Rabbi Arthur Schneier. of the Park East Synagogue in New York City. who gave todays opening prayer. Rabbi Schnelers visit today is part of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of this synagogue. which was founded in 1889. As Rabbi Schneler noted. today is also the 43rd anniversary of his arrival in the United States as a refugee from Europe. The Park East Synagogue is renowned for its contributions to Jewish life in New York City as well as throughout the United States and abroad. The synagogue. its rabbi. and its congregation have contributed to interreligious harmony and have been in the forefront of concern for Soviet and Eastern European Jewry and the State of Israel.