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Tag Archives: rabbi shmuley boteach
Michael Jackson’s Jewish Dream
The greatest interview ever of Michael Jackson? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes: This coming Friday night, Sept. 25, NBC will air a one-hour, prime-time “Dateline” special hosted by Meredith Vieira, featuring a book I am publishing on the 30 hours of … Continue reading
Posted in Shmuley Boteach
Tagged deeper side, dinner night, intimate conversation, jewish sabbath, meredith vieira, rabbi shmuley boteach
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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
Posted in AIPAC, Israel, J-Street, Personal, Shmuley Boteach
Tagged american jewry, anti semite, israel lobby, knuckle draggers, rabbi shmuley boteach, snappy comeback
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Orthodoxy’s Shidduch Crisis
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes in the Jerusalem Post: The religious Jewish dating scene is severely broken. In the secular world men and women date by meeting each other at co-ed institutions like school and university or at events like parties … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Sex
Tagged ed institutions, jerusalem post, professional matchmakers, rabbi shmuley boteach, religious world, shidduch
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NYT Editorializes About Jewish Arms Dealers Accused Of Corruption
On March 27, I reported: 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 … Continue reading
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Tagged fly by night, henry waxman, john withers, orthodox jew, rabbi shmuley boteach, representative henry waxman
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Creating Attraction Between Men & Women
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes: Tens of thousands of singles congregate on the Upper West Side of Manhattan or the Pico-Robertson area of Los Angeles. They attend singles synagogues. They go to an endless variety of singles events. They date about … Continue reading
Posted in Dating
Tagged educational structures, endless variety, erotic mind, fifth person, rabbi shmuley boteach, upper west side
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Rabbi Says Self-Satisfaction Is Not The Answer
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes to a frustrated husband: Sexual passion, intimacy and erotic joy in marriage are crucial components of a strong relationship. So you have to take this issue, and your wife’s frustration, very seriously. But your wife’s suggestion, … Continue reading
Posted in Sex
Tagged bone and flesh, fantasy women, frustration, husband and wife, instances, intimacy, jewish law, Judaism, kosher sex, premature ejaculation, principal purpose, procreation, rabbi shmuley boteach, religions, secularism, self satisfaction, sexual passion, sexual pleasure, sexuality, sin of omission
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Stolen Cocoa Krispies Taste Sweeter
My Video Blog As I was leaving LimmudLA last month, I was given three boxes of food to take to SOVA to feed the homeless. Figuring that I was only a canceled credit card away from being homeless, I appropriated … Continue reading
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Tagged bad news, cocoa krispies, credit card, crowne plaza, day of redemption, full cry, fundraiser, gangbangers, granola, Homeless, homeless bums, hovel, Israel, jewish expression, jewish singles events, mistaken notion, paypal donations, Purim, rabbi boteach, rabbi shmuley boteach, rejection, rodney dangerfield, Sabbath, saturday morning, shabbat, shabbat dinner, shabbaton, shacharit, shul, three boxes, time today, tiny muscles, town hosts, tzitzit
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