Rabbi Marc Shneier

RABBI MARC SCHNEIER is the Founding Senior Rabbi of The Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, Long Island, established in 1990, and co-founder of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. His books include Sons of Abraham: A Candid Conversation about the Issues that Divide and Unite Jews and Muslims and Shared Dreams: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Jewish Community.

Schneier has received the Kelly Miller Smith Ecumenical Award from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the NAACP Martin Luther King, Jr. Measure of A Man Award, and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. In 2009, he was inducted into the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse College.

When not writing, Schneier serves as president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, a nonprofit focused on improving Black–Jewish and Muslim–Jewish relations. This work is central to both his books.

Marc lives in New York.

Rabbi Marc Shneier’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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