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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Does Not Back Down
Yesterday I blogged about the televised conflict about Hollywood Jews between the Orthodox rabbi and the Jewish convert to Catholicism. Now Rabbi Boteach blogs: Now Coren has shoved his foot far deeper into his mouth with a personal diatribe against … Continue reading
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Tagged early morning flight, kosher meal, orthodox rabbi, personal insults, rabbi boteach, rabbi shmuley boteach
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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Vs Canadian TV Host Michael Coren
Rabbi Boteach is taking a lot of offense of late. At LimmudLA, he stormed out of one of his sessions (on his book Kosher Jesus) after 10 minutes because he was asked by a volunteer to keep the noise level … Continue reading
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Tagged christian motivation, elders of zion, Jewish Journal, michael coran, michael coren, orthodox jews, protocols of the elders of zion, rabbi boteach, rabbi shmuley boteach, workship
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Appreciating The Older Woman
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes: The unfortunate breakup of the marriage between Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher should be of interest even to those who have better things to do with their time than follow mindless Hollywood chatter and celebrity gossip. … Continue reading
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Tagged arnold schwarzenegger, celebrity gossip, demi moore and ashton kutcher, Eliot Spitzer, rabbi shmuley boteach, woman rabbi
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Questioning Evolution
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes: New York Times columnist Paul Krugman thinks Republicans are knuckle-dragging Neanderthals. In the not-too-distant future he sees a Republican half-wit winning the presidency and dragging America back to the Stone Age. “One of these years the … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change science, john maynard smith, new york times columnist, rabbi shmuley boteach, richard dawkins, york times columnist
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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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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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Tagged anthony weiner, destructive tendencies, inner torment, male appendage, rabbi boteach, rabbi shmuley boteach
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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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Letter From A Birmingham Jail
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said: “There is not a single founder of this country who did not believe in God, in providence, in God judging nations, the afterlife, that we are judged and that this country could … Continue reading
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Tagged blood libel, dr martin luther, letter from a birmingham jail, letter from the birmingham jail, rabbi shmuley boteach, reverend martin
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