TURKIYE - ISRAEL RAPPROCHEMENT

March 2022

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Israeli President Isaac Herzog and FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier in conversation at a private dinner in Ankara, in the Presidential Palace, celebrating President Herzog's historic visit to Türkiye.

“Behind Israel’s rekindled flame with Türkiye, a rabbi with a penchant for matchmaking”

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QATAR

KOSHER KITCHEN IN DOHA AT WORLD CUP 2022

November/December 2022

"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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BAHRAIN

FIRST ISRAELI HEAD OF STATE VISITS KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

December 2022

Rabbi Marc Schneier accompanied H.E. Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel on his historic visit with H.M. King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The meeting, convened in December at the Royal Palace in Manama, celebrated the first-ever visit by an Israeli President to the Kingdom of Bahrain.

BAHRAIN

BAHRAIN DIALOGUE FORUM

November 2022

Earlier in November, Rabbi Schneier traveled to Manama to address the first Bahrain Dialogue Forum with the participation of H.H. Pope Francis and Grand Imam of al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb.

With H.M. the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (left photo) and H.R.H. Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (right photo), bidding farewell to Pope Francis at the closing ceremony of the Bahrain Dialogue Forum at the Royal Palace in Manama.

"In his remarks to the forum, U.S. Rabbi Marc Schneier, who has long worked to promote Jewish-Muslim understanding and serves as Al Khalifa’s special advisor on interfaith matters, praised Bahrain as a “role model in the Arab world for coexistence and tolerance of different faith communities."

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KAZAKHSTAN

ADDRESSING VII CONGRESS OF LEADERS OF WORLD AND TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS WITH POPE FRANCIS

September 2022

"American-born Rabbi Marc Schneier, Founder and 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"

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AZERBAIJAN

FIRST OFFICIAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE COMMEMORATION

January 2022

"Recently, Azerbaijan decided to officially mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27. President of the Republic Ilham Aliyev announced this during a meeting with the President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, Rabbi Marc Schneier, a well-known supporter of Judeo-Muslim interfaith dialogue. Moreover, Azerbaijan will become one of the few Muslim-majority countries to officially commemorate Holocaust victims."

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SAUDI ARABIA

ARAB NEWS' BI-WEEKLY COLUMN FIRST-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

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SINGAPORE

WASHINGTON D.C. LUNCHEON AT SINGAPORE EMBASSY

ANNOUCING FIRST EMBASSY OF SINGAPORE IN ISRAEL

June 2022

H.E. Ashok Kumar Mirpuri, Ambassador of Singapore to the United States, hosted a luncheon in cooperation with FFEU, with the participation of H.E. Michael Herzog, Ambassador of Israel to the United States, attended by distinguished American Jewish leaders, celebrating the upcoming opening of the Embassy of Singapore in Tel Aviv and the friendship between Singapore and the American Jewish community.

INDONESIA

FIRST MUSLIM-JEWISH RECEPTION AT CONSULATE IN NEW YORK

May 2022

H.E. Arifi Saiman, Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia in New York, hosted the first Muslim-Jewish reception at the palatial Indonesian Consulate, in honor of Rabbi Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali.

A distinguished cadre - including H.E. Reyhan Özgür, Consul General of Türkiye and H.E. Abdelkader Jamoussi, Consul General of Morocco - joined the celebration for the Indonesian translation of the Rabbi and the Imam's seminal book Sons of Abraham: A Candid Conversation on the Issues That Divide and Unite Jews and Muslims.

MOROCCO

H.M. KING MOHAMMED VI SPONSORS

SONS OF ABRAHAM FRENCH TRANSLATION

August 2022