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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 469

Foundation for Ethnic Understanding

From left, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Israeli president Isaac Herzog and Rabbi Marc Schneier, at a reception in Ankara, Turkey, on March 9, 2022. (Courtesy: Marc Schneier)
March 11, 2022, 2:22 pm
Behind Israel’s rekindled flame with Turkey, a rabbi with a penchant for matchmaking
Marc Schneier, an influential and controversial rabbi to American celebrities and Gulf sheikhs alike, describes his role in bringing Herzog and Erdogan together
By Tal Schneider
Rabbi Marc Schneier in Manama, Bahrain, June 24, 2019 (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
June 25, 2019, 1:43 pm
Bahrain remains committed to Palestinians, rabbi with ties to king says
Marc Schneier, a member of the kingdom’s delegation to the US-led workshop, says Manama and Jerusalem may normalize relations by the end of 2019, but only if there’s a peace deal
By Raphael Ahren
The Bibi Heybat Mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan, March 3, 2006. (Mikhail Metzel/AP)
March 7, 2019, 7:21 pm
Rabbi leads US evangelicals in Azerbaijan visit to nurture Israel ties
Interfaith mission meets president, who announces first-ever Jewish cultural center to be built in capital Baku, complete with kosher food and hotel
By Aya Batrawy
Rabbi Marc Schneier (left) with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (courtesy The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding)
December 24, 2018, 3:10 pm
US Syria withdrawal may speed up Arab-Israeli detente, well-connected rabbi says
Marc Schneier, who this month was named a ‘special adviser’ to the king of Bahrain, predicts a Netanyahu visit to Manama as early as January
By Raphael Ahren
Rabbi Marc Schneier at The Times of Israel Jerusalem offices, February 28, 2018. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
March 15, 2018, 4:04 am
A rabbi in King Hamad’s court preaches Torah of interfaith tolerance
Head of Foundation for Ethnic Understanding Rabbi Marc Schneier ‘engages’ with Gulf states’ royal families in hopes of shoring up peace in the Middle East
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Rabbi Marc Schneier attending the Combating Islamophobia event at the JCC in Manhattan, New York, March 14, 2012. (JTA)
March 15, 2016, 10:17 pm
US rabbi urges Netanyahu peacemaking trip to Saudi Arabia
After holding meetings with Gulf state leaders, interfaith advocate Rabbi Marc Schneier thinks the prime minister should too
By Ben Sales
Rabbi Marc Schneier speaking at a benefit for the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding in New York City in March, 2007. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images, via JTA)
June 13, 2015, 2:39 am
Prominent NY rabbi blames expulsion on mail snafu, not affair
Rabbinical Council of America apparently never received an apology letter from Marc Schneier concerning his extramarital relations
By Uriel Heilman
Rabbi Marc Schneier (Wikimedia commons/Judae1, CC BY-SA 3.0)
June 7, 2015, 8:55 pm
Prominent NY rabbi said sacked from post over affair
Marc Schneier of The Hampton Synagogue reportedly expelled from Rabbinical Council of America for extramarital relations
By JTA
Rabbi Marc Schneier with King Hamad at the Bahraini Crown Palace, December 2011. (photo Walter Ruby/Foundation for Ethnic Understanding)
April 23, 2013, 5:51 am
Gulf states ready for peace, says well-connected US rabbi
Marc Schneier, who has good ties with Bahraini royal family, urges Netanyahu to take a page out of the Sadat playbook and make the first public overture
By Raphael Ahren
Marc Schneier
December 21, 2012, 2:56 am
Marc Schneier
The making of a miracle: the chief rabbi and the imams
A journey to the promised land of Muslim-Jewish reconciliation
September 5, 2012, 3:23 pm
EJC president: Rabbis, imams must compromise on religious rites
Kantor advises to build on the Dutch kosher slaughtering model, but says Muslims and Jews ‘should never agree to change their faiths’
August 7, 2012, 10:55 am
Religious groups urge understanding following Wisconsin shooting
Shoulder to Shoulder encourages Americans to join special services with their local Sikh communities
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