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Category Archives: Shmuley Boteach
Full Version Of Shmuley Boteach’s Debate With Christopher Hitchens On God
It is moderated by Neil Gilman (a philosophy professor from JTS). It took place at the 92nd Street Y Jan. 30, 2008.
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The Orthodox Connection To The NYT’s Corrupt Arms Suppliers To Afghans Sotry
The Bar-Kochba Botach in this story is a Los Angeles Orthodox Jew. He owns www.botachtactical.com at 3423 West 43rd Place Los Angeles, CA 90008. His brother is Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. Bar-Kochba Botach is not accused of any wrong-doing in this … Continue reading
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Hitchens Vs Boteach
Mediabistro reports: If you saw Friday’s brief item on Christopher Hitchens and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach at the 92nd St. Y and wanted to know more about the "good old-fashioned debate drama" it hinted at, other observers have offered their perspective … Continue reading
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The Broken American Male: And How to Fix Him by Shmuley Boteach
This book is coming out Jan. 22. Book Description: Why do American husbands come home from work too exhausted to interact with their families? When did a healthy quest for prosperity become a twisted game no one can win? How … Continue reading
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Anorexia And The Orthodox Seminary Girl
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes: Last week my eldest daughter called me from Israel, where she is studying for a year in seminary, crying and terribly distraught. A girl she was friendly with from another seminary had died of anorexia. She … Continue reading
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The Values That Make Judaism Unique
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes in The Jewish Press: Two weeks ago I debated Michael Steinhardt, the renowned philanthropist and self-declared atheist, and Prof. Noah Feldman, arguably America’s foremost thirty-something legal mind, on the subject of whether or not Jews are … Continue reading
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Shmuley Boteach Vs. Madonna
Rabbi Dana Kaplan writes in his forthcoming book The Transformation of American Judaism: According to Boteach, Kabbalah "argues for the spiritual supremacy of women over men, for feminine transcendence over masculine imminence, and feminine radiance over masculine expedience". He finds … Continue reading
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Making Jewish Sexy
Tamar Fox writes for Jewcy: I spend a lot of time thinking about how one can make being Jewish look good. Because the thing is, I’m always Jewish, and I’d like to be considered a cool girl, a woman with … Continue reading
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Ostracizing Jews Who Marry Out
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes in the Jerusalem Post: Noah Feldman was a brilliant, Orthodox Jewish Rhodes scholar who arrived in Oxford in my fourth year as rabbi there in 1992. We quickly hit it off. For one thing, there was … Continue reading
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Roseanne vs. the Rabbis
Daniel Treiman writes in the Forward: Rabbi Arthur Waskow had heard enough. The left-wing activist and Jewish Renewal rabbi was slated to face off via telephone with media personality Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on comedian Roseanne Barr’s radio show last week. … Continue reading
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