Shmuley Boteach
ARTICLES BY: Shmuley Boteach
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...
Israel Should Not Abandon Sovereignty Plans for UAE Peace
The peace deal signed between Israel and the UAE was a historic milestone toward Middle East peace. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and...
Celebrity Antisemites Can’t Be Absolved Through Private Apologies
Recently, Mort Klein of the ZOA engaged Ice Cube in a two-hour conversation that was treated as an act of absolution for the antisemitic rapper....
The End of Israel and Peter Beinart as the Last Man
Like the moon, Peter Beinart follows a predictable cycle. You won’t hear about him for months. But the more he’s ignored, the more his rhetoric...
America in Crisis
I was born in 1966, so I never witnessed the turmoil of that turbulent decade. But having read countless book on it, and spoken to...
White Supremacist Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years in Plot to Bomb Colorado Synagogue
Israel Says Initial Assessment Is Iran Behind Explosion on Israeli-Owned Ship
Iran ‘Can’t Act With Impunity,’ Biden Says After US Air Strikes
Iran Says US Air Strikes in Syria Encourage Terrorism in the Region
Palestinians Shut West Bank Schools to Contain Coronavirus Variants