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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

Marc Schneier

Participants display placards reading "Bring him Home" and showing pictures of hostages held by terrorists in Gaza at the annual March of The Living to honor the victims of the Holocaust at the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau on the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oswiecim, Poland, on May 6, 2024 (Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)
May 7, 2024, 9:17 am
At Auschwitz march, participants rally around concern over hostages and antisemitism
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the March of the Living sees unprecedented political action with calls for the release of those held in Gaza, as well as some anti-Israel provocation
By Canaan Lidor
Rabbi Marc Schneier, right, and Imam Shamsi Ali (AP Richard Drew, via JTA)
November 20, 2023, 12:57 am
Rabbi, imam try to help NY Jewish, Muslim students find common ground. It doesn’t go well
A meeting at Queens College led by interfaith partners Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali exposes deep splits between the two communities amid Israel-Hamas war
By Luke Tress
Fans carry their beers at a fan zone ahead of the FIFA World Cup, in Doha, Qatar, November 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr Josek)
November 23, 2022, 1:03 am
Alcohol out. Bagels in: Rabbis secure kosher food for World Cup after reported ban
No kosher restaurant opened in time for games as initially hoped, but bagels are being baked in catering space provided by Qatar Airways and delivered to those who order them
By David I. Klein
Israeli Ministry of Aliyah and Absorption arrives for a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, March 14, 2022. (Jack Guez/Pool via AP)
March 15, 2022, 1:04 pm
Daily Briefing March 15: Is Israel’s Ukrainian refugee policy racist?
Tal Schneider on a long-awaited Israeli field hospital and a rabbi who brought Herzog and Erdogan together; Judah Ari Gross on how Israel is paving the way for Ukrainian aliya
By ToI Staff
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
People enjoy drinking alcoholic beverages at a restaurant overlooking the Marina district in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 23, 2019 (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
December 15, 2020, 11:49 am
NY-based rabbi seeks to bring US Jews to visit the Gulf, including Saudi Arabia
‘The grand prize for Jewish tourism is not Israel but the American Jewish community,’ says Marc Schneier, who will launch new initiative alongside Bahraini tourism minister
By Raphael Ahren
Kosher food, prepared by Baker and Spice, that was served to a delegation of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations visiting Abu Dhabi in February 2018. It was certified as kosher by the South African UOS (courtesy)
September 9, 2020, 2:48 pm
Gefilte in the Gulf? Abu Dhabi tells all its hotels to offer kosher food
Anticipating influx of Jewish tourists, city instructs its many hotels to offer kosher items on all menus and bars, ‘designate an area in all kitchens for Kosher food preparation’
By Raphael Ahren
A screen showing the route of El Al Flight 972 from Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv, crossing over Saudi Arabia, September 1, 2020 (Raphael Ahren/TOI)
September 2, 2020, 2:29 pm
In boon for Israel, Saudi Arabia gives permanent overfly rights to and from UAE
Netanyahu hails ‘another tremendous breakthrough,’ promises new policy will shorten and cheapen flights and open Israel up to the Far East
By Raphael Ahren
Kuwaiti health minister Sheikh Basel al-Sabah (R) speaks to the press at Sheikh Saad Airport in Kuwait City, on February 22, 2020, as Kuwaitis returning from Iran wait before being taken to a hospital to be tested for coronavirus (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
May 10, 2020, 11:05 pm
Three Gulf states reach out to Israel for help battling COVID-19 pandemic
UAE and Bahrain have been in touch with Ramat Gan’s Sheba hospital for months; now a third country — likely Kuwait — has asked for help erecting telemedicine facilities
By Raphael Ahren
Rabbi David Rosen, second from left, meeting with Saudi King Salman at the royal palace in Riyadh, February 2020 (courtesy KAICIID)
February 24, 2020, 4:15 pm
In first, Saudi king hosts Israeli rabbi at royal palace
Jerusalem-based David Rosen, invited to Riyadh as part of interfaith meeting, hails ‘revolutionary moment’; says Palestinian issue still ‘glass ceiling’ for Israel-Saudi relations
By Raphael Ahren
The Rev. Al Sharpton and Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, talk to reporters after a meeting with African-American clergy and civil rights leaders to condemn the attacks on Jews in New York in recent weeks. (Courtesy of the Foundation For Ethnic Understanding via JTA)
December 31, 2019, 3:19 pm
Al Sharpton gathers black leaders for meet with rabbi in wake of Monsey attack
Reverend laments anti-Semitic violence, especially assaults carried out by African-Americans, in talks with Rabbi Marc Schneier
By Marcy Oster
Rabbi Abraham Cooper attends the morning prayers at the Bahrain synagogue, June 25, 2019. (Raphael Ahren/TOI)
June 28, 2019, 8:44 am
Behind the scenes of the first morning minyan in Manama in over 70 years
I came to Bahrain to cover an economic peace conference, and ended up discovering a small but unique local Jewish community
By Raphael Ahren
Worshipers, including Trump administration Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt (2nd left) attend morning prayers at synagogue in Manama, Bahrain, June 26, 2019 (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
June 26, 2019, 11:25 am
On fringes of peace confab, rare prayer service brings Bahrain synagogue to life
Afterward, worshipers break out in song, hear Torah sermon as Houda Nonoo, a Jewish woman who served as Bahrain’s US ambassador, marvels: ‘It’s a historic moment’
By Raphael Ahren
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
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