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By Rabbi Marc Schneier January 14, 2024 The challenge remains as to whether Black activists today will emulate Dr. King in unequivocally denouncing the rise of antisemitism in America and calling it out within their community.   PEOPLE GATHER at the crypt of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in Atlanta, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2022. ‘I can state unequivocally that Dr. King would never have used the word ‘context’ in combating antisemitism,’ maintains the writer. (photo credit:...

By Bart Jones Long Island / Suffolk – ONLY IN NEWSDAY December 17, 2023   Rashid Sulehri, left, owner of the only kosher bakery on the East End, said his goal is to get the Jewish and Muslim communities together under one roof and to share what they have in common. (Credit: Randee Daddona)   War is raging in the Middle East, but in Westhampton Beach an example of peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Jews is thriving. About five years ago, Rashid Sulehri, a Muslim immigrant from...

By Bloomberg News November 30, 2023 Hamas’s assault and the Israeli military response in Gaza is fueling antisemitism and Islamophobia faster than governments can react. Defaced posters of people kidnapped by Hamas, distributed on New York University campus, in New York, on Oct. 25. Photographer: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Image   Three college students of Palestinian descent out walking over the Thanksgiving break were shot in Vermont. A synagogue in Berlin was hit with Molotov cocktails....

Desert News By Hanna Seariac November 29, 2023 People gather in Pliny Park in Brattleboro, Vermont, for a vigil, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, for the three Palestinian-American students who were shot while walking near the University of Vermont campus on Saturday, Nov. 25.  The three students were being treated at the University of Vermont Medical Center, and one faces a long recovery because of a spinal injury, a family member said. | Kristopher Radder, Associated Press More   On Saturday, three...

CBS New York By Jennifer Bisram November 2, 2023 Imam Shamsi Ali and Rabbi Marc Schneier met with Muslim students at Lehman College as part of their ongoing efforts to address antisemitism and Islamophobia and promote tolerance and understanding amid the Israel-Hamas war.   NEW YORK — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, faith leaders from both the Muslim and Jewish faiths came together Thursday to talk with college students in the Bronx, hoping to promote peace. They met with Muslim students...

News 12 By Heather Fordham and Adolfo Carrion November 2, 2023 Religious leaders are teaming up to have a conversation with students about the rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia on college campuses amid the Israel-Hamas war.   Members of the Jewish and Muslim community met with students at Lehman College’s campus on Thursday to address both groups’ concerns and spread the message that hate has no place on campus. An imam and rabbi came together to meet with student leaders from various Muslim...

Southampton Press By Cailin Riley November 1, 2023 The war in Gaza is unfolding thousands of miles away, but since it began, American Jews have been embroiled in a different kind of war at home. Antisemitic attacks and threats have risen sharply since Israel began an intense bombing campaign and ground war inside Gaza, in the wake of the deadly Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7, when more than 1,400 people, including women and children, lost their lives. Since then, more than 8,000 Palestinians...

News 12 By News 12 Staff October 28, 2023 Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali met with 30 Jewish Students Leaders at Beach Bakery Grand Cafe, a Kosher restaurant in the Hamptons owned by a devout Muslim family.   The group met with both Imam Shamsi Ali and Rabbi Marc Schneier at Beach Bakery Grand Cafe, a Kosher restaurant in the Hamptons owned by a devout Muslim family. “Right now, it’s really hard to be Jewish,” said Elizabeth Direktor, a student at Baruch College. “It’s...

The Jerusalem Post By Tovah Lazaroff October 3, 2023 “Here in Riyadh we prayed with the windows open to Jerusalem,” said Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi. Israeli Communication Minister Shlomo Karhi prays in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 2, 2023. (photo credit: COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY)   As a sign of movement on the road to peace with Saudi Arabia, Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi read from a Torah Scroll and prayed the morning service at his hotel in Riyadh together...

Frankly Speaking (Arab News’s flagship talkshow) By Katie Jensen October 1, 2023 Rabbi Marc Schneier says Jewish American community is “ecstatic” about the prospect of normalization of ties Expects to see Israel, KSA, US Congress ‘on the same page’ on US arms sales to Kingdom, help with civilian nuclear progam Explains his rationale for supporting Arab News’ “Why Riyadh?” campaign backing Saudi bid to host Expo 2030   DUBAI: The Jewish American community is “ecstatic” over a potential...