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Shmuley Boteach

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Shmuley Boteach

February 13, 2023

Why Netanyahu triumphs while Trump founders

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

Shmuley Boteach

February 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.

Shmuley Boteach

January 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.

Shmuley Boteach

January 8, 2023

Yisrael Katz. Credit: Hebrew Wikipedia.

Why is Israel’s foreign minister attacking Poland?

Why would an Israeli official choose to attack Poland just four days after Poland stood with the Jewish state against Iran?

Shmuley Boteach

February 20, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the 2018 AIPAC conference in Washington, D.C. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Support for Israel cannot become a left-right issue

Like any centrist element of American political life, AIPAC has been besieged by the ever-intensifying political extremes. And amid this bitterly sectarian political climate, bipartisan behemoths like AIPAC have found themselves grasping in the dark for allies.

Shmuley Boteach

December 21, 2018