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New Jersey Jewish Standard By Larry Yudelson A rabbi and an imam walk into the Frisch School together… Jewish-Muslim dialogue went to a yeshiva high school, as Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali appeared at an assembly at the Frisch School in Paramus last Wednesday. It was the first time Frisch hosted a Muslim speaker – and the first time the duo, who have written a book together, brought their Muslim-Jewish dialogue to an American Jewish school. Rabbi Schneier is the founding rabbi of the...

Asian Image A delegation of Muslim and Jewish leaders have called for a ban on Halal and Kosher meat to be reversed in Denmark. The group visited the country recently and met with the minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dan Jorgensen at his office in Copenhagen. The group, organized by Samia Hathroubi, co-ordinator of the Foundation For Ethnic Understanding (FFEU), was formed to respond to growing Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in Europe. The delegation urged that the ban be rescinded as...

New Jersey Jewish News By Johanna Ginsberg When a Rockaway mosque encountered what it felt was unfair action by the local zoning board to undermine many of its activities, the New Jersey Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committee sprang into action. The Islamic Center of Morris County was going to be prohibited from teaching Arabic — because it doesn’t run a parochial school — and from bringing in prepared food in chafing dishes and using a coffee machine, because it has neither kitchen facilities nor a...

CPH Post Jørgensen was informed that the law was greatly damaging the image of Denmark The minister of food and agriculture, Dan Jørgensen (S), met with a delegation of European Muslim and Jewish leaders late last week concerning Denmark’s new law banning the slaughter of animals that have not been stunned. Rabbi Marc Schneier, the President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU), said that the delegation was in Denmark to inform Jørgensen that the law was greatly damaging the image of...

The Jerusalem Post By Sam Sokol Agriculture Minister in Denmark Dan Jorgensen banned ritual slaughter of animals without pre-stunning. A joint delegation of European Muslim and Jewish religious leaders accused Danish Agriculture Minister Dan Jørgensen of putting animal rights before religious freedom on Thursday. Jørgensen had enacted a ban on Muslim and Jewish rituals performed without pre-stunning slaughter in February. The delegation included the chief rabbi of Brussels, Afzal Khan of the Muslim-...

Jewish Link of New Jersey By Elyse Hansford Paramus—Two unlikely partners fighting misconceptions between Jews and Muslims arrived at the Frisch School on Wednesday morning to talk about how it is possible to build bridges across a chasm. Rabbi Marc Schneier, founder of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, an 18th generation rabbi from a distinguished rabbinic dynasty and a mesumach of YU, openly admitted to Frisch students, “I grew up in a rabbinic home, and when I heard the word Islam or anything...

Berlingske By Theis Engmann Fødevareminister Dan Jørgensen (S) forbød en slagtemetode, som ikke har været anvendt i årevis. Alligevel mødte en delegation af imamer og rabbinere i går op hos ministeren for at gøre opmærksom på deres utilfredshed. En international delegation bestående af jøder og muslimer satte i går fødevareminister Dan Jørgensen (S) i stævne på hans kontor i Fødevareministeriet. De er oprørte over forbuddet mod slagtning uden bedøvelse, som trådte i kraft 17. februar. Ingen slagterier...

Washington Jewish Week By Suzanne Pollak A 10-member delegation of Jews and Muslims told the Danish ambassador to the United States that his country’s ban on ritual slaughter has sullied Denmark’s reputation. Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, led the Feb. 27 delegation in protest of the ban, which went into effect at the end of February. The law outlaws the slaughter of any animal that was not stunned first. This runs contrary to kosher and halal rules. “We...

Jewish Daily Forward A joint delegation of observant Muslims and Jews made the case to the Danish ambassador to the United States that his country’s ban on ritual slaughter was harmful to its reputation. Leading the 10-person delegation to meet Peter Taksøe-Jensen on Feb. 27 were Rabbi Marc Schneier, the president for the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and Dr. Sayyid Syeed, the director of the Islamic Society of North America. “One can only wonder if the Danish government is seeking to make...

Jewish Daily Forward A joint delegation of observant Muslims and Jews made the case to the Danish ambassador to the United States that his country’s ban on ritual slaughter was harmful to its reputation. Leading the 10-person delegation to meet Peter Taksøe-Jensen on Feb. 27 were Rabbi Marc Schneier, the president for the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and Dr. Sayyid Syeed, the director of the Islamic Society of North America. “One can only wonder if the Danish government is seeking to make...