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Jewish Telegraphic Agency By Ben Sales New York Rabbi Marc Schneier two weeks ago met with Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in the country’s capital city of Manama. A day earlier, the Gulf Cooperation Council, a six-state body composed of Bahrain and its neighbors, had adopted a Bahraini-sponsored resolution declaring Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group committed to Israel’s destruction, a terrorist organization. Schneier heads the glitzy Hampton Synagogue and runs the Foundation for Ethnic...

The Jerusalem Post Jeremy Sharon King Al Khalifa meets with New York-based rabbi in the royal palace in Manama in order to discuss regional concerns in the Middle East. The king of Bahrain has reportedly recommended that the recent designation of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization by the Gulf Cooperation Council be taken up by the Arab League as well. Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa, head of the tiny island nation, has been one of the most ardent proponents for labeling the Lebanese group as a terrorist...

The Jerusalem Post By Laura Kelley   Def Jam founder Russell Simmons and Rabbi Marc Schneier talk Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and why Trump won’t win presidency PASADENA, California – “It’s hard to protect your own rights if you don’t fight for the rights of others,” hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons told a session on anti-Semitism and Islamophobia at the West Coast Limmud FSU Saturday night. Simmons, together with Rabbi Marc Schneier of the Hampton Synagogue, spoke on a panel called “Fighting...

Broadway World Last Sunday, January 17, 2016, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene hosted its 3rd annual concert of Soul to Soul. The musical celebration featured Yiddish and African-American folk music intertwined to honor the late Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Rights movement. The concert was conceived and Music Directed by NYTF Artistic Director Zalmen Mlotek and featured THE GOLDEN BRIDE’s Lisa Fishman, renown cantor and trumpeter Magda Fishman, international opera and Broadway...

Jewish Telegraphic Agency By Marc Schneier NEW YORK — Over the past two years, the phrase “Black Lives Matter” has embedded itself into the consciousness — and conscience — of America. The hashtag #BlackLives Matter emerged in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and quickly became ubiquitous on social media. In the more than two years since, Black Lives Matter has morphed into a social movement, as thousands of people of diverse backgrounds turned...

Fox 5 New York By Audrey Puente Jason: This should thumbnail of video in link NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) – This Sunday a very special concert will take place at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park City. Soul to Soul is a cross cultural exploration of African-American and Yiddish music presented by the national theatre Folksbiene. Musical director Zalmen Mlotek says this concert is about community building. The program is in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, who supported civil...

The Jewish Daily Forward Nathan Guttman Hours after news broke of the shooting in San Bernardino, California, a group of Muslim community leaders gathered at a press conference to deliver a harsh condemnation of the deadly attack carried out by Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik. The activists were members of the Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an organization that has emerged as the most prominent voice of American Muslims fighting Islamophobia and calling for multi-faith...

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency By Uriel Heilman November 23, 2015 NEW YORK, NY – MAY 17: Robert Kraft attends the UJA-Federation Of New York Sports For Youth 2016 Luncheon at The Roosevelt Hotel on May 17, 2016 in New York, New York. (Photo by Steve Mack/Getty Images) Patriots owner Robert Kraft will be in the stands this Sunday to see if his New England Patriots can win a sixth Superbowl. But in Jewish circles, Kraft may be almost as well-known for his generosity and devotion to Jewish and...

NY1 Members of the city’s Jewish and Muslim communities came together over the weekend in a show of solidarity against extremism and bigotry. They gathered Sunday at the Brotherhood Synagogue in Gramercy. The annual event is sponsored by the nonprofit “Foundation for Ethnic Understanding”. “Brotherhood is still the hope of the world and it is the hope of brotherly cooperation that has brought us here together,” said Rabbi Daniel Alder of Brotherhood Synagogue. “Jews...

Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier Ever since the ISIS-inspired terrorist attacks in Paris, replete with horrendous media images of remorseless killers remorselessly gunning down scores of concert goers while intoning ‘Allahu Akhbar’ (God is great), we have heard a growing drumbeat in the media by influential opinion makers that America should lead its Western allies in a War of Civilizations against Islam and Muslims. Ironically, but not coincidentally, that is the same message that ISIS is...