Posts Tagged: shmuley boteach
The Power of Jewish Values
Today, the Jewish people are once again facing an upsurge in antisemitism. Beyond that seemingly eternal struggle, the Jewish people, especially those in the New...
God, Not Balfour, Gave Israel to the Jews
President Donald Trump is the most pro-Israel president in history, and proved it again with his precedent-setting peace initiative. The plan recognizes that Israel will...
Visiting Auschwitz
Though I’ve been to Auschwitz countless times, it never grows easy or comfortable. But I keep returning, because I’m sure that the six million want...
Holocaust Desecration in Englewood, New Jersey
Readers of my columns will be familiar with the utterly-fractious nature of the city of Englewood, New Jersey, and how it’s a microcosm of American...
Booker’s Condemnation of Jersey City Shooting Not Strong Enough
Armed to the teeth, two domestic terrorists stormed a Kosher supermarket in Jersey City last Tuesday, cutting down two openly-identifying Hasidic Jews, Moshe Deutsch, 24,...
This Code Pink Leader Is a Shameless Liar
Last week, my organization, the World Values Network, hosted a discussion with Yair Netanyahu, son of the Israeli prime minister, and one of Israel’s best-known...
Hate the ISIS Leader, but Don’t Rejoice at His Death
Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi is dead. He was a monster. The world is a much better place without him. He was one of those who...
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...
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...
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...
Shmuley Boteach: What’s Behind My Dispute With Alan Dershowitz
My dispute with Alan Dershowitz over Qatar is nothing personal -- as some have foolishly suggested -- but rather cuts to the core of Jewish...
