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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is the founder of the World Values Network. He can be followed on Twitter @RabbiShmuley.

An infantry soldier prays after a long night of battling Hamas terrorist, Jan. 6, 2009. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

‘Rolling Stone’ uses a Hezbollah terrorist to accuse my IDF soldier sons of war crimes

Is the magazine so desperate to malign Israel that it’s willing to disregard the safety of innocent American Israelis?

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Nov. 20, 2024

Israeli flag. Credit: Prawny/Pixabay.

Hamas-occupied Times Square must be liberated

Join us to honor the heroes of the Israel Defense Forces.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

July 29, 2024

American actress Roseanne Barr speaks during a conference in Jerusalem on January 27, 2019. Photo: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90

Roseanne, speak the truth about the Holocaust

My friend Roseanne Barr needs to immediately clarify her statements, lest they be used by antisemites to deny the Holocaust.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

June 28, 2023

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo meets with Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg in Monsey, N.Y., after a stabbing attack at his home and shul on Dec. 28, 2019, the seventh night of Hanukkah. Source: Andrew Cuomo via Twitter.

Why are Jews attacking Andrew Cuomo?

We should be fighting the antisemites, not a lifelong friend and defender of the Jewish people.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

April 21, 2023

Israelis block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul on March 26, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Jewish criticism of Israel is increasingly libelous

Criticism should be accurate and fair rather than fanatical and extreme.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

April 4, 2023

A heartbroken son mourns his mother

Gratitude from a son who would not be in Jewish communal life without the dedication and sacrifice of a matriarch who placed herself second to all her children’s needs.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Feb. 13, 2023

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stop to talk with reporters along the White House colonnade, prior to their meeting in the Oval Office on Jan. 27, 2020. CreditL Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian.

Why Netanyahu triumphs while Trump founders

The secret ingredient to Bibi’s enduring appeal to voters is his ability to communicate authenticity.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Feb. 3, 2023

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (facing the camera) and Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir embrace at the swearing-in ceremony for the Netanyahu government at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Dec. 29, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Amir Ohana’s homophobic detractors are the abomination

The new Speaker of the Knesset is a hero who has dedicated his life to the Jewish people.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Jan. 12, 2023

Al Sharpton attending the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo., on Aug. 25, 2008. Credit: Dave Winer via Wikimedia Commons.

The Jewish community should applaud Al Sharpton’s condemnation of antisemitism

We should reject all attempts by antisemites to drive a wedge between blacks and Jews.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Jan. 8, 2023