Shmuley Boteach
ARTICLES BY: Shmuley Boteach
Decline and Fall of British Spirituality
Who is a responsible for the moral rot that has set in Britain? The police are blaming the youth for being hooligans, as...
Rebirthing Birthright
Birthright Israel is now 11 years old and has brought some 300,000 young Jews to Israel. I recently led another Birthright trip for Mayanot, one...
Politicians Cannot Save America
This whole week I've digested an endless number of op-eds on the part of writers saying America is going down the sinkhole. We're a downgraded...
How Israel is Blowing the Arab Spring
I am currently in Israel leading a Birthright trip where the consumption of alcohol by the participants is largely discouraged. It's a policy that Israel...
To Wed a Daughter, to Sell a Kidney
My eldest daughter, Mushki, is engaged and will be married in a few months, God willing. I'm surprised at how well I'm taking it given...
When Murdering Children Becomes Everyday News
A funny thing happened to me as I surveyed all the tragedies that have filled our newspapers over the past few weeks. I discovered that...
Surrounded by Christians Who Love Israel
The Christians United for Israel dinner in Washington, DC was an experience I won't quickly forget. Until you sit in a room with five thousand...
The Demonization of Eric Cantor
Attacks on Eric Cantor are gaining steam. Harry Reid called him childish. Many in the media have portrayed him as the obstinate Republican who will...
The Butchering of 8-Year-Old Leibby Kletsky
There are three reasons Hassidic Jews live together in tight-knit and often insular communities. The first is shared values. The second, a strong support network...
In the Belly of the British Tabloid Beast
I came to the UK for a debate on the future of the Anglo-Jewish Chief Rabbinate but quickly got mired in commenting on the News of...
Knee-Deep in the Blood-Soaked Battlefields of Europe
The two sides of war - useless carnage on the one hand, necessary bravery and heroism on the other - were always in evidence as...
The Tabloidization of Britain
Ten years ago I tried to extract Michael Jackson from the hell of a tabloid life. Nothing hurt him more than being referred to as...
The New York Times Questions Monogamy
This one was really strange. This past Sunday The New York Times did a magazine cover story based on the ideas of gay sex-advice columnist Dan...
Loosening Anglo-Jewry’s Corset
Eleven years ago, I lived in the UK and, though I served primarily as rabbi to students at Oxford University, I gradually expanded the scope...
