Arthur Schneier

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Spindelegger (left) receives Rabbi Schneier in 2013

Arthur Schneier (born March 20, 1930 in Vienna ) is an American rabbi .

life and work

Arthur Schneier fled from Vienna to Budapest in November 1938 , where he survived the Holocaust . In 1947 he emigrated to the USA. Schneier became a rabbi and received a doctorate in theology from Yeshiva University in New York City .

Since 1962 he has been the religious head of the Park East Synagogue . He is the founder and chairman of The Appeal of Conscience Foundation , which was established in 1965. Arthur Schneier dedicates his life as a Holocaust survivor to understanding and tolerance.

In 2001, President Bill Clinton was the first rabbi to award him the Presidential Citizen Medal, the second highest civilian honor in the United States. On April 18, 2008, Schneier received Pope Benedict XVI in the Park East Synagogue . on his six-day trip to the USA.

Schneier has been awarded an honorary doctorate by ten universities. In 2004, Yeshiva University named its Center for International Affairs after Arthur Schneier. In November 2018 he was invited by the Austrian federal government to give the ceremonial speech at the funeral service for the 80th anniversary of the November pogroms in parliament . The key phrase of his speech was: "Anti-Semitism is a cancer". There is a risk that this cancer will come back now.

Rabbi Schneier is married to Elisabeth Nordmann Schneier, his son is Rabbi Marc Schneier.

Awards (excerpt)

Web links

Commons : Arthur Schneier  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Austria Press Agency : Austria commemorated the November pogroms , November 10, 2018
  2. ↑ Pope Will Knight New York Rabbi , reported April 22, 2015, accessed April 26, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Schneier, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna