"MOST INFLUENTIAL JEWISH FIGURE IN THE WIDER MUSLIM WORLD"

- Times of Israel -

AZERBAIJAN-ISRAEL

A MODEL OF MUSLIM-JEWISH FRIENDSHIP

Rabbi Marc Schneier joined H.E. Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in welcoming, at the Presidential Palace in Baku, H.E. Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel and the Israeli First Lady Michal Herzog.

Several weeks preceding President Herzog's historic visit to Baku, Azerbaijan became the first Shia Muslim-majority country to open an Embassy in Israel. At the invitation of President Aliyev and Economic Minister Mikayil Jabbarov, Rabbi Schneier joined Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and H.E. Mukhtar Mammadov, new Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Israel, at the inauguration of the Embassy in Tel Aviv.

TÜRKIYE

STRENGTHENING MUSLIM-JEWISH RELATIONS

"Congratulations to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on his re-election victory in Türkiye. Looking forward to continuing our close working relationship for the strengthening of interreligious harmony and cooperation."

- Rabbi Marc Schneier -

ISRAEL

AMBASSADORIAL RAMADAN VISITS

Rabbi Schneier had the distinct honor to visit and to extend Ramadan greetings to Ambassadors of Muslim countries to Israel, including (L-R) H.E. Sakir Ozkan Torunlar, new Ambassador of Türkiye to Israel, H.E. Ines Demiri, Ambassador of Kosovo to Israel, H.E. Satybaldy Burshakov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Israel and Cyprus, H.E. Khaled Yusuf al-Jalahma, Ambassador of Bahrain to Israel, and H.E. Feruza Mahmudova,  Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Israel. They discussed their countries' partnership with FFEU to strengthen global Muslim-Jewish cooperation.

UNITED STATES

USAID DEDICATES YOM HASHOAH

TO MUSLIM-JEWISH HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE

Returning from Israel where he commemorated Yom Hashoah at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Rabbi Marc Schneier addressed - along with Imam Mohamed Magid, Executive Religious Director of All Dulles Area Muslim Society Center in Sterling, Virginia and Dr. Alfred "Al" Munzer, Holocaust Survivor - the USAID's annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration event - the first USAID Yom HaShoah event co-hosted by USAID's Jewish Affinity Group and the USAID Muslim Employees' Resource Group.

RABBI SCHNEIER RECOGNIZED BY STATE DEPARTMENT

The State Department 2022 Report on International Religious Freedom recognized the important role of Rabbi Marc Schneier in broadening interfaith tolerance in Saudi Arabia.

“Throughout the year, on a bi-monthly basis, the English-language newspaper Arab News, owned by a member of the royal family, ran an op-ed by a New York-based rabbi.”

SAUDI ARABIA

RABBI SCHNEIER'S COLUMN IN ARAB NEWS

"The breakthrough dovetails with the commitment of Saudi Arabia and its neighbors to turn the page on the region’s turbulent history."

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

ARABIC TRANSLATION OF SONS OF ABRAHAM LAUNCHED AT ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR

The Arabic translation of Sons of Abraham: A Candid Conversation about the Issues That Divide and Unite Jews and Muslims, which Rabbi Schneier co-authored with Imam Shamsi Ali, was launched and is prominently on display at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. The definitive text in Muslim-Jewish relations, Sons of Abraham is the first book on this subject to be available in Arabic.