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Category Archives: Shmuley Boteach
What Is Wrong With Britain?
Just as the 1991 Los Angeles Riots provoked soul-searching on the part of this city, the London Riots are causing a rethink of social policy in Great Britain in particular and the western world in general. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes: … Continue reading
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Tagged christian bodies, dead girls, london riots, los angeles riots, rabbi shmuley boteach, university professors
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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s Nephew Faces 10-Year Sentence For Arms Dealing
From the Orlando Sentinel: But his mother, Ateret Diveroli, said her son’s story is one of a young life that unraveled. His quick wealth fueled drug use, gambling and an alcohol problem. “It’s like when somebody wins the lottery at … Continue reading
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Why Do Men Cheat?
Dennis Prager and Rabbi Shmuley discuss: Should wives be grateful when their husbands are faithful? Dennis replied to a question from Lisa Oz: “It gives you an idea of how close my wife and I are that I can say … Continue reading
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Do Open Relationships Work?
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes: Indeed, the argument for open relationships goes back to the beginning of time, its most famous modern advocate being the celebrated British philosopher Bertrand Russell who wrote long letters to his wife about his consensual infidelities. … Continue reading
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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Considers Election Run Against Anthony Weiner
Rabbi Boteach writes for the Jewish Journal: …Weiner needs help to overcome self-destructive tendencies that border on a death wish and that will consume him if he ignores them. Any elected official who tweets his swollen male appendage to a … Continue reading
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Anorexia And The Dating Culture
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes: Being overweight is not healthy. But women who focus only on their bodies to the exclusion of their souls are equally unhealthy. And men who have practiced Judaism their entire lives but are blind to a … Continue reading
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Tagged eishes chayil, formative experiences, orthodox jews, orthodox seminaries, rabbi shmuley boteach, torah observance
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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s Issue With American Jewish University
Rabbi Boteach writes: I thought of this story recently in an incident with the American Jewish University (formerly, the University of Judaism) in Los Angeles after my organization, This World: The Values Network, approached the AJU to ask if they … Continue reading
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Shmuley’s Boteach’s Arms-Dealing Father
The LA Weekly reports: The connections could be seen last year, when Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and City Council President Eric Garcetti attended the Beverly Hills launch of the star-studded charity Turn Friday Night Into Family Night, founded by Rabbi Shmuley … Continue reading
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An impromtu debate between Rabbi Shmuley and Dennis Prager as they travel through Africa
This was recorded during Thanksgiving, 2009. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: “Values are not just abortion and gay marriage.” Dennis Prager: “Those are very huge.” Shmuley: “Values are family values. Keeping families together is the main thing. I don’t see where gays … Continue reading
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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Debates Dennis Prager
This was done March 24, 2008 at Nessah synagogue in Beverly Hillls, a nominally Orthodox Persian shul. Dennis Prager: “I grew up in an East European Hasidic shtibble in New York. The rabbi was from Romania. Ultra-Orthodox. In order to … Continue reading
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