Category Archives: Shmuley Boteach

If You Want To Be Taken Seriously, Then You Must…

I find the "If you want to be taken seriously, then you must do X, Y, Z" rhetoric obnoxious. I don’t know how many people have asked me, "Do you want to be taken seriously? Do you want your blog … Continue reading

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Says Michael Jackson Threw His Life Away

I was sitting with a group of Gentiles last week. They were discussing Shmuley Boteach’s book “Face Your Fear“. They love his TV show "Shalom in the Home." They were impressed I knew Shmuley. He was one rabbi they could … Continue reading

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Will Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Do Anything For Publicity?

The Jewish Journal takes a snide shot at Rabbi Boteach in its Calendar section selection for April 28: "…an Orthodox rabbi whose self-proclaimed Eleventh Commandment is ‘Thou Shalt do anything for publicity and recognition’…" Here’s the 1996 article that pioneered … Continue reading

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Christopher Hitchens Vs. Orthodox Jews

Christopher Hitchens pushes my buttons. I respect his rhetorical abilities, but I hate many of his views. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach echoes many of my thoughts in his latest column in The Jerusalem Post: To read Hitchens these days is to … Continue reading

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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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