November 23, 2005—-In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Accords that ended the brutal war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Appeal of Conscience Foundation invited religious leaders from that country to Washington to participate in a round table discussion, organized by the Appeal and held at the..Read More
Rabbi Arthur Schneier met with His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, and Archbishop Barsamian, Primate of the Armenian Church in America, to discuss religious freedom and tolerance in Armenia and the Caucasus. The meeting was the latest chapter in the longstanding relationship between the Appeal and the Armenian..Read More
Rabbi Arthur Schneier addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and called for the adoption of strong measures to combat the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe. “A new mutation of anti-Semitism, fanned by extremists on the left and right and radical Islam, is casting a shadow on..Read More
Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu met with Rabbi Arthur Schneier and ACF delegates to exchange views on Sino-US relations and religious cooperation between the two nations. The ACF delegation was in China from August 19-25. During a private meeting, Vice Premier Hui expressed his appreciation to Rabbi Arthur Schneier and..Read More
ACF joins U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at a special tribute to the Jewish fighters who battled Nazi Germany. The monument commemorates the tens of thousands who lost their lives in the Ghetto Uprising of 1943. Vice President Biden lay a wreath of red, white and blue flowers held together..Read More
Grand Mufti Ceric, long time partner in inter-religious cooperation invited Rabbi Arthur Schneier to address the commemoration of the annual funeral of Bosniak victims of genocide in Srebrenica-Potocari, which will be held on July 11, 2012. L to R: Grand Mufti Ceric presented a copy of the Sarajevo Haggadah to..Read More
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, founder and President of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation and the Senior Rabbi at Park East Synagogue in New York delivered the keynote address at the seventeenth annual memorial at Bosnia’s Potocari Memorial Park to commemorate the Srebrenica Genocide, Europe’s largest massacre since World War II. It..Read More
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President and founder of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation met with the President of the Czech Republic, Milos Zeman in Prague, to address heightened nationalism, xenophobia, and anti-Semitism spreading across Europe. “Discrimination is worsening and xenophobic practices are increasing,” warned Rabbi Arthur Schneier. “The fight against anti-Semitism,..Read More
