Shmuley Boteach, “America’s Rabbi,” is the international bestselling author of 27 books including his acclaimed new bestseller, Kosher Jesus. He is running for Congress in New Jersey's Ninth Congressional District. His website is www.shmuleyforcongress.com. Follow him on Twitter @RabbiShmuley.
I cannot divine the mind of God and we would obviously all have been much better off without this storm. And while, by far, the most important thing is for everyone to be safe, and for the families of those who lost loved ones to be comforted, the storm’s arrival does suddenly put everything in perspective.
30 Oct 2012
The shocking video of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa trying to push through language recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in the Democratic platform highlights the strong reservations that many American Jews are feeling toward the Democratic party.
7 Sep 2012
Senator Lautenberg says that Republicans ought to be ashamed of themselves for criticizing President Obama's policies on Israel. The senator is of the opinion that Obama is the best American presidential friend Israel has ever had. But if that's true, then no one has told the Israeli people, where President Obama's approval rating once sank to about four percent compared, say, to President Bush who enjoyed immense popularity among the Israeli people for his stalwart support of the Jewish state.
18 Aug 2012
Walking into the Ntarama Church outside Kigali and witnessing the scenes of mass slaughter that are all around you, I instantly began to gag and ran outside lest I be sick in consecrated ground. I walked in several more times but could barely breathe. Never in my life had I seen something so utterly gruesome.
10 Aug 2012
The Rwandan genocide of Tutsis by Hutus happened at a rate even quicker than the liquidation of Jews at the hands of the Germans. The best estimate is that 800,000 were killed in a hundred days, which translates to 334 murders per hour, or about six murders per minute. Most of these were low-tech executions by machete.
7 Aug 2012
Sadly, I have discovered that I am running against a career politician – now seeking his eighteenth year in Congress – a pro who would rather practice the politics of divisiveness and contempt that has so alienated the American electorate. The effect of Pascrell’s signature on the Gaza 54 letter was to weaken Israel’s ability to defend itself against Hamas, which rules Gaza with an iron fist and is dedicated to Israel’s destruction and to attacking Jews wherever they may be found.
23 Jul 2012
The most unpleasant people I have encountered in politics are those who put party before principle, partisanship before politeness, tribal political doctrine before common human decency.
10 Jul 2012
SOMEONE should tell Julie Hurley that kids are not a political katyusha to be fired against Israel in the ongoing effort to delegitimize the Jewish state.
9 Jul 2012
For a time, I celebrated the Fourth of July more out of habit than deep conviction. That changed for me when I lived in Britain for eleven years as Rabbi to the students of Oxford. I came to realize that what made America special is its eternal optimism and rugged individualism.
4 Jul 2012
I believe that the first African-American president has a special responsibility to promote human freedom and the infinite worth of the human person. I believe the same obligation will be incumbent upon the first Jewish President, whomever he or she will be. Two communities that have experienced the wholesale decimation of their people have a special responsibility to promote the infinite value of human life.
25 Jun 2012