THE GULF:
FIRST RABBI APPOINTED AS BI-WEEKLY COLUMNIST IN ARAB NEWS
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In January, Rabbi Schneier was appointed as a bi-weekly columnist in Arab News - the leading English-language newspaper published in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf.
This appointment, a first for a rabbi, reflects the change that is happening in the Gulf.
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UNITED STATES:
CELEBRATING BLACK-JEWISH RELATIONS
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NATIONWIDE TV - In celebration of Black History Month, FFEU held a series of successful programs on Black-Jewish relations that included nationwide NBC Universal Comcast TV conversations between Rabbi Schneier and National Urban League CEO Marc Morial (left video), followed by another thought-provoking discussion with NAACP CEO Derrick Johnson (right video).
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NEWSWEEK - President Johnson and Rabbi Schneier penned a joint op-ed calling for a new Black-Jewish Alliance that was published in Newsweek.
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL - The Harvard Jewish Law Students Association, and the Harvard Black Law Students Association, hosted President Johnson and Rabbi Schneier as well for a conversation on Black-Jewish relations and Civil Rights.
ANNUAL WALL STREET PROJECT ECONOMIC SUMMIT - In March, Rabbi Schneier joined Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. to deliver opening remarks at the Reverend’s 25th Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit, at the Sheraton Times Square in New York.
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