Arthur Schneier

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Arthur Schneier (b. 1930 in Vienna) is an American rabbi.

Arthur Schneier fled in November of 1938 from Vienna to Budapest, where he survived the Holocaust. In 1947 he moved to the United States. Schneier became a Rabbi and was awarded an honorary doctorate in theology at Yeshiva University in New York City. He has been the spiritual leader of the Park East Synagogue since 1962.

In 1967, Rabbi Schneier founded Park East Day School as an early childhood facility. A year later, it was expanded to include an elementary school program through the eighth grade, with Rabbi Schneier as its dean.

In 2001, he was the first Rabbi to be awarded the “Presidential Citizens Medal” by the United States President Bill Clinton.

Arthur Schneier has devoted his life to holocaust survivors, world understanding and tolerance. He is the founder and president of the “Appeal of Conscience Foundation”.