
Assassinating Reinhard Heydrich Was the Bravest Act of World War II
Operation Anthropoid, the destruction of Lidice, and why Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík belong among the greatest heroes of the Second World War
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is the founder of The World Values Network. He is also what The Washington Post calls “the most famous Rabbi in America” who served as Rabbi to Oxford University for 11 years. The international best-selling author of 30 books, he is also the winner of the London Times Preacher of the Year competition. His latest book is “Lust for Love,” co-authored with Pamela Anderson. He is on Twitter @RabbiShmuley.

Operation Anthropoid, the destruction of Lidice, and why Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík belong among the greatest heroes of the Second World War

The most devastating rebuttal to Mark Ruffalo in 2026 comes from Mark Ruffalo himself in 2021.

At a moment of frightening abandonment, he has given Jews something precious—the knowledge that we are not completely alone.

Not every young man is destined to become a great Torah scholar. And pretending otherwise harms both the individual and the community.

A Ghetto Under Siege: From Oppression to Resistance

The Holocaust did not start with gas chambers. It started with accountants.

Lincoln understood that nations endure not through might but through meaning. Israel’s strength, too, must rest on moral conviction — that a Jewish and democratic state in the Holy Land is not an accident of history but a moral necessity.

As antisemitism rises again — and as figures who claim Catholic identity trivialize Hitler and vilify Jews — it is incumbent upon you to speak with moral thunder.

As Gen. Petraeus warned, “Half-measures in urban warfare do not save lives. They only postpone defeat.”

Yesterday, I visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. In this imagined essay, Anne Frank reflects on the Holocaust, the massacre of October 7, and why the State of Israel and a strong IDF are the only guarantee that “Never Again” is not an empty slogan.