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Blog Entries by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach from 02/2010

From Messiah to Mortal: The All-Too-Brief Divinity of Barack Obama

| Posted 02.02.2010 | Politics
Read More: Religion, Religion and Politics, Obama State of the Union, Dennis Prager, Obama Messiah, State of the Union, Barack Obama, President Obama, Politics News

What President Obama failed to understand is that America doesn't do well with Messiahs of any sort, preferring self-redemption to the sort delivered by some great rescuer.

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Haitian Apocalypse and a Bold New World

| Posted 02.08.2010 | World
Read More: Haitian Earthquake Relief, Haitian Earthquake, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, World News

Nothing can prepare you for Port-Au-Prince. Not watching the devastation on CNN for a week. Not viewing a Time magazine photo montage of blue-tinged bodies in rigor mortis. Nothing.

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Was Haiti Punished for Sin?

| Posted 02.13.2010 | Healthy Living
Read More: Jews, 700 Club, Haiti Earthquake, Holocaust, Jesus Christ, Bono, Chabad, Pat Robertson, Christianity, Shabbos, Haiti, Judaism, Healthy Living News

I have always been puzzled as to why many religious people enjoy portraying G-d as executioner-in-chief and are always finding reasons to justify human suffering.

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Tiger's Courageous Confession

| Posted 02.20.2010 | Sports
Read More: Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods Statement, Tiger Woods Apology, Sports News

Tiger Woods' statement was that rarest of things, a sincere and unconditional statement of contrition and responsibility from a public figure for cheating on his wife.

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