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Recent Press Articles

9/17/08 The Jewish Week: Stark Age Gap on Race Troubling for Obama
8/29/08 Jewish Sentinal: Obama Woos Jews
8/25/08 World Jewish Congress: Democratic Convention opens with inter-faith gathering
8/25/08 JTA Breaking News: Dems open convention with prayer
8/22/08 JTA Op-Ed: The road from King to Obama
8/21/08 The Jewish Week: Democrats' Focus On Faith Draws Stern Warnings
8/21/08 Washington Jewish Week: God’s delegates - Local rabbis to have roles at Democratic convention
8/20/08 Religious News Service: 10 minutes with... Rabbi Marc Schneier
8/19/08 JTA: With seven rabbis and counting, Dem parley reaching out to faithful
8/18/08 Deep South Jewish Voice: Rabbi addresses 50th annual SCLC convention
7/30/08 World Jewish Congress: Rabbi Marc Schneier addresses African American convention
7/19/08 Arab News (and Reuters): Dialogue is essential for peace
7/17/08 Jewish Forward: Saudi King Brings Rabbis and Imams Together in Spain
7/17/08 CNN: Saudi King Abdullah convenes a conference in Madrid to defuse interfaith tensions
7/17/08 World Jewish Congress: WJC leaders at Saudi-sponsored interfaith forum in Madrid
7/17/08 The Jerusalem Post (and AP): Saudi King opens Madrid inter-faith conference
7/16/08 New York Jewish Week: U.S. imam calls for Neturei Karta ban at Saudi-run interfaith conference
7/16/08 AFP: Saudi King opens inter-faith conference with appeal for dialogue
7/16/08 Reuters: Saudi King shuns extremism as faiths gather
7/11/08 New York Sun: The Saudi Dialogue
7/10/08 Religious News Service: Some hope Obama can rebuild black-Jewish alliance
5/02/08 Los Angeles Times: Lunch meeting soothes tension between Jewish and Black communities
5/02/08 JTA: Black, Jewish activists in L.A. settle their high-profile spat
4/24/08 The Jerusalem Post: If Muhammad doesn't come to the mountain...
4/22/08 The Jerusalem Post: Reverend King and the Ninth Plague
4/13/08 The New York Times: Backstage with Six Rabbis, Six Imams, and No 'Kumbaya
3/18/08 The Jerusalem Post: Only cynics close their eyes to reality
3/04/08 JTA: Muslim Call for Dialogue Wins Broad Support
2/29/08 The Jewish Week: Jews Now Drawn Deeper into Racial Politics
2/13/08 JTA: Rabbi Addressess Young Muslim Leaders
2/08/08 The Jewish Week: Jewish Vote Eclipsed by Hispanics
1/23/08 The Jewish Week: Crown Heights Cover-Up?
1/22/08 JTA: The Rev. Al Sharpton condemned the beating of a yeshiva student by five black teens
1/22/08 The New York Sun: Police Investigating Motive of Man Who Had Arsenal in Brooklyn
1/21/08 Haaretz: N.Y. Jews commemorate Martin Luther King Day with dozens of events
1/21/08 Daily News: Martin Luther King, Jr. Honored in New York
11/18/07 Palm Beach Daily News: Muslim-Jewish summit shows "what unites us"
11/16/07 Jewish Sentinel: Agreeing to Disagree - U.S. Jews and Muslim Leaders Find Common Denominators
11/16/07 The Jewish Press: American Imams and Rabbis Meet
11/16/07 The Jewish Week: How Far Can Their Dialogue Go?
11/15/07 NJ Jewish News Online: What Jews and Muslims can talk about
11/15/07 JTA: Rabbis, Imams Slate Annual Dialogue
11/16/07 Forward: With Certain Topics Kept Off Table, Rabbis and Imams Find Common Ground
11/11/07 Daily News: Rabbis and Imams see eye to eye
11/09/07 Hiram7Review: The First Summit of American Imams and Rabbis Held in New York
11/08/07 JTA: Rabbis, Imams Meet in New York
11/07/07 Ynetnews.com: Rabbi, imam host US dialogue summit
11/07/07 TMZ: Russell Simmons Bridges Muslim-Jewish Gap
11/06/07 Metro: Increasing the Peace - The founder of Def Jam brings imams, rabbis together
11/06/07 ContactMusic.com: Russell Simmons - Simmons Calls for Peace Between Muslims and Jews
11/06/07 EurWeb.com: Rap Mogul Russell Simmons and FFEU Host U.S. Summit of Rabbis and Imams
11/06/07 SoundSlam: Russell Simmons Aims to Improve Jewish-Muslim Relations
11/05/07 The Gary Baumgarten Report: Imam, Rabbi Participating in Summit of Understanding to Appear on Paltalk
11/05/07 AllHipHop.com: Russell Simmons Unites Muslim, Jewish Leader From Across The U.S.
10/19/07 Haaretz: He's got one foot in his shul, the other in a hip-hop club
10/4/07 The Jerusalem Post: US Jews must reach out to minorities
7/26/07 YNET News: Black college slams UK boycott against Israel
7/24/07 JTA: Dillard University, a historically black college in New Orleans, has condemned the campaign by British academics to boycott Israel
7/19/07 Haaretz: President of black university slams British boycott of Israeli academe
6/2007 B'nai B'rith: Blacks, Jews, and Civil Rights - The March Continues
4/29/07 JTA: Black, Jews Come Together to Plant Trees for Coretta King
4/04/07 New York Amsterdam News: Foundation for Ethnic Understanding Annual NY Spring Benefit
4/2007 Social Life: Foundation for Ethnic Understanding Annual NY Spring Benefit
4/02/07 Newsweek: The Top 50 Rabbis in America
3/2007 Washington Life: Representing...
3-4/07 Mann About Town: Bringing People Together
2/09/07 Jewish Week: Holocaust denial
2/08/07 Ha'aretz: Orthodox rabbi, hip-hop mogul join forces to fight Islamophobia
2/6/07 JTA: Dialogue events in New York show it takes time to build trust
2/2/07 Jerusalem Post: US Muslim Rep. blasts Holocaust denial
1/22/07 JTA: A dialogue of the deaf? Questions raised about outreach to Muslims
1/19/07 Jewish Week: Talking Again
1/15/07 Daily News: Event is a Dream Come True
12/11/06 Time Magazine
11/2006 Hadassah: Interview with Marc Schneier
11/20/06 New York Amsterdam News: 2006 NY Fall Benefit
11/12/06 Jerusalem Post
10/26/06 Columbia Spectator
8/03/06 Hamptons: Doing the Right Thing
5/10/06 New York Amsterdam News: 2006 LA Spring Benefit
4/27/06 Page Six
4/27/06 Rush & Molloy
2/02/06 The Jewish Sentinel: Talking Before It's Too Late
12/28/05 New York Amsterdam News: Hip Hop Mogul and Rabbi Honor
12/23/05 Dan's Paper: Ethnic Understanding Honors B. Smith
11/23/05 New York Amsterdam News: Racial Attitudes Revealed
11/18/05 Haaretz: N.Y. Rabbi Addresses Muslim High Schoolers
11/17/05 The Washington Times: Blacks, Whites View Immigration Similarly, Poll Says
11/17/05 Newsday: Reconcilable Differences
11/11/05 The Jewish Week: Prominent Push for Muslim Dialogue
10/07/05 Dan's Paper: 2005 Joseph Papp Racial Harmony Awards - Washington D.C.
08/19/05 Dan's Paper: 2005 Joseph Papp Racial Harmony Awards - Beverly Hills
08/14/05 The Hollywood Reporter: Annual Summer Benefit
07/27/05 The New York Sun: Mending Ties Between Blacks, Jews
06/30/05 Haaretz: Jewish Officials Pleased By Klansman's Conviction
JTA Daily Briefing: Group Blasts William Bennett
JTA Daily Briefing: Poll: Jews Closer to Blacks, Hispanics on Race
4/04/05 Daily News: Jews around the globe lament "loss of a great friend"
4/03/05 New York Post: Jewish People Have Lost True Friend—Rabbi Marc Schneier
  2/25/05 The International Jerusalem Post:  "Jewish Stars"
2/23/05 Haaretz: Hip Hop Star Visits Auschwitz Memorial Exhibition—Shlomo Shamir
2/14/05 Boston Herald -The Inside Track: Denzel, Kiefer reach out—Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa
2/14/05 Cleveland Jewish: News Stars to fight anti-Semitism
2/11/05 International Jerusalem Post: Ads make Jews of Beyonce and Leo — Sam Ser
00/00/05 The Jewish Advocate: Stars Shine to Stamp out The Scourge of Anti-Semitism—Molly Shaffer
2/10/05 Philadelphia Daily News - Tattbits
2/8/05 New York Daily News- Daily Dish: Understanding Celebrities—Rush & Molloy
2/04/05 The Jewish Week: Pushing A Jewish Caucus—James Besser
2/04/05 The Washington Post-Names and Faces: Congress Phat-tens Up
2/02/05 Haaretz: Interfaith Group To Host Reception On Capitol Hill—Shlomo Shamir
  Dan's Paper:  Joseph Papp Racial Harmony Awards

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the most effective path toward the reduction of bigotry and the promotion of reconciliation and understanding.

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