Arthur Schneier

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

Arthur Schneier fled in November 1938 from Vienna to Budapest, where he survived the Holocaust. In 1947 he emigrated to the United States. Schneier was Rabbi and received his doctorate in theology at Yeshiva University in New York City.

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

In 2001, President Bill Clinton him the "Presidential Citizen Medal", the second highest civilian award of the USA awarded as the first rabbi. On 18 April 2008 Schneier received in the Park East Synagogue, Pope Benedict XVI. on his six-day trip to the U.S..

Schneier has been awarded by universities in the ten honorary degrees. The Yeshiva University named in 2004 to the Center for International Affairs Arthur Schneier.

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

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