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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...

Bondy Blog En Partenariat Avec By Yousra Gouja A l’occasion de Pessah, des jeunes Français musulmans et juifs ont passé une matinée riche en échanges dans une synagogue du 15ème arrondissement de Paris grâce au programme Sadaqa-Tsedaka de la Fondation for Ethnic Understanding. Le Bondy Blog y était. Reportage. Il est 10h et déjà, dans la grande salle de la synagogue Beaugrenelle dans le 15ème arrondissement de Paris, plusieurs tables à nappes blanches sont dressées, couvertes de plateaux du Séder,...

Respect Magazine By Mounir Belhidaoui Non loin de Saint-Denis, à Sevran (93), juifs et musulmans dialoguent via une cause commune: la générosité. Pour cela, cette petite bande prépare des recettes pour nourrir les sans-abris. La petite commune de Sevran prouve que les religions sont un terreau de solidarité. De jeunes gens de confession juive et musulmane ont décidé d’unir leur force pour venir en aide aux sans-abris… en préparant des repas ! L’occasion, pendant la confection des plats, d’en apprendre...