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Jerusalem Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier August 26, 2023 On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, the Black-Jewish alliance must maintain its vigilance. On August 28, 1963, an estimated 250,000 Americans joined together in the historic March on Washington; gathering at the Lincoln Memorial to demand our nation fulfill the promise of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and accord full citizenship to African Americans. The March on Washington ended with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s...

By Itamar Eichner, Reuters June 28, 2023 US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken affirms Biden administration’s concern about ongoing West Bank violence, saying Saudi Arabia won’t normalize without calm and dialogue U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said on Wednesday that building plans in Israeli settlements and the rise in violence throughout the West Bank could make a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia “a lot tougher, if not impossible.” Blinken,...

By Handan Kazanci March 2, 2023 Rabbi Marc Schneier says he is ‘proud’ of Israel personnel who took part in earthquake search and rescue efforts ISTANBUL A prominent leader of the Jewish community in the US is in Istanbul to show solidarity with the Turkish people following the devastating Feb. 6 earthquakes which killed thousands in southern Türkiye. “We came here as a solidarity mission with the Turkish people following the devastation and destruction that has taken place because of the earthquakes,”...

By Marc Schneier January 25, 2023 As the UAE introduces Holocaust education in schools, the Arab world prepares itself to tackle the historical gap of knowledge. UAE PRESIDENT Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed attends the G20 Summit in Bali, in November. We should praise the UAE for pioneering the inclusion of Holocaust education in its curriculum for primary and secondary schools, says the writer. (photo credit: REUTERS) Let us be clear: The Gulf region and the Arab world do not bear culpability for the...

By Mariam Fam, Associated Press November 29, 2022 Eli Chitrik from Turkey shows bagel sandwiches at his hotel room in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Stored into bright orange cases in Rabbi Eli Chitrik’s hotel room are bagels stuffed with vegetables. The labels declare the sandwiches kosher, or in compliance with Judaism’s set of dietary regulations. Freshly baked, they are made in Qatar at a designated kitchen, set up to feed Jewish World Cup visitors who want to keep kosher during the tournament....

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By David Isaac November 23, 2022 Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU), and Iris Ambor, head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry delegation to Doha, enjoy a kosher bagel sandwich at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Courtesy: FFEU. While Qatar can hardly be considered a friend of Israel, harboring as it does Hamas and other Islamic extremists and pouring millions into the Gaza Strip, when it comes to Jews visiting the country for the FIFA World Cup it has been very...

By David Klein November 22, 2022 The bagels are being baked in a space provided by Qatar Airways. (Courtesy of Rabbi Marc Schneier) (JTA) — Qatar may have caused an uproar by banning alcohol at the World Cup soccer tournament in Doha this month, but for religious Jewish fans, some kosher offerings will be available, thanks to two rabbis. Rabbi Marc Schneier, from New York, and Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, the Hasidic Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s emissary to Istanbul, worked with Qatari officials to create...

By Johanna Afriat November 21, 2022 The team of kosher cooks and supervisors assigned to the Doha Kosher Kitchen in Qatar, November 20, 2022. The kosher kitchen is under the supervision of Rabbi Mendy Chitrik of Istanbul Practicing Jewish supporters who come to watch the World Cup matches in Qatar benefit from kosher food on site, according to the spokesperson for the Israeli delegation present in the Arab state. “Several rabbis from other Gulf countries and the United States have taken initiatives...

By Zvika Klein November 21, 2022 The bagels are being baked in a space provided by Qatar Airways. (Courtesy of Rabbi Marc Schneier) Rabbi Marc Schneier of New York denied the claims published by The Jerusalem Post that Qatar banned hot kosher food and Jewish prayer. Schneier, an influential Jewish figure in the Muslim world and president of the New York-based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, a global center for Muslim-Jewish relations, said on Monday that “I’ve been in touch with...