Shmuley Boteach

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Nov 4, 2024, 1:53 PM

Trump is first on Israel. But Biden came through when we needed him most

Normally, writing a column just before an election which will be published two days after, I should start by saying that by the time you read this you’ll already know whom the new President is, Donald Trump or Kamala...

Oct 1, 2024, 8:12 AM

How Netanyahu Became the Greatest Jew Alive

(The speech I gave before Prime Minister Netanyahu this past Friday night at Shabbat dinner in New York City just hours after he eliminated Hassan Nasrallah and just as he was about to board his plane to return to...

Aug 29, 2024, 3:52 PM

What Does Candace Owens Have on Dennis Prager & Ben Shapiro to Buy Their Silence

A thousand years ago, the Jews of Norwich, England were living their lives peacefully. After a twelve year old Catholic boy, William, was found dead, the Jews of England were blamed and annihilated. Thus was born the blood libel,...

Jun 18, 2024, 6:14 AM

The Terror that Grips Us as Parents of IDF Soldiers

Nir Oz, Israel, on the Gaza Border - This is not an easy column to write, for several reasons. First, because my wife doesn’t want me to write it. She feels it’s too personal and it raises an issue...

Jun 7, 2024, 9:39 AM

The ADL Dishonors Itself by Honoring Cory Booker and His Support for Iran

As everyone knows, I brought Cory Booker, now my senator in New Jersey, to the Jewish community via his first becoming my Student President at Oxford University from 1992-1994. We became as close as brothers and studied hundreds of...

Jun 5, 2024, 8:35 AM

D-Day’s 80th Should Inspire Israel to Destroy Hamas

Normandy, France -- I traveled to France for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings commemorated this June 6. I have been to Normandy many times and I’ve tried to study all the contours of this unforgettable battlefield. But...

May 21, 2024, 11:28 AM

The ADL Cannot Honor Cory Booker

On June 10th in New York City, our organization the World Values Network will be outside an ADL luncheon with hundreds of people at Cipriani on 42nd Street protesting the ADL’s incomprehensible decision to honor our Senator and my...

May 5, 2024, 8:56 AM

The Day I Was Almost Lynched by a Pro-Hamas NYU Mob

This past Friday, riding my bike before the Sabbath, I came across a Jewish anti-Israel “Shabbat” protest near NYU at Washington Square Park. They spoke of the usual libels against Israel. Genocide. Murderers. Israel as a colonial state. I...

Apr 16, 2024, 1:00 PM

The Connection Between Sexual Repression and Antisemitism

Is there a connection between sexual repression and antisemitism? Strange question, right? But is it? Over the last six months, since the start of the October 7th war, initiated by the Hamas massacre, I have debated some of America and the...

Apr 2, 2024, 11:24 AM

American Jews, Pathetic and Pitiable, Must Reclaim Their Power

Of all the lies told by the antisemites about the Jews, two stand out the most. The first, that we mix Christian blood into our matzos. In this age of Ozempic, no Jewish man, let alone woman, would tolerate...

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About Me

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is the founder of This World: The Values Network. He is the author of Judaism for Everyone and 30 other books, including his most recent, Kosher Lust. Follow him on Twitter@RabbiShmuley.