Posts Tagged: shmuley boteach
Why Celebrities Don’t Defend Israel
During a recent TV interview in Israel, I said that my organization holds celebrities who attack Israel accountable. One of the examples I gave was...
Comedian Roseanne, Shunned Since Racist Tweet, Visits Israel
Roseanne Barr, the American comedian whose television show was canceled last year after she made a racist remark on Twitter, visited Jerusalem's Old City on...
Hampton Kosher Hot Dogs at Qatar’s Bloody World Cup
The day after Christmas, Bloomberg News published an article titled, “New York Hot Dog Rabbi to Make Qatar Kosher for World Cup.” Weird. A few questions immediately presented...
Israel Will Lose if Only Republicans or Democrats Can Claim to Be ‘Pro-Israel’
Many in the pro-Israel community are concerned about what might be in the Trump administration's upcoming peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians. Will it...
Cory Booker Refuses to Condemn Farrakhan or Iran at ADL
The death of President George H.W. Bush brought Mikhail Gorbachev back into the news. The great former Soviet leader -- who deserves immeasurable credit for...
Qatar Goes After Pro-Israel Jews
It was the eve of Yom Kippur. I had just finished a public event in Los Angeles, when a story suddenly broke on Bloomberg News....
Marking Elie Wiesel’s 90th Birthday
I spent my life loving Elie Wiesel, and had the honor and pleasure of knowing him, learning from him, and working with him. I now...
The IDF Are Heroes, but Israel Needs Many Kinds of Warriors
Haaretz recently published a column attacking Miriam Adelson as unqualified to voice support for Israel’s Nation-State Law. Since so few people have done as much...
Jeremy Corbyn Is a Danger and a Disgrace
I spent my early adulthood in Britain -- from age 22 to 33 -- and six of my nine children were born there. I feel a deep...
Ronald Lauder Treats Israelis Like Misbehaving Children
For most of the last 70 years, the American Jewish establishment has taken the position that Israelis should make their own decisions, particularly on matters...
What Happened to Cory Booker?
Last week, the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), one of the most radical organizations promoting the antisemitic BDS movement, posted a widely-shared photo of...
Natalie Portman and the Holocaust
Lyons, France -- This past Friday, my family and I traveled to the small French town of Izieu. Here, on April 6, 1944, the Gestapo -- under...
The Catastrophic Collapse of Qatar’s Corrupt Communal Campaign
Over the past year, we’ve watched as the shameful campaign to whitewash Qatar -- one comprised of, and aimed at, prominent American Jews -- grew,...
We Must Never Be Ashamed to Be Jewish
A few years ago, my wife and I had Shabbat dinner at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Because I love Iceland, I was especially...
