Shmuley Boteach
ARTICLES BY: Shmuley Boteach
Orthodox Jews Have the Best Sex
I have not watched the new Netflix series “My Unorthodox Life,” a show supposedly about how fashion executive Julia Haart lives her life in freedom...
Are American Jewish Organizations Supporting Israel Strongly Enough?
While American Jews were being beaten on the streets of New York -- and the State of Israel’s good name was being shredded all across...
The Deafening Silence of Jewish Celebrities on Israel
For the past few days, we at the World Values Network, have been locked in an epic and global battle with media and singing superstar...
Stop Justifying the Deaths of the Meron 45
My daughter called me before the Sabbath in terrible pain. Beyond trying to process the deaths of religious Jews at Mount Meron on Lag B’Omer,...
We Must Renew Black-Jewish Brotherhood
With friction between the Black and Jewish communities rising again, it’s time to renew African-American and Jewish bonds of brotherhood. While our problems regarding COVID-19 remain...
Should Europe’s Jews Give Up and Move to Israel?
On Sunday, the Guardian reported the depressing fact that “almost half of British Jews avoid showing visible signs of their Judaism in public, such as a Star...
Directing Hatred Towards the Right Places
Last week, I attended the White House Hanukkah party, and some people wrote to attack me. The White House protocols were for everyone to be masked...
Why Saudi Arabia Should Make Peace With Israel Now
I spent the weekend reading Ben Hubbard’s book MBS, about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Hubbard, who is The New York Times' Beirut bureau chief,...
American Exceptionalism and Contradictions
By now, the world has concluded that America is insane. A crazy country filled with crazy people who have gone off the deep end. A...
After Defeat, Saying Thank You to President Trump
By now everyone is piling up on Donald Trump. They’re calling him a loser. They’re reveling in his defeat. They’re saying America has been saved...
You Can Vote Against Trump, and Still Be Grateful for His Actions on Israel
Rabbi Yitz Greenberg got into a lot of trouble with the Jewish left for stating that Jews owed a debt of gratitude toward Donald Trump....
Celebrating the Coronavirus Heroes
For too many, 2020 has been a horrible year filled with pain, disease, and heartbreak. The coronavirus has killed more than a million people the...
Trump Deserves the Nobel Prize for Middle East Peace
When I was a rabbi at Oxford for 11 years, we hosted an annual lecture that was delivered by a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Among...
Aliyah During COVID-19
To see Israel today is to witness prophecies come true: the Jews are back in the mix, on their land, and at the helm of...
