TEL AVIV, Israel – We arrive early Thursday morning for our son Yosef’s wedding in Israel. He is a soldier in an elite combat unit, but he has been given a leave of absence for his wedding. He is not on the Gaza border, thank God. His older brother, wh…
Author: Shmuley Boteach
Rabbi Shmuley: Why Democrats Want to Destroy Kennedy on Jews and Israel
By unmasking their waning support for Jews and Israel, Kennedy threatens Democrats Wassermann Schultz and Gottheimer as much as he does Joe Biden.
Rabbi Shmuley: Hamas Threatens Israel with Annihilation Again — with Cash from Qatar
The Qatar blockade is working. It must remain crystal clear to the men of Doha that only real change, and not paid campaigns, will ever serve to rescue them.
Qatar, Hamas Funder-in-Chief, Launches Jewish PR Effort
The Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, is coming to America. This year, he is bearing gifts.
RABBI SHMULEY: New York Times’ Ugly Attack Against Orthodox Judaism Misrepresents the Faith
The lesson of the Western Wall debate, as always in the Middle East, is that the real danger to peace is not from people of goodwill, but from extremists and fundamentalists who only know how to disagree with their opponents by demonizing them.
Rabbi Shmuley: We Do Not Forget — President Trump Promised Jerusalem
President Trump has a unique opportunity to turn that mourning into the joy of celebration when he, too, arrives in Israel. He can, at a unique moment in history, move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and confirm its permanence as Israel’s capital.
RABBI SHMULEY: For Steve Bannon, Israel Is on the Whiteboard
Needless to say, my picture with Steve Bannon — with the whiteboard of campaign promises and priorities in the background — seems to be the tweet heard around the world.
RABBI SHMULEY: Would Holocaust Have Happened if America Struck Hitler?
What would have happened if Hitler, right after Kristallnacht in November, 1938, had been hit by hundreds of American cruise missiles?
RABBI SHMULEY: Spicer’s Actions Redeem His Words on Assad
When it comes to combatting genocide, words are trivial and action is everything. I am grateful to Sean Spicer and the members of the Trump team for taking action to give value to innocent Arab life.