"MOST INFLUENTIAL JEWISH FIGURE IN THE WIDER MUSLIM WORLD"

- Times of Israel -

HISTORY MADE IN QATAR

- WORLD CUP 2022 -

Rabbi Marc Schneier

Opens First Kosher Kitchen in Qatar

Facilitates Kosher Food For World Cup

Since 2017, H.E. Hassan Al Thawadi, Secretary General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy has worked with FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier to accommodate the global Jewish fans in attendance at the World Cup 2022.

Qatari officials committed to facilitate access to kosher food, participation of fans from Israel and direct flights between Tel Aviv and Doha during the competition.

All 3 commitments were honored by Qatar.

First kosher kitchen in Qatar - Rabbi Schneier reviewing menu of kosher foods as rabbinic supervisors, Rabbi Mendy Chitrik and Eliyahu Chitrik look on.

The Kosher food initiative implemented in Qatar during World Cup 2022 is the result of a successful collective effort spearheaded by Rabbi Schneier with Qatari and US Congressional officials.

The Kosher kitchen is under the supervision of Rabbi Mendy Chitrik of Istanbul and Chairman of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States, and his son Rabbi Eliyahu Chitrik. The Kosher food includes the production of the first bagels in Qatar, baking of Challah for Shabbat and other ethnically Jewish delicacies.

Rabbi Schneier thanked in particular H.E. Mr. Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways for dedicating a Kosher kitchen at QACC - Qatar Aircraft Catering Company, and Attila Dogudan, Chairman of FIFA's VIP caterer Do & Co for overseeing the Kosher Qatar initiative.

In working with H.E. Mr. Hassan Al Thawadi, Secretary General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, Rabbi Schneier was joined by the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Qatari-American Strategic Relationships, Congressman André Carson and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Qatari Ambassador to the United States H.E. Sheikh Meshal bin Hamad Al Thani and H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Bin Saleh Al-Naimi, Chair of the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue.

Bagels and challah for Jews keeping kosher at World Cup

AP - Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the New York-based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, said he had been involved in discussions with Qatari officials for the past five years to help accommodate the attendance of Jewish fans at the tournament. Besides making kosher food available, he said, discussions included the attendance of Israelis at the World Cup and direct flights from Tel Aviv to Doha, despite Israel and Qatar having no diplomatic relations.

“It’s a very important step from an interreligious point of view ... from a Qatar-Israel point of view,” he said. “There are so many levels here.”

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There’s no beer at the World Cup in Qatar, but there are kosher bagels

Qatar may have caused an uproar by banning alcohol at the World Cup soccer tournament in Doha this month, but for religious Jewish fans, some kosher offerings will be available, thanks to two rabbis.

Rabbi Marc Schneier, from New York, and Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, the Hasidic Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s emissary to Istanbul, worked with Qatari officials to create a kosher catering program to provide for observant Jews who may attend the games.

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