Archive: December 2019

FFEU Executive Director Chris Sacarabany on the incredible work of our Season of Twinning partners

Posted on December 19, 2019

FFEU Executive Director Chris Sacarabany talks about the incredible projects our Global Season of Twinning partners have organized in support of our Muslim-Jewish initiatives.

FFEU European Coordinator Selim Cherkaoui in France

Posted on December 13, 2019

FFEU European Coordinator Selim Cherkaoui reports from his trip in Strasbourg where he met and discussed with the Great Rabbi and Imam, and in Bordeaux where he attended a conference organized by the Judeo-Muslim friendship group – Centre Culturel Yavné Bordeaux, CRIF and Islam Bordeaux.

NY Rabbi to Lead First Synagogue Mission to Azerbaijan, Oman

Posted on December 12, 2019

5 Towns Jewish Times December 12, 2019 Rabbi Marc Schneier, founding/senior rabbi of The Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, NY, and president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU), will lead the first synagogue mission to Azerbaijan and Oman early next year. The eight-day trip will begin in Azerbaijan where participants will meet with high-level Continue Reading »

How will students at evangelical colleges make friends of other faiths?

Posted on December 4, 2019

Medium By Kevin Singer December 4, 2019 Kevin Singer is a PhD Student in higher education and Research Associate for IDEALS at North Carolina State University. According to the new IDEALS national report on interfaith friendship, Evangelical Protestant institutions are negatively associated with first year college students making close friends of other faiths. “Students at Continue Reading »

FFEU Faces of Pluralism Coordinator Samia Hathroubi on her North American trip

Posted on December 3, 2019

FFEU Faces of Pluralism Coordinator Samia Hathroubi will travel to North America to meet with champions of pluralistic societies in the USA and Canada.

Promoting Jewish-Muslim ties, Rabbi to lead first synagogue mission to Azerbaijan and Oman

Posted on December 3, 2019

AZERTAC December 03, 2019 Rabbi Marc Schneier, founding and senior rabbi of The Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, New York, will lead the first synagogue mission to Azerbaijan and Oman early next year, according to TPS news agency. The eight-day trip will begin in Azerbaijan where participants will meet with high-level government and public officials, Continue Reading »

NY Rabbi to lead first synagogue mission to Oman, Azerbaijan

Posted on December 3, 2019

Arutz Sheva Staff December 03, 2019 15:52 Rabbi Marc Schneier, founding/senior rabbi of The Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, NY, to lead delegation to Muslim nations. Rabbi Marc Schneier, founding/senior rabbi of The Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, NY and president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU), will lead the first synagogue mission to Continue Reading »

FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier attended National Day Receptions in D.C.

Posted on December 3, 2019

Rabbi Marc Schneier was a guest of H.E. Ambassador Shaikh Abdulla Al Khalifa, Ambassador of Bahrain to the United States, and his wife, Aisha, for the Bahrain National Day Reception which was held on December 2019. While there, he spoke with Ambassador Elin Suleymanov, Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States and Continue Reading »

Give thanks religions are talking to each other again

Posted on November 27, 2019

The New York Daily News By Marc Schneier, Sayyid Syeed and Bob Roberts November 27, 2019 As hundreds of millions of adherents of our three interconnected Abrahamic traditions — Judaism, Islam and Christianity — sit down at Thanksgiving dinner tables across America, many of us will devoutly give thanks for the presence in their lives Continue Reading »

FFEU European Coordinator Selim Cherkaoui on 2 countries for the European Pulpit Exchange Project

Posted on November 21, 2019

FFEU European Coordinator Selim Cherkaoui reports on the meeting between the Great Mufti and the Chief Rabbi of Moscow, and the rabbi and imam in Finland to join our European Pulpit Exchange Project.

FFEU Executive Director Chris Sacarabany on exciting news regarding Season of Twinning in Africa

Posted on November 20, 2019

FFEU Executive Director Chris Sacarabany talks about the remarkable meeting of imams and rabbis in Nigeria and Ghana to plan and organize Twinning events in their respective countries.

FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier Celebrated the National Day of the Sultanate of Oman

Posted on November 18, 2019

FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier participated in the 49th anniversary of the National Day of the Sultanate of Oman and met with its Ambassador to the United Nations H.E. Mohamed al Hassan. They discussed upcoming FFEU projects in Oman.