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Times of Israel reports that FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier will serve as honorary grand marshal of the Muslim Day Parade

In his latest column for HuffPost, Rabbi Marc Schneier discusses why anti-semitism remains so important to the alt-right

In an op-ed for The Hill from FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier and Chairman Russell Simmons, they discuss how the African Americans and Jews were singled out in Charlottesville

USA Today spoke with FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier and Chairman Russell Simmons about President Trump's shocking Charlottesville response

In his latest column for The Times of Israel, Rabbi Marc Schneier discusses why we as Jews must stand up for our Muslim neighbors

The JTA reports that basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons were among the guests at an event at the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles marking the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The event was hosted by the FFEU

The Jerusalem Post reports that basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shared an iftar dinner with Consul-General of Israel in Los Angeles Sam Grundwerg. The event was coordinated by the FFEU

The FFEU's European Director Samia Hathroubi tells Aljazeera that populism is on the rise all over Europe

Muslim Girl By Amani Al- Khatahtbeh In the spirit of our first-ever Muslim Women’s Day, I had the opportunity to have a conversation about Islamophobia and media misrepresentation with music mogul, entrepreneur, author, activist, and philanthropist Russell Simmons. Uncle Rush is the chairman of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, a partner on our #MuslimWomensDay campaign and the organization behind Muslims Are Speaking Out. Much like #MuslimWomensDay, MASO is an online campaign that Russell...

The Village Voice By Lily Koppel Jesse Israel, 32, who has already gone through a few incarnations in New York, including managing the popular band MGMT while still a sophomore at NYU, began suffering from debilitating anxiety and panic attacks in his early twenties. “I was having an identity crisis,” he said on Sunday, a few hours before eleven hundred people showed up to 1 World Trade Center for his event, “the first ever mass meditation atop the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.” Tickets...