Sean Penn Sneaked Orthodox Prisoner Ostreicher Back to the US
Penn managed to sneak Ostreicher across a hostile border and into a safe and currently undisclosed location in the United States.
Obama Negotiates Amid Iranian Genocidal Intent
Crimes were committed, but not a holocaust, against both Jews and non-Jews, and even this must still be verified by historians...
Where was God When Hurricane Sandy Struck?
What was G-d thinking when he sent Hurricane Sandy and what could have been its purpose? In truth, I don’t much care, because our role as humans is not to understand G-d’s plan in the face of horror and tragedy, but to challenge God and demand that human life always be protected and preserved. Did I say demand? Yes, humanity has rights before God. We are His children. He commanded us to preserve and promote life always. “Choose life,” Moses orders the Israelite nation in God’s name, on the last day of His life. And the Creator must abide by the same dictates He expects His creatures to.
Bill Clinton as Father of the Year
Why inadequate husbands can still be great dads
David Petraeus and the Biblical Lessons of Why Men Want Two Women
When Jacob is fooled into marrying Leah, he accepts her as a partner and eventually the mother of his children. But his yearning is for Rachel.
Orthodox Matchmaking Needs Huge Fixing
My own experiences within the shidduch system has caused me to question it considerably.
Chabad Fanatics Are Destroying the Movement
Rabbi Schochet wrote the Johannesburg Beis Din: It is totally prohibited and unacceptable to hear someone like Boteach.
Haim Saban’s NY Times Op-Ed Sanitizes Obama’s Record on Israel
Haim Saban, a proud Jew, staunch supporter of Israel, and noted philanthropist, nevertheless parses President Obama’s record on Israel in The New York Times to deliver a sanitized rendition of a President whose relationship with the Jewish state is unreliable at best and troubling at worst, writes Congressional candidate Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.
The Dangers of Favoring One Child Over Another
What is it about Jacob that he seemingly can’t stop the favoritism?
Why Bibi is Not Intimidated by Obama
What is better, a popular Israel riddled with dead Jews or an unpopular Israel filled with living ones?
Sharon’s Failure to Continue the Struggle
In return for its withdrawal from Gaza, Israel got a major war.
Why They Hate Us
Islam is undergoing a modern crisis which perhaps only its clerics and lay leaders can rescue it from.
Lessons for Israel-on-Campus from Scarlett Johansson
American Jews – especially those working on campus – don't accept that we have a battle on our hands.
Yitzchak Shamir – Israel’s Least Appreciated Prime Minister
I came to know Mr. Shamir quite well when I hosted him at the University of Oxford in the mid-90’s. He seemed all but forgotten even then and told me that his dramatic drop in popularity in Israel had been due to the euphoria over the premiership of Yitzchak Rabin and his dramatic overtures for peace. He told me this with a touch of resignation. It seemed he did feel underappreciated. More importantly, he seemed to divine the coming catastrophe.
Will Syria Be Obama’s Rwanda?
The delay allowed Assad to go on TV with Charlie Rose and come across as calm, measured, and reasonable.
AIPAC’s Silence on Chuck Hagel
What are brave United States lawmakers to make of AIPAC’s surrender?
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Obama’s Doublespeak On Russian Missile Defense and Israel
Last week I was quoted as saying that President Obama is a strong friend of the Jewish people and that anyone who calls him anti-Semitic is guilty of character assassination. I stand by that quote. But being a great friend of the Jewish people does not automatically make one a great friend of Israel.
Will the US Allow Iraq to Steal a Jewish Treasure?
Our government made a commitment to Iraq to return the collection once it's restored.
The Art of the Scribe
There are thousands of unqualified soferim in both America and Israel who sell items that, far from being first-rate, are not even kosher.
What is More Virtuous: Paying Taxes or Giving Charity?
Being forced to pay taxes does not make us more virtuous people. If it did, our founding fathers would have thanked George III for his coercion.
Bar Refaeli’s Vulgar Super Bowl Ad
GoDaddy's Super Bowl spot was a disappointment for American culture and even more disappointing that it starred an Israeli icon.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: The Lockerbie Bombing Hall of Shame
It was when Congressman Steve Rothman defended the rights of Former Libyan dictator Muammar Kaddafi’s personal envoy to live peacefully and tax-free next to me that I first thought of running against him. What was Rothman's purpose in defending the right of an envoy of a terror-sponsoring government to live in our midst?
Does President Obama Hate Evil?
Terrorists are not folks and Americans were not attacked but murdered in a despicable and cold-blooded act of terrorism.
Why Jews Are So Bad at PR
There are many potential Ron Dermers at the world’s universities today, if only we can nurture their gifts in their formative years.
Boteach Invites Opponent to Sabbath Dinner
Every Friday night at our Sabbath table my wife and I host all kinds of people. We love having guests and it would be my honor for us to host you and your family either this coming Friday night or whenever it may suit you. Over the years we’ve hosted thousands of people. Many have been Democratic politicians like yourself - from Governor Jon Corzine, to Mayors Michael Wildes, Frank Huttle, and Cory Booker.
Can Samantha Power Change the UN?
By now it’s known that I have strongly supported Samantha’s nomination.
One Strike and You’re Out?
In the Hebrew Bible everyone is flawed and everyone makes mistakes.
Germany’s Circumcision Police
Does the German government really want to get into a public battle over whether they are better guardians of the health and welfare of Jewish (and Muslim) children than their parents?
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Congressman Pascrell, Repudiate the Gaza 54 Letter
I am mystified as why you broke with close to 90% of Congress, voting to condemn Israel for imposing a blockade on Gaza. Surely you do not want to see Israeli children with their limbs blown off. Surely you do not want to see Hamas possessing the instruments to execute suspected Palestinian “collaborators” without trial. But without Israel stopping war materials from entering Gaza, more innocent Israelis and Palestinians will be murdered in the most gruesome way.
Jewish Values are the Salvation of the Republican Party
So long as we obsess over abortion, gay marriage, and contraception to the exclusion of any other values, we cannot fix our problems.
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