2011-2015

Repairing the Black-Jewish Alliance since 1989;
The Global Address for Muslim Jewish Relations since 2008

2011
February 28

FFEU hosts the Muslim-Jewish Young Leadership Forum on Immigration (NY), the largest gathering of members of Muslim and Jewish young leadership organizations.

March 6

FFEU co-convenes “Today, I am a Muslim Too” rally in Times Square to combat anti-Muslim hearings in the U.S. Congress.

March 8

FFEU and the World Jewish Congress join forces in Europe for the first coordinating committee meeting of European Muslim and Jewish leaders (Paris).

2012
March 28-29

Mission of Latin American Muslim and Jewish leaders to Washington, DC.

September 4-5

2nd Gathering of European Muslim and Jewish Leaders (Paris)

November 16-18

5th annual weekend of Twinning held in 20 countries on 4 continents.

November 26

Rabbi Schneier joins UN Secretary General and Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia at the opening of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue in Vienna.

December

Rabbi Schneier is hosted by HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain to discuss ways to strengthen Muslim-Jewish cooperation.

2013

Beacon Press publishes Sons of Abraham: A Candid Conversation About the Issues that Divide and Unite Jews and Muslims, the acclaimed book on Muslim-Jewish relations, co-authored by Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali with a foreword by President Bill Clinton.

February

 

FFEU commissions short the film Muslims and Jews: Standing for the Other featuring faith activists and members of Congress.

June 4-5

Mission of Southern Hemisphere Muslim and Jewish Leaders to the U.S., to jumpstart the process of cooperation between Muslim and Jewish communities through the Southern Hemisphere (Washington, DC).

November

Rabbi Schneier meets in Jerusalem with Israeli President Shimon Peres and in Ramallah with PLO Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah

December

FFEU launches the Gathering of European Muslim and Jewish Leaders first trans-European Muslim-Jewish network to address shared concerns with European institutions

December

FFEU launches the Say No To K.O. campaign (knockout game violence and targeting of Jews) featuring civil rights activists Al Sharpton, Marc Morial, NYC Mayor David N. Dinkins, and Rabbi Schneier to stand up against antisemitism.

2014

FFEU launches the first-ever local Muslim-Jewish Solidarity Committees in U.S. metropolitan cities to perform joint social services throughout the years

January

FFEU’s network of European Muslim and Jewish leaders meets with the Council of Europe Secretary General to fight against the banning of circumcision.

April 21

Following his private meeting with Rabbi Marc Schneier in Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issues a statement acknowledging the Holocaust as the most heinous crime against humanity in the modern era.

June 19

U.S. Congress honors FFEU for its 25th anniversary as the national address for Black Jewish relations on the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Summer.

November

Rabbi Schneier and Imam Shamsi tour Singapore and Indonesia at the invitation of Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla to discuss Sons of Abraham with students.

2015
May

Rabbi Schneier meets with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku to strengthen global interfaith and intercultural efforts.

June-August

Rabbi Schneier and Imam Ali address U.S. State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program’s participants.

October 14

Luncheon with Chief Rabbi of Israel David Lau and NYC Imams (NY)

October 2015 to January 2016

In response to the wave of terrorist attacks around the world, FFEU signature program, the Weekend of Twinning becomes the Season of Twinning with events worldwide during fall, on the theme “We Refuse to Be Enemies.”

December

FFEU announces program to combat islamophobia will be a top priority in 2016.