Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Looking For Suffering In All The Wrong Places

Rachel Adams | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Disability, Parenting, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Judaism, Suffering, Becoming-Fearless, Religion News

Equating Down syndrome with suffering, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach praises the "doctors who work tirelessly so that this disease can be purged and children came into the world healthy." Down syndrome is not a disease.

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Dear Rabbi Shmuley, Can You Leave Dan Savage Alone?

Chaim Levin | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Homosexuality, Bible, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Dan Savage, Religion and Sexuality, Religion and Politics, Relationships, Religion News

To compare Savage to people who are filled with such hatred is absurd and reminiscent of the disturbing trend to misrepresent anti-bullying activists as bullies themselves.

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Agreeing With Someone Who Is Wrong

Robert J. Asher | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Evolution, Darwin, Creationism, Religion and Science, Religion Science, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Book of Genesis, Julian Huxley, Religion News

The hope is that we don't become so wedded to a given belief that we insulate ourselves from introspection and a willingness to say "I was wrong" when warranted by the facts.

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No Kosher Jesus

Reverend William E. Flippin, Jr. | Posted 04.04.2012

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He isn't merely a perfect icon to admire but an example to follow in how to fully engage one's capacity for relationship with God.

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Pushing for Post-Partisan Political Parties: A Personal Vision

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Politics News

I pledge in my campaign not to add to the growing partisan divide. I actually hate it. I love the United States of America. I don't want to live in China or Russia where, for all intents and purposes, there is one party.

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Canadian TV Host Insinuates Jews Control Hollywood

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Sun News Network, Michael Coren, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Kosher Jesus, Culture News

Thursday I had what was probably the most unpleasant TV interview of my life on Canada's Sun News Network. Interviewed by host Michael Coren about my book Kosher Jesus, I expected to be asked about the book's content. Coren quickly got to a question that seemed to be bursting from within.

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Will 'Kosher Jesus' Affect My Children's Shidduchim (Marriages)?

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Kosher Jesus, Religious Books, Orthodox Marriage, Kosher Jesus Reviews, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Judaism, Kosher Jesus Marriage, Religion News

To bring anyone's children into a public dispute about ideas is a gross violation. But for religious leaders to suggest that children will pay for a father's actions by not being able to marry is loathsome and grotesque.

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Gratitude to My Rival, Rep. Rothman, for My Son's Nomination to West Point

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Bill Pascrell, New Jersey Ninth Congressional District, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, New Jersey, West Point, Steve Rothman, New York News

Rothman's decision to put merit before political consideration showed character and integrity and I salute it. It also demonstrated a willingness to populate our officer corps with deserving men and women, whatever the political consequences.

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Why I Want to Be the Values-Voice in Congress

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Congress, New Jersey Ninth Congressional District, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, New Jersey, Syria, Politics News

Why would a Rabbi run for Congress? Because the problems we're seeing in our great nation are not caused by an economic downturn but by a values erosion, and I intend to be the values-voice that Congress so desperately needs.

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Jesus, We Can Finally Talk About Jesus

Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: New Testament, Bible, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Judaism, Jesus Christ, Christian-Jewish Relations, Christianity, Jewish New Testament, Interfaith, Kosher Jesus, Religion News

The only times Jewish people mention Jesus are when they stub their toe, miss the bus or tell you about their theater tickets to a certain Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera. Two new books will change that.

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Not Everything Is As Kosher As It Seems

Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Judaism, Kosher Jesus Attack, Judaism and Jesus, Christianity, Christianity and Judaism, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Kosher Jesus, Religion News

Shmuley Boteach is an old friend, but even old friends can go awry sometimes. When they do, it behooves someone who cares enough for them to try and set them straight. Not to do so is to betray that friendship.

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Shoving 'Kosher Jesus' Down Jews' Throats

Eliyahu Federman | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Chabad, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Judaism, Jesus, Kosher Jesus Attack, Religious Books, Tim Tebow, Kosher Jesus, Religious Tolerance, Religion News

Should Rabbi Boteach be offended that certain members of the Orthodox-Jewish community are renouncing a book titled "Kosher Jesus" and not giving him a platform to promote it? Of course not.

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10 Minutes With Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Posted 01.13.2012

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By Lauren Markoe Religion News Service (RNS) Celebrity Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, spiritual counselor to Michael Jackson and author of the best-sellin...

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Religious Incitement Over My 'Kosher Jesus' Book

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 03.12.2012

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That's the problem with the knee-jerk religious extremism. It dismisses nuance and seeks to create bogeymen.

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Excerpt: 10 Conversations You Need to Have With Yourself: A Powerful Plan for Spiritual Growth and Self-Improvement

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Mindful Living, Books News

How strange that half of the population seems prepared to squander everything important in the pursuit of material success, while the rest are content to gorge themselves on junk food in front of reality television. At issue is the most basic urge of all: hunger.

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In Defense Of Only Children

Kate Fridkis | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Family Planning, Singletons, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Lauren Sandler, Time Magazine, Only Children, The Jewish Standard, Parenting, Healthy Living News

Parents are people, too. If they don't want to have more children, the world shouldn't require an explanation from them. It's their family, their lives, and yes, it's their money.

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