Shmuley Boteach
ARTICLES BY: Shmuley Boteach
Bret Stephens Was Justly Outraged When He Was Called an Insect
After a report that the New York Times headquarters had been infested with bedbugs, George Washington University Professor David Karpf tweeted last Monday, “The bedbugs...
Cory Booker Weaponizes the Torah for Political Gain
By now almost everyone knows that Cory Booker and I were soul-friends who connected — beginning at Oxford where he served as my student president...
The Angry American Male
My mother, who lives in Miami, was telling me how friends of hers now say long goodbyes to family members when they go out shopping....
Is the New Testament Antisemitic?
The debate I’ll be holding this Thursday in New York City with my friend and public antagonist Dr. Michael Brown has stirred considerable controversy, both...
The Unfair Criticism of Ambassador Ron Dermer
I know and like Yair Lapid, even as our politics diverge in substantial ways. He is an engaging and direct man who has honored his...
Political Detox in the American Sabbath
I am writing this column in McCarthy, Alaska, surrounded by mountains rising almost 20,000 feet and glaciers more than five miles thick. I’m at the...
Orthodoxy and Gay Conversion Therapy
Over the weekend, Israeli Education Minister and Bayit Yehudi leader Rabbi Rafi Peretz trod gleefully upon a social-political landmine in affirming his belief in the...
When Presidential Candidates Refuse to Hate Evil
Last week, presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) was asked whether he would meet Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam leader. Cory’s response: “I don’t...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Desecrates the Holocaust
Holocaust memory is dying in America. A recent poll discovered that 22 percent of American millennials don’t know what the Holocaust is and an astounding two-thirds...
With Amir Ohana, Israel Has Justice at Last
The events of the past few weeks have commented cynically on the Israeli political system. After a bitter and turbulent election season, Prime Minister Netanyahu...
Germany Tells Jews to Take Off Their Yarmulkes
I visited Birkenau last week for the 75th anniversary of the deportation of Elie Wiesel to Auschwitz. Over the last two summers, I have taken my...
75 Years Since Elie Wiesel Was Sent to Auschwitz
Seventy-five years ago this week, Elie Wiesel was deported from Sighet, Romania -- a small town in the Carpathian mountains -- at the age of...
Is Congressman Nadler’s Obsession With Trump Endangering His Jewish Constituents?
Antisemitism is on the rise in the United States and we have now had, in the space of six months, two horrific shootings where Jews...
A Lawsuit Over Ilhan Omar’s Photograph Won’t Silence Me
To Ilhan Omar’s photographer: I first heard of you when one of our staff members told me that someone had called looking for the person he...
Trump Floats Possible Defense Treaty Days Ahead of Israeli Elections
‘King Bibi’ Fights for His Political Life in Israeli Election
Houthi Drones Hit Saudi Oil Heartland, Sources Say Crude Flows Disrupted
Osama bin Laden’s Son Hamza Killed in US Raid, Trump Says