Posts Tagged: Boteach Israel
God, Not Balfour, Gave Israel to the Jews
President Donald Trump is the most pro-Israel president in history, and proved it again with his precedent-setting peace initiative. The plan recognizes that Israel will...
The Growing Hate of Ilhan Omar
On the first day of the AIPAC Policy Conference, my organization, The World Values Network, took out a full-page ad in The Washington Post calling...
Antisemitism in the US Congress
There is a lot of talk these days about white privilege, and it is true that white Americans do enjoy many advantages. However, some of...
Hampton Kosher Hot Dogs at Qatar’s Bloody World Cup
The day after Christmas, Bloomberg News published an article titled, “New York Hot Dog Rabbi to Make Qatar Kosher for World Cup.” Weird. A few questions immediately presented...
Ronald Lauder Treats Israelis Like Misbehaving Children
For most of the last 70 years, the American Jewish establishment has taken the position that Israelis should make their own decisions, particularly on matters...
An Open Letter to the Emir of Qatar
Dear Sheikh Tamim, You have recently invested a fortune in a PR campaign aimed at the Jewish community in the United States -- in the hope...
Jewish Organizations’ Disgraceful Rejection of Trump’s Jerusalem Recognition
President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and begin the process of moving our embassy there, was positively courageous. Given...
The Mysterious Motivation of Jewish Leaders Who Visit Hamas’ Funders in Qatar
The Al Jazeera network, founded and owned by Qatar, has featured some of the most grotesque antisemitism ever aired on television. For example, they famously...
Stop Treating Israelis Who’ve Left the Holy Land With Disdain
At the heart of 3,000-strong Israeli-American Conference (IAC), which took place last weekend in Washington, was this question: Is it healthy to create a new Israeli-American identity when it...
Israel Tolerates the Intolerable by Allowing Terrorists to Live
I have long argued that Israel’s policy toward convicted terrorists is a tragically misplaced mercy. In the nearly 70 years of its existence, the State of Israel’s...
A Daughter Weds in Jerusalem
Next week, our daughter Shterny will wed in Jerusalem. It would have been easier, obviously, to have the wedding in the United States. But there...
Why Are Jewish Groups in Britain Censoring Discussions About Israel?
I lived in the UK as a rabbi to the students of Oxford University for more than 11 years. I participated in countless debates on Israel with...
The Jewish Battle Cry of Freedom
The following remarks were delivered by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach last week at his Third Annual Champions of Jewish Values International Awards Gala. We are in...
Please Peter, Don’t Punish Us
Last week, in his worst anti-Israel rant to date, Peter Beinart demanded that Israel be punished for electing Netanyahu. Those stubborn, stiff-necked Jews did it...
