Marc Schneier

According to Tablet, Schneier "is a polarizing figure. To his supporters, [he] is a peerless institution-builder and community leader. To his detractors, he's indulged an appetite for fame and wealth while plowing his way through five marriages, destroying fragile bonds of trust with his congregants in the process."{{cite news |date=June 6, 2016 |title=Why Was Rabbi Marc Schneier Honored for Jewish American History Month? |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/204421/why-was-rabbi-marc-schneier-honored-for-jewish-american-history-month |work=Tablet }}

In 1999, Schneier authored the book Shared Dreams: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Jewish Community which is the first reference to the Letter to an Anti-Zionist Friend, an open letter allegedly written by Martin Luther King Jr. which was later determined to be a hoax.{{Cite web |title=Letter by Martin Luther King a Hoax |url=https://www.camera.org/article/camera-alert-letter-by-martin-luther-king-a-hoax/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=CAMERA |language=en-US}}

File:Interreligious-Meeting - Mustafa Ceric - Herman Van-Rompuy-Marc-Schneier - Abdujalil Sajid - Brussels 2010.jpg – European Council President Herman Van Rompuy – Rabbi Marc Schneier – Imam Dr. Abdujalil Sajid]] Schneier has also worked together with Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR), the American Muslim advocacy organization, which the organized American Jewish community has long viewed as "out of bounds" for its alleged ties to the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas and its broader anti-Israel activity and rhetoric.{{cite news |date=December 18, 2015 |title=We Don't CAIR To Talk to You |url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/forward-magazine/20151218/281487865288358 |work=The Forward }}{{cite news |date=June 18, 2016 |title=Rabbi Crosses Communal Line to Work With Controversial Muslim Group |url=https://forward.com/news/breaking-news/342888/rabbi-crosses-communal-line-to-work-with-controversial-muslim-group/ |work=The Forward }}

The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) decided in 2010 to investigate Rabbi Schneier for breaching the code of ethics by carrying on an extramarital relationship.{{cite web|last=Rosenblatt|first=Gary|url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new_york/rabbinical_group_poised_investigate_marc_schneier|title=Rabbinical Group Poised To Investigate Marc Schneier|work=The Jewish Week|date=August 31, 2010|accessdate=October 18, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/309890/rca-confirms-expulsion-of-rabbi-marc-schneier/|title=RCA Confirms Expulsion of Rabbi Marc Schneier|date=June 11, 2015|work=The Forward}}{{cite web|last=Guttman|first=Nathan|url=http://forward.com/news/309957/marc-schneier-accuses-rabbinic-group-of-reneging-on-deal/|title=Marc Schneier Lashes Out at Rabbinic Group for 'Betraying' Him|date=June 12, 2015|work=The Forward|accessdate=October 18, 2015}} The RCA executive committee voted to expel Schneier in June 2015.

In 2013, Schneier co-authored with Imam Shamsi Ali the book Sons of Abraham: A Candid Conversation about the Issues That Divide and Unite Jews and Muslims.{{cite news|last=Kellner|first=Mark A.|title=KELLNER: Rabbi, imam plead for understanding in 'Sons of Abraham'|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/21/kellner-rabbi-imam-plead-for-understanding-in-sons/|newspaper=Washington Times|date=November 21, 2013}}

In 2018, Tablet reported that Schneier helped connect the Qatari government to Jewish American lobbyist Nicolas Muzin. In 2017 Qatar hired Nick Muzin to improve its relations with the Trump administration and the Jewish American community. Muzin's work reportedly included arranging meetings between Qatari officials and leaders of Jewish and pro-Israel advocacy groups.{{cite news |date=February 13, 2018 |title=Qatar and American Jews |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/255252/qatar-and-american-jews |work=Tablet }}

Image:FFEU Imams and rabbis.jpg, Rabbi Marc Schneier, and Imam Samer Alraey opening the U.S. national gathering of imams and rabbis on November 7, 2007, sponsored by Schneier's Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and the Islamic Cultural Center of New York in New York City]]

For his 50th birthday, his fourth wife, Tobi Rubinstein-Schneier, arranged for a 400 lb. endangered Asian lion to be donated in his honor at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo.{{cite news |last=Birkner |first=Gabrielle |date=February 4, 2009 |title=The Rabbi That Roared |newspaper=The Forward |url=http://forward.com/articles/15086/the-rabbi-that-roared-/}} The lion was renamed "Rabbi Marc".

Schneier married his 5th wife, on October 6, 2013.{{cite news |last=Nemes |first=Hody |date=November 29, 2013 |title=Marc Schneier Gets Married (Again!) — and RCA May Move To Resolve Dispute |newspaper=The Forward |url=http://forward.com/articles/188038/marc-schneier-gets-married-again-and-rca-may-mo/}}

Schneier married his 6th wife, Simi Teitelbaum, in 2017.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-10 |title=Prominent NY rabbi accused of owing child support |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/prominent-ny-rabbi-accused-of-owing-child-support-580247 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US}}

In February 2018, it was reported that the State of Florida has ordered Schneier pay $5,000 a month for $64,594 in unpaid child support he owes to his third wife for the care of their then-19 year old son.{{cite news |date=February 10, 2019 |title=Prominent NY rabbi accused of owing child support |url= https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Prominent-NY-rabbi-accused-of-owing-child-support-580247 |work=The Jerusalem Post}}

He is the son of Rabbi Arthur Schneier.

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