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.
There is something wrong with soulless competition, which says that without a gold medal one is little more than the Tin Man from the “Wizard of Oz,” lacking heart and comprised of worthless metal.
You would think that the choice here between good and evil would be stark and direct and the world would stand with Israel. But precisely the opposite has occurred.
I have always been puzzled why many religious people enjoy portraying God as executioner-in-chief and are always finding reasons to justify human suffering.
For the first time in memory, a world religious figure gazed upon mankind and saw an ocean of possibility.
Why are Americans — for all our history — so fascinated with this stuff?
Last week I interviewed former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who also served in Congress and at the helm of the CIA.
There is no theology that would somehow find redemption in the coronavirus.
I am dedicated to re-creating the bonds of brotherhood that united Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Instead of attacking, let’s turn it into a teachable moment and engage him in a dialogue.
Black-Jewish brotherhood was built historically on shared faith rather than shared oppression.
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