Thank you to my distinguished friend, His Majesty, King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan for commanding Jordanian pilots to intercept the drones heading for Israel. What a triumph for MEAD- the Middle East Defense Alliance of the US, Israel and allied Arab countries
Salutating a dear friend & visionary leader for his commitment to strengthening relations between
#Azerbaijan
&
#Israel
. Congratulations President Aliyev on the historic announcement of the opening of the Azerbaijan Embassy in Tel Aviv. You always asked of me to be patient.
In conversation with Turkish President
#Erdogan
, Israeli President
#Herzog
and Chief Rabbi Haleva of Turkey at the private dinner hosted in Ankara to celebrate
#Turkey
-
#Israel
rapprochement
Disturbing news out of
#LosAngeles
where members of the
#Azerbaijani
community were attacked by Armenian protesters in broad daylight. Let the Jewish community remember that Azerbaijan is our great friend in the Muslim world with its support Israel & its Jewish community
Warm congratulations to
#Azerbaijan
on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Restoration of Independence. Under the leadership of my esteemed friend President Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan has become an international platform for Muslim-Jewish relations & interfaith coexistence.
Today, I was so honored to join my most esteemed friend H.E. Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of
#Azerbaijan
(
@presidentaz
), in welcoming, at the Presidential Palace in Baku, my cherished friend H.E.
@Isaac_Herzog
, President of the State of
#Israel
and the First Lady.
President Aliyev's Hanukkah gifts, as per our meeting yesterday:
1. Azerbaijan's 1st participation in International Holocaust Remembrance Day, on 1/27/2022
2. Financial support for the Jewish school in Baku
3. Azerbaijan's Trade & Tourism office in Tel Aviv is "just the 1st step"
For the past decade, in our annual private meetings at the palace, King Hamad of Bahrain and I discussed the issues of nurturing Gulf-Israel relations, building interreligious cooperation, and strengthening Bahrain's indigenous Jewish community.
#interfaithdiplomacy
In a meeting yesterday with
@presidentaz
Ilham Aliyev, I thanked him for his support of Azerbaijan’s Jewish community and emphasized that it is the largest Jewish community in the Muslim world. Read more about our meeting in
@trend_en
Wonderful seeing my dear friend
@ElinSuleymanov
(
@azembassyus
) at today's signing ceremony at the
@WhiteHouse
. Among the 57 Muslim nations, Azerbaijan (a Shiite-majority country) is unique for its support of Israel & commitment to its indigenous Jewish community
My address at
#Peace4Culture
Partners Forum organized by H.E.
@Anar_Karim
(
@culture_gov_az
),
@UNAOC
&
@ICESCO_En
:
"Azerbaijan is a beacon of interreligious relations - the Heydar Mosque, presided by both Sunni and Shia Imams, & Azerbaijan's Jewish community, are a few examples".
Proud that
#Turkey
has joined the international community in denouncing the terrorist attacks carried out in Israel. Another sign that Turkey wants to see relations w/ Israel back on track following the Ankara meeting btw. President Herzog & President Erdogan earlier this month
Warm conversation in Manama w/ my dear friend, His Virtue Sheikh-ul Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Grand Mufti of the Caucasus & Sec. General of Baku International Centre for Interfaith & Inter-Civilizational Cooperation (BCIC) in Azerbaijan. Proud to serve on the Board of BCIC.
Azerbaijani
@presidentaz
Ilham Aliyev & Rabbi Marc Schneier celebrated in Baku the publication of the rabbi’s acclaimed book 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑏𝑟𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑚 / 𝐼𝑏𝑟𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑂𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖 in Azerbaijani, translated by the State Committee on Religious Associations of
#Azerbaijan
With H.E. Eli Cohen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel and H.E. Jeyhun Bayramov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the dedication of the new Embassy of Azerbaijan in Tel Aviv this evening. A historic moment!
@IsraelMFA
@AzerbaijanMFA
Thank you for your continued support of your indigenous Jewish community. The Jewish community is flourishing in Azerbaijan with day schools, a Kosher restaurant and many other Jewish amenities. Cc:
@MilikhYevdayev
Thrilled to host my distinguished friend, H.E.
@IlirDugolli
, Ambassador of Kosovo to the United States, at the Hampton Synagogue Global Breakfast Forum this Sunday. We'll discuss several issues, including Israel-Kosovo and US-Kosovo relations.
@KosovoinUS
I'm honored to have been asked by
@arabnews
(leading English-language daily newspaper in
#SaudiArabia
) to be the first Jewish leader to write an op-ed for them regarding today's announcement from
#Bahrain
and
#Israel
"Sport can go further than the halls of diplomacy or the sacred spaces of interfaith dialogue, & that is why the Newcastle acquisition gives me hope."
My latest op-ed on sport & coexistence is feat. in
@arabnews
, the leading English newspaper in the Gulf.
Congratulations to President
@RTErdogan
on his re-election victory in Turkiye. Looking forward to continuing our close, intimate working relationship for the strengthening of interreligious cooperation and the betterment of humankind.
Hanukkah 2021, that we just concluded, will forever remain in my heart in light of my memorable menorah lighting with the children of the Chabad Ohr Avner in Baku, Azerbaijan, the largest Jewish community in the Muslim world.
@FFEUnyc
Menorah lighting w/ children of the Chabad Ohr Avner School!
Back in February, during our meeting in Baku, I asked H.E. President Aliyev for his assistance in sustaining this only Jewish school in Azerbaijan.
I am most grateful to President Aliyev for his support to the school.
#Azerbaijan
is elevating its efforts to fight international anti-Semitism.
My latest op-ed "An Interfaith miracle in Azerbaijan" is featured in
@ArabNews
, the leading English newspaper published in Saudi Arabia.
𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮:
I shared my thoughts with
@AZERTAC
on the disturbing news out of
#LosAngeles
where members of the
#Azerbaijani
community were attacked by Armenian protesters in broad daylight
My thoughts and prayers right now are with the people of
#Vienna
, especially my friends in the Jewish community who I have reached out to and thank God, are ok
My best wishes to the Republic of
#Azerbaijan
as it celebrates its Republic Day. Under the leadership of
@presidentaz
, Azerbaijan is internationally recognized as a leading advocate for interreligious dialogue & coexistence and a paradigm of Muslim-Jewish relations
A pleasure to welcome yesterday
@hazar_khazar
, incoming Ambassador of
#Azerbaijan
to the U.S. at the
@azembassyus
. I presented him w/ my book, Sons of Abraham, which will be translated into Azeri in fall 2021. Looking forward to working w/ H.E. on global interfaith initiatives
Congratulations to President Ilham Aliyev for his outstanding leadership in opening the Trade and Tourism office in Tel Aviv, the first Azerbaijani diplomatic representation in Israel.
Honored to be invited by
@i24NEWS_EN
to speak about
#Azerbaijan
's example of Muslim-Jewish
#coexistence
and the Muslim world reaching out to the other Abrahamic faiths, Judaism and Christianity.
US
#rabbi
works for better ties between Jews and other ethnicities through the
@FFEUnyc
, focusing on the Jewish community in
#Azerbaijan
'When it comes to Jews and Muslims, not only do we share a common faith, but we share a common fate,'
@RabbiMSchneier
tells
@lockerbell
.
Wonderful meeting w/ Azerbaijan's Minister of Culture, my distinguished friend H.E. Anar Karimov.
Discussed a number of initiatives to promote the
#Peace4Culture
Global Call &
#bakuforum
, intercultural & interreligious platforms that I have been honored to address several times.
It was an honor to be presented together with Sec. General of the
@MWLOrg_en
Dr. Muhammad Al Issa the “Children of Abraham” award by the Florence School of Dialogue at the 40th annual Meeting for Friendship Amongst Peoples. Read more in
@ArabDailyNews
.
@FaisalJAbbas
,
@arabnews
Editor-in-Chief, hosted me at its headquarters in Riyadh where I was presented with a beautiful testimonial gift in appreciation for my biweekly column.
Honored to be the first Rabbi columnist in the premier English newspaper published in
#KSA
@ffeunyc
Honored to be hosted by H.E. Anar Karimov, Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan who invited me as a guest speaker to the Peace4Culture Partners Forum in Baku. Under his leadership, his ministry launched the
#Peace4Culture
Global Campaign, in coordination w/ UNAOC & ICESCO
Today, we kicked off the first day of the Evangelical mission with a meeting with the President of
#Azerbaijan
Ilham Aliyev (
@presidentaz
). His commitment to inter-religious dialogue should be an example for all Muslim countries
#EWFFEUBAKU
With my distinguished friend, Ambassador of Kosovo to the United States,
@IlirDugolli
, who addressed The Hampton Synagogue Global Breakfast Forum yesterday.
@kosovoinUS
#kosovo
Just finished a most productive meeting with US Ambassador to Turkey Hon. Jeff Flake who expressed his excitement with today's meeting between Israeli President Herzog and Turkish President Erdogan.
#USA
#Turkey
#Israel
History in the making: the first visit by an Israeli PM to Bahrain!
Since I began to work with HM King Hamad in 2011, HM has always made it clear about his commitment to building strong relations with Israel.
#bahrain
#Israel
#cooperation
#Peace
Grateful to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavosuglu for hosting me earlier this week in Ankara in preparation for Wednesday's historic meeting between Israeli President Herzog and Turkish President Erdogan.
I’ve enjoyed a close relationship with King Hamad of Bahrain for more than a decade and I am honored to have been the 1st rabbi in the royal palace when he invited me back in 2011. Here is my latest op-ed in
@Jerusalem_Post
about yesterday's announcement
Let the celebrations begin!
Here’s how we launched the 30 years anniversary of diplomatic relations.
30 years together 🇮🇱🇦🇿 This is just the beginning…
@GeorgeDeek
@MikayilJabbarov
Following a private exchange with American Jewish leaders in New York, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (
@RTErdogan
) and I reviewing our historic meeting in Ankara back in March with Israeli President
@Isaac_Herzog
.
The Hampton Synagogue hosted Turkish Ambassador
@HMuratMercan
&
@TRConsulNY
Reyhan Özgür on Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the historic rapprochement between Israel & Türkiye that I facilitated w/ the Ambassador. Honored to be interviewed by
@LahavHarkov
(
@Jerusalem_Post
)
Always a thrill to spend time with my distinguished friend,
#T
ürkiye's Foreign Minister
@MevlutCavusoglu
who addressed an intimate gathering with heads of US foremost think tanks, academia & Jewish leaders, at the Turkish Ambassador's residence in
#WashingtonDC
.
@TurkishEmbassy
Proud to facilitate 1st kosher kitchen in Qatar to accommodate attendance of Jewish fans at WCup. Under supervision of Rabbi
@mchitrik
of Istanbul & Chair of
@RabbisAlliance
& son Rabbi Eliyahu.
Collective effort I coordinated the past 5 years w/ Qatari & US Congress officials
Always a pleasure to spend time with my distinguished friend Turkiye's President
@RTErdogan
who hosted earlier today a select group of U.S. Jewish leaders at the Turkish House during
#UNGA78
.
Touched on a host of issues including President Erdogan's upcoming plans to visit Israel
The Beach Bakery & Grand Café offers more than just delicious food, it reminds Muslims &Jews how we are the Children of God, and how we must treat one another with the justice & compassion that we claim for ourselves. Read more of my thoughts in
@Newsweek
Kol HaKavod to my esteemed colleague and dear friend Rabbi Mendy Chitrik (
@mchitrik
) for his commitment & dedication to the Jewish communities living in
#Turkey
& the countries served by
@RabbisAlliance
, an organization he chairs.
#MuslimJewishrelations
It was an honor to receive alongside Secretary General of the
@MWLOrg_en
Dr. Muhammad Al-Issa the “Children of Abraham” award by the Florence School of Dialogue last week in Rimini, Italy. Click to read more in
@Jerusalem_Post
Enjoyed Kosher Bagel @ FIFA World Cup in Qatar w/
@AmborIris
, Head of Israeli MFA Doha delegation.
Qatar delivered on all commitments to accommodate global Jewish fans at WCup: opening of kosher kitchen, welcoming Jewish fans including Israelis & direct flights TLV - Doha.
I commend the renewal of full diplomatic relations with Turkey—an important development that we've been leading for the past year, which will encourage greater economic relations, mutual tourism, and friendship between the Israeli and Turkish peoples. 🇮🇱🇹🇷
@RTErdogan
Proud to work w/
@RabbisAlliance
& my esteemed colleague Rabbi
@mchitrik
. We were keynote speakers at the first interfaith iftar hosted by Ambassador Murat Mercan, (standing next to me on the group photo below) at the Turkish Embassy in, Washington D.C.
I presented H.E. Mikayil Jabbarov, Economic Minister of Azerbaijan, with a copy of my book "Sons of Abraham". I am looking forward to celebrating with him the upcoming translation of the book into Azeri.
My appointment - a first for a rabbi - as a regular columnist in
@arabnews
, the leading English-language newspaper published in
#SaudiArabia
and the Persian Gulf, is featured by
@itamareichner
in
@ynetnews
.
Read in ENGLISH here ➡️
Another milestone in the historic rapprochement between Türkiye & Israel.
Proud to have facilitated the very first step of this process w/ H.E.
@HMuratMercan
, that resulted in the meeting of Turkish President
@RTErdogan
& Israeli President
@Isaac_Herzog
Congratulating my beloved friend, H.E.
@HMuratMercan
, at the Turkish national day reception at the Ambassador's residence in Washington D.C.
Sunday October 29th marks the 99th Anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Türkiye.
@TurkishEmbassy
@FFEUnyc
With Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal at the Turkish Jewish museum in Istanbul following the ceremonial service at Neve Shalom Synagogue, that was also the scene of the deadly 1986 terror attack in which 22 people where killed and bombings in 1992 and in 2003
Hampton Synagogue benefactor and delegation participant, Tovah Feldshuh and I, in conversation with the Chief Rabbi of Türkiye, Isaak Haleva and the leadership of the Turkish Jewish community in Istanbul.
#solidarity
#earthquaketurkey
#Turkiye
Wonderful to be here at the White House to witness history today! I spoke with Yossi Cohen, Director of the Mossad, about the opportunities that will follow these agreements
The
#UAE
-Israel announcement is the first Middle East peace treaty in 26 years, but it is not unprecedented for a Muslim country & Israel to enjoy strategic ties. Muslim-majority
#Azerbaijan
&
#Israel
established diplomatic ties in 1992 that have been developing ever since.
My family's thanksgiving dinner with special guests,
Turkish Ambassador to the United States
@HMuratMercan
&
@TRConsulNY
Reyhan Özgür, giving thanks for new hopes & opportunities for strengthening relations among Turkey, Israel, the United States & the American Jewish community
Thrilled! Co-authored with my esteemed friend Imam
@ShamsiAli2
, "Sons of Abraham", is being re-published in Indonesian as part of the larger distribution of the book in the greater Muslim world.
The book will be also available in Arabic, Hebrew, Azerbaijani, Russian, French...
On the eve of Yom HaShoah, Brendan joined me in Jerusalem visiting Dani Dayan, Chairman of
@yadvashem
, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center. Brendan and I were profoundly impacted by our visit, particularly as the son and grandson of a Holocaust survivor, Rabbi Arthur Schneier.
Azerbaijan makes history again! As the 1st majority Shi’ite country to ever speak at
@AIPAC
, Finance Minister Samir Sharifov told participants “cooperation with Israel is not limited to oil supply, we are interested in widening cooperation in defense and transfer of technology.”
Special evening and most intimate reception last night in Washington DC at the residence of Israel's Ambassador to the U.S.,
@AmbHerzog
, that I thoroughly enjoyed with my cherished friends H.E.
@Isaac_Herzog
, President of Israel, &
@HMuratMercan
, Turkiye's Ambassador to the U.S.
I am in
#Azerbaijan
for the next few days meeting w/
@presidentaz
& speaking at
#WFID
. Today at the conference, I was quite moved by the number of references made to the
@Chabad
of Poway shooting and seeing how the Muslim community is very supportive of the Jewish community
With my dear friends UAE Amb. Al Otaiba, Bahrain Amb. Al Khalifa, Kosovo Amb. Dugolli, Turkiye Amb. Mercan, Greece Amb. Papadopoulou & AIPAC CEO Howard Kohr, celebrating Israel's 74th anniversary hosted by Israeli Amb. Michael Herzog in DC last evening.
Today I addressed more than 150 international leaders at a conference in
#Azerbaijan
and I shared that out of 57 Muslim countries, Azerbaijan is number one when it comes to interfaith and inter-religious dialogue and co-existence
#EWFFEUBAKU
Last night in DC, I had the honor to address the distinguished gathering at the residence of Ambassador Murat Mercan.
We celebrated the historic Ankara meeting betw. Turkiye's President Erdogan & Israel's President Herzog - the meeting I facilitated together w/ Ambassador Mercan
Good morning from
#Baku
! Along with my Evangelical colleagues, I am honored to address the international conference titled, “From interreligious and inter-civilizational dialogue toward cooperation” today in Baku
#EWFFEUBAKU
#Azerbaijan
My op-ed, "Muslims and Jewish: Building ties of friendship and trust" is featured as the lead story in the opinion section of today's
@khaleejtimes
(one of the UAE's most influential English language daily newspapers)
Today we had a remarkable experience - our delegation visited Chabad Ohr Avner and I had to pinch myself reflecting on a beautiful group of Jewish day school students serenading us in a Shiite Muslim-majority country
#EWFFEUBAKU
#Azerbaijan
My deepest gratitude to my dear friend and colleague Dr. Mohammed Al Issa, Secretary General of the
@MWLOrg_en
, for making an historic visit to Auschwitz today with
@AJCGlobal
(1/2)
I am pleased to share my address to the
@RabbisAlliance
Inaugural Summit.
The Summit was held today in Istanbul,
#Turkey
, under the auspices of the Chief Rabbi of Turkey, Rav Izak Haleva, and the leadership of Rabbi
@mchitrik
, Chairman of ARIS.
"Chanukah Sameach from Baku, Azerbaijan"
This week's sermon as featured in the Friday evening/Saturday morning The Hampton Synagogue services JBS nation-wide telecast to 76 million homes across America on NBC Universal Comcast
Wonderful meeting just now with
@MohamedMubarak2
from
@AkhbarAlkhaleej
discussing the Bahrain’s deep history of co-existence, my book “Sons of Abraham,” and Jewish tourism to the Gulf
Honored to join H.E. Soltan Al-Muraikhi, State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, H.E. Masoud Al-Ameri, Minister of Justice of Qatar and my colleague,
@dicid_qa
Chairman, H.E. Ibrahim Al Naimi at the opening of the 14th Doha Conference on Interfaith Dialogue.