Much has been made in recent months about a weakened US, humbled by its setbacks in Afghanistan and distracted by internal turmoil, abandoning its allies in the Arab world, and leaving behind a region mired in confusion and turmoil.
The Jerusalem Post By: Jeremy Sharon December 14, 2021 Azerbaijan will become one of only a handful of Muslim-majority countries to mark the day. Azerbaijan will for the first time mark International Holocaust Day on January 27, becoming one of only a handful of Muslim-majority countries to commemorate the day. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev Continue Reading »
In an era of unprecedented Jewish-Muslim breakthroughs, it takes a lot to surprise. Yet President Ilham Aliyev did just that last week when I met him in Baku, taking several groundbreaking actions to foster the long-term success of Azerbaijan’s Jewish community — the largest in the Muslim world — and elevate his country’s efforts to fight international anti-Semitism.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received President of the US-based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding Marc Schneier.
FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier was invited by the Republic of Azerbaijan, a country that hosts 30,000 Jews, the largest Jewish community in the Muslim world, for a series of meetings with top government officials and religious leaders, Hanukkah receptions, and to speak at a new peace and heritage global initiative launched by the Ministry Continue Reading »
On December 2nd, 2021, Rabbi Schneier was hosted by Azerbaijan’s Minister of Culture, H.E. Anar Karimov, as a guest speaker at the Peace4Culture Partners Forum. The event held at Azerbaijan’s ADA University was attended by the leadership and representatives of a number of international organizations, global institutions specializing in promoting peace, local government agencies and Continue Reading »
The US holiday season is defined by tradition, gratitude and family. It is a period to reflect on the blessings of life, celebrate communally with our neighbors, and spread the gifts of love and charity. No other time of year reminds us so strongly of our common faith and common fate.
Five years ago, the very notion of Yeshiva University, the pre-eminent institution of higher Jewish learning in the US, honoring the secretary general of the Makkah-based Muslim World League would have been met with stupefaction or downright indignation.
Arab News French By: Rabbi Marc Schneier November 06, 2021 – Le Dr Mohammed ben Abdelkarim al-Issa, secrétaire général de la Ligue islamique mondiale, est devenu presque unanimement un champion interconfessionnel à l’échelle mondiale – Du centre Etidal, qui combat l’idéologie extrémiste, à l’adhésion aux délégations œcuméniques, le Royaume prouve sa réelle détermination à faire Continue Reading »
Nelson Mandela, one of the true heroes of our modern age, declared only a few years after his long incarceration ended: “Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination.”
In the Talmudic “Ethics of the Fathers,” compiled almost two millennia ago, Rabbi Tarfon offers us several lessons on the importance of completing the unfinished task. “It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it,” he explains. After all, “the day is short, the work is plentiful, the laborers are indolent, the reward is great, and the master of the house is insistent.”
The Azeri Times August 28, 2021 Rabbi Marc Schneier, President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU), welcomed to the United States His Excellency Khazar Ibrahim, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the U.S., at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Washington, DC on August 25th, 2021. Rabbi Schneier presented Ambassador Ibrahim with his new book, Sons of Continue Reading »
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