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Jerusalem, Divided or United?
 
Chabad to the Rescue for Oklahoma Residents

May 21, 2013 - 8:23 PM
 
Waze Defeats Google

May 21, 2013 - 5:41 PM
 
Shin Bet Foils Hamas Plot to Kill Israeli, Hold Body for Barter

May 21, 2013 - 5:28 PM
 
Man Behind Palestinian Flag at Paterson, NJ City Hall a Convicted Felon

May 21, 2013 - 3:00 PM
 
Kerry Headed for PA-Israel Crisis that He Created

May 21, 2013 - 1:09 PM
 
Nefesh B’Nefesh Co-Founder to Receive YU Honorary Doctorate

May 21, 2013 - 12:28 PM
 
Report: Discrimination against Jews and Muslims Rising Everywhere

May 21, 2013 - 12:21 PM
 
Clintons Staying Out of the Mayoral Race

May 21, 2013 - 12:11 PM
 
Israel Comes to its Senses, Cancels UNESCO Mission

May 21, 2013 - 11:53 AM
 
Nadler Demands Justice for Jacob Ostreicher

May 21, 2013 - 11:36 AM
 
Third Time this Week: Syrians Fire at IDF Golan Heights Patrol

May 21, 2013 - 10:04 AM
 
IDF Does the Work for PA and Uncovers Huge Weapons Hoard

May 21, 2013 - 9:22 AM
 
IDF Returns Fire after Gunfire from Syria on Golan Heights

May 21, 2013 - 8:05 AM
 
Syria: Capture of Old IDF Jeep Proves Israel Helps Rebels (video)

May 21, 2013 - 12:40 AM
 
Barbra Streisand to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew U

May 20, 2013 - 9:49 PM
 
Kerry Names Ira Forman to Combat Anti-Semitism

May 20, 2013 - 9:27 PM
 
PA Outsmarts Self, Loses Out on UNESCO Old City Mission

May 20, 2013 - 8:00 PM
 
Egypt Prepares for Battle in Sinai to Free Soldiers

May 20, 2013 - 7:52 PM
 
PA Resurrects ‘Palestinian Authority Descending from Jesus’ Gospel

May 20, 2013 - 4:24 PM
 
Legal Activist Calls for Prosecuting France 2 for Al-Dura Hoax

May 20, 2013 - 2:55 PM
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Rabbi Boteach speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition Convention in Las Vegas, May 2012.

Politics and Relationships

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America's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach
Holocaust
 

Was the Holocaust Punishment for Sin?

Posted on: May 21st, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

Are we to believe that these Jews who were devout and pious were being punished?

William Dodd, the United States ambassador to Germany, in 1934.
 

When American Ambassadors Were Still Untouchable

Posted on: May 17th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

The growing revelations that the Obama State Department watered down public statements on the attack in order to cleanse them of any mention of al Qaeda and terrorism is a travesty.

The author with Stephen Hawking.
 

Hawking Rejects the Zionism of Einstein

Posted on: May 13th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

When in 1948 President Harry Truman recognized the new Jewish State of Israel, Einstein declared it 'the fulfillment of our dream.'

Kim Jong Un (Left)
 

The Hidden Threat of Kim Jong Un

Posted on: May 5th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

Too many times, the world has learned the hard way by 'turning the other cheek' while dictators terrorized both their own people and other nations.

Strike
 

One Strike and You’re Out?

Posted on: April 29th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

In the Hebrew Bible everyone is flawed and everyone makes mistakes.

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Kim Jong Un
 

And Hate the Sinner Too

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

Forgetting how to hate can be just as damaging as forgetting how to love.

Sheldon Adelson
 

Adelson: From Caricature to Life

Posted on: April 17th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

Let us also not forget that Adelson criticized many of the social values of the Republican Party before it became fashionable to do so.

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
 

Belittling Tormentors Allows us to Be Free

Posted on: April 5th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

Through the process of the ten plagues, the Jews saw the Egyptians for what they were, just another group of petrified humans.

A red eyed tree frog.
 

The Noise that Drowns Out all Peace

Posted on: March 31st, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

When all the ribbetting is silenced, we begin to hear an old, familiar tune: the melodious song of our own souls.

Defense attorney Walter Madison, right, holds 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond as judge Thomas Lipps announces his verdict on Sunday.
 

An American Tragedy in Steubenville

Posted on: March 18th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

The greatest tragedy made manifest in Steubenville is the attitude of teenage men toward girls.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach debating Richard Dawkins at Oxford, 1996
 

The Rise of Israel’s Words Warriors

Posted on: March 5th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

Overlooking incendiary rhetoric is exactly what led to the global delegitimization of Israel.

Rabbi Shmuley and Debbie Boteach were honored as New Jersey's Parents of the Year for 2012.
 

Tribute to my Wife on Our 25th Anniversary

Posted on: February 26th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

Men ultimately fall in love with those women who bring out their best qualities.

Priorities
 

Finding the Jewish Billy Graham, the Israeli Martin Luther King

Posted on: February 13th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

Public relations is nearly the whole ball game and we Jews have lost the battle not just in modern times with Israel but throughout a long and tragic history

Bar Rafaeli Go Daddy
 

Bar Refaeli’s Vulgar Super Bowl Ad

Posted on: February 11th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

GoDaddy's Super Bowl spot was a disappointment for American culture and even more disappointing that it starred an Israeli icon.

 

AIPAC’s Silence on Chuck Hagel

Posted on: February 5th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

What are brave United States lawmakers to make of AIPAC’s surrender?

Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Davos
 

Shabbos in Davos

Posted on: January 27th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

While the meal featured heads of state, Nobel laureates and people of world renown, it had a homely feeling where no one in particular was made to feel more important than the next person.

Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Obama in the White House, March 5, 2012.
 

Why Bibi is Not Intimidated by Obama

Posted on: January 22nd, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

What is better, a popular Israel riddled with dead Jews or an unpopular Israel filled with living ones?

The market in the old city of Aleppo which was once one of the most beautiful and lively sites in Syria, before tank fire burned it down.
 

Does Anyone Give a Damn About Syria?

Posted on: January 17th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

Perhaps our President should focus less on construction of apartments and homes and do something instead about the bombs and rockets that are killings tens of thousands of innocent Arabs.

The late Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum.
 

Religion’s Most Repellant Idea

Posted on: January 15th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

How can anyone calling himself a Rabbi have the chutzpah to ever justify the death of innocents?

Bill Clinton as Father of the Year
 

Bill Clinton as Father of the Year

Posted on: January 13th, 2013

InDepthColumnsAmerica's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

Why inadequate husbands can still be great dads

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