Shmuley Boteach

Shmuel "Shmuley" Boteach (שמואל (שמולי) בוטח‎, /ˈʃmuːli boʊˈteɪ.ək/ SHMOO-lee boh-TAY-ək; born November 19, 1966) is an American Orthodox Jewish rabbi, author, and TV host. Boteach is the author of 31 books, including best seller Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy, and Kosher Jesus.[5][6][7] His outspokenness has earned him praise and criticism; Newsweek magazine named him one of the 10 most influential rabbis in the United States, and The Jerusalem Post named him one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world.[8][9]

Shmuley Boteach
שמואל בוטח‎
Shmuel Boteach
Boteach in 2010
Born
Shmuel Boteach

(1966-11-19) November 19, 1966
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationHebrew Academy (high school)[1]
OccupationRabbi, author, TV host
Years active1988–present
TelevisionShalom in the Home
Political partyRepublican[2]
Spouse(s)Debbie[3]
Children9[4]
RelativesEfraim Diveroli (nephew)
Websitewww.shmuley.com

Early and personal life

Boteach was born in Los Angeles and grew up there and in Miami, and was raised in a Modern Orthodox Jewish home.[10][11][12] He was the youngest of five children.[3] His parents divorced when he was eight years old; for his bar mitzvah present, he told his parents he wanted them to reunite.[3][11]

He then went to a Chabad camp and fell in love with Judaism.[3] The Lubavitcher Rebbe became Boteach's patron, and at age 13 he joined the Chabad movement.[3] At age 14, he decided he wanted to become a rabbi, to help heartbroken people.[11] He studied at a series of yeshivas in Los Angeles, New York, and Israel, and was chosen to be one of 10 Chabad students sent to Sydney, Australia, to start a yeshiva.[3] In Sydney he met the parents of his future wife, Debbie, whom he met when he was 21 years old.[3][11] He then returned to New York, and took semicha (rabbinical ordination).[3]

By 2019, he and Debbie had nine children.[3] He resides in Englewood, New Jersey.[13]

Rabbinic career

In 1988, Boteach was sent at age 22 by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson as a Chabad-Lubavitch shaliach (emissary) to Oxford, England, where he served as rabbi to Oxford University's students for 11 years.[12] During that time, he founded the Oxford University L'Chaim Society (in Hebrew, L'Chaim means To Life).[14][15] The society grew to be the second-biggest student organization ever in Oxford, with a membership that included over 5,000 non-Jews.[3][16] It attracted star speakers from politics, arts and culture, including six Israeli prime ministers, former Australian premier Bob Hawke, former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, singer Boy George, football player Diego Maradona, and actor Jon Voight.[17][3][16][12]

The society included American Baptist Rhodes Scholar and future US Senator Cory Booker serving as the group's co-president, and American Mormon and future president of Southern Utah University Michael Benson serving as an officer of the society.[14][3][18] Some Orthodox patrons became concerned about the direction of the group and the percentage of non-Jewish members, and Boteach was asked to remove some non-Jewish students from the society; Boteach refused, and converted the L'Chaim Society from a student society into an independent organization.[19][18]

In 1994, Boteach was suspended from his position with Chabad after he refused to cancel a speaking event with Yitzhak Rabin. Lubavitch leadership objected to the speaking event because Rabbi Schneerson opposed Rabin's peace deal proposal. After defying the suspension order, he was summoned to attend a beth din hearing at the Lubavitch World Headquarters.[20][12] It was reported that he later resigned as a Lubavitch representative.[21] In a 2009 op-ed in The Jerusalem Post, he confirmed that he was involuntarily terminated.[22][23]

After excerpts of his book Kosher Sex were serialized in Playboy magazine in 1998, Boteach resigned from his role as rabbi at an Orthodox Willesden synagogue where he led Shabbat services.[24][25] Despite the support of England's Chief Rabbi, according to media reports he wanted to "spare Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks problems with his rabbinate and the London Beit Din."[11][24]

In 1999, the British government and the Charity Commission raised concerns over the L'Chaim Society when they became concerned that Boteach had taken some money that belonged to the charity for personal use.[26][27] The Charity Commission froze the bank accounts of the Society, citing concerns about "the application and control of the charity's funds."[28][29] Boteach allegedly used money from the charity to make payments on a £400,000 home in north London.[26][29] Charity Commission later determined that the mortgage payments broke British law.[30] Boteach told reporters that he had repaid the funds.[30] In response to the allegations, he was banned from speaking at the New West End Synagogue by Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.[24]

In 2000, Boteach won the "Preacher of the Year" Award, out of all faiths in Britain, from The Times.[31][12][32] The Jewish Chronicle described him as "the United Kingdom's most high-profile rabbi".[17] Boteach was listed ninth on Newsweek's "Top 50 Rabbis in America" in 2008, listed seventh in 2009,[8] and listed sixth in 2010.[9] The Jerusalem Post named him one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world.[31]

He has faced criticism from some fellow rabbis during his career, especially following the release of his book Kosher Jesus. It was denounced as "heresy" by some rabbis. Jacob Immanuel Schochet, a Canadian rabbi, stated that the book "poses a tremendous threat to the Jewish community."[33]

Boteach is noted for his flamboyance[34][35][36][37] and self-promotion.[38][39][40][41] In an article in The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg referred to him as the "Baal Shem Tov of self-promotion."[42] He was reported as saying, while promoting his book at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, explaining why he is there: "God gave 10 commandments at Sinai, and the 11th commandment, which they expunged but which has come down orally, is 'Thou shalt do anything for publicity and recognition.'"[43] He later described the comment as merely a sarcastic remark.[44]

Media career

In 2006 and 2007, Boteach hosted the television series Shalom in the Home.[45] The series, which ran for two seasons on the TLC network, was a reality show in which Boteach counseled families and gave advice to struggling couples about their relationships.[45] In 2007, The National Fatherhood Initiative gave him an award his efforts in Shalom in the Home.[46]

Boteach writes two syndicated columns.[15] He is also an op-ed contributor to The Wall Street Journal, The Jerusalem Post, and other newspapers.

Boteach hosted a weekly radio show on WABC called The Shmuley Show.[47] He has made guest appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Dr. Phil Show and The Dr. Oz Show.[48][49]

In 2014, Boteach was featured in an episode for the Sundance Channel's Dream School series.[50]

Michael Jackson

In the 1990s, Boteach became a friend and unofficial spiritual advisor to Michael Jackson.[12] Boteach was a vocal supporter of Jackson and "dismissive of suggestions that Jackson's relationships with children have been anything other than wholesome. Why would anyone believe those charges? They said anyone who spends that amount of time with kids has to be sick. Well, that's not an indictment of Michael Jackson, that's an indictment of our society!"[51] He further stated: "I was friendly with Michael for a year before anyone knew about it. I did my own investigation. He never had sex with the child he made the settlement with, and there are no others."[44]

In 2001, Boteach was involved in the Heal the World Foundation[52] charity (and the Time for Kids offshoot) founded by Jackson to encourage parents to spend more time with their children.[53] Gossip blogger Roger Friedman reported that donations to Heal the Kids were actually going to L’Chaim Society, and that benefactors (like Denise Rich who donated $100,000) were unaware that the funds would go to Boteach's organization.[54][55] Responding to the claims, Boteach accused Friedman of holding a bias against the Jackson and poor journalism ethics: "Roger Friedman is the foremost Michael Jackson hater on planet earth. He was fired by Fox News for being an unscrupulous reporter.”[55]

Jackson and Boteach had a falling-out in 2002.[56] Michael Jackson reportedly kept an “enemy list” on which Boteach appeared when their relationship ended.[57]

After Michael Jackson died, Boteach published The Michael Jackson Tapes,[58] a series of taped conversations he had with Jackson. Boteach said it was Jackson's wish that the conversations be published: "This book is being published because it was Michael Jackson's desperate wish that it be so," he wrote in the prologue to the book.[59] The publication of the conversations drew criticism. Nathan Rabin, writing for The A.V. Club commented that the book was "worst kind of posthumous cash-in."[60]

A second book was published in 2010: Honoring the Child Spirit: Inspiration and Learning from Our Children, in conversation with Michael Jackson.[61][62]

The World Values Network and Israel activism

Boteach is the founder of The World Values Network, a Jewish pro-Israel[63] non-profit organization. The organization holds an annual Champions of Jewish Values International Awards gala, which has honored Dr. Oz, Yoko Ono, Sean Spicer, Elie Wiesel, and others who promote Israel and Jewish values.[64][65][66] Boteach has used the organization to fund advertisements in newspapers to draw attention to anti-Semitism or an anti-Israel bias.

In 2015, an ad placed by The World Values Network in The New York Times faced widespread criticism by Jewish organizations.[67] The ad read "Susan Rice has a blind spot: Genocide", and that her action has "injected a degree of partisanship" that is "destructive of the fabric of the relationship" between the US and Israel. Rice had criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for agreeing to speak to Congress about Iran's nuclear program without coordinating with the Obama administration.[68] Boteach apologized quoting that the disagreement was over policy and he did not intend a personal attack.[69] Speaking to CNN, he said the purpose of the ad was to bring attention to his perception that the United States government has ignored genocides in the past, and continued to do so.[70]

In 2018, Boteach placed an ad calling New Zealand singer Lorde a bigot for cancelling a Tel Aviv concert she had committed to.[71] His was one of several angry denunciations from well-known Israelis and Jewish leaders of her cancellation.[71] The ad was met with a distancing by the New Zealand Jewish Council.[72][73] Through the organization, Boteach also placed ads in opposition to Secretary of State John Kerry's work towards the Iran nuclear deal in 2015,[74][75] Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib comments on Holocaust Remembrance Day,[76] Natalie Portman for canceling an appearance at an award ceremony in Israel,[77] and U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar for anti-Semitic remarks.[78]

The organization was scrutinized by the New York Daily News and The Forward for the ratio of funds it spends on administrative expenses and Boteach's salary.[79] 2009 tax filings show that of the $651,000 in funds raised by the organization, it only spent $70,000 on charitable disbursements.[80] The organization paid Boteach a director salary of $229,000 in 2009[80] and $330,371 in 2015.[81] Gossip blogger Roger Friedman accused Boteach of intentionally misidentifying himself as "Jacob Botach" on the organization's Form 990 to make it appear as someone else had collected the salary.[81]

Views

Marriage

In his 2014 book Kosher Lust, Boteach said that it is part of Jewish law for women to orgasm before their husbands.[82][31] The book's subtitle is "Love is not the Answer."[83] He is of the view that married couples should concentrate on having a strong sexual connection.[5]

Sex

Boteach's 1998 book Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy was a best seller.[5][17][84] The Washington Post referred to him as "Dr. Ruth with a yarmulke," and the British media called the book the "kosher Kamasutra."[11] His philosophy is that "passionate lovemaking ... leads to intimacy" and is the foundation of a relationship.[24] He opined: "Only sex has the capacity to bring in its wake an overwhelming tidal wave of positive emotion which makes us feel intensely good about each other ... which conversation can't do, which friendship can't do, which shared experiences can't do."[11] He is also of the view that while one does not have to be religious to love sex, it helps, and while one does not have to be married to have great sex, it helps.[11] He said: "Couples should have the dirtiest sex where they can't control themselves, where the beast within is awakened. That's what passion is all about. In order to have that, you need a modest exterior. That is eroticism." To achieve that, he is in favor of anything that fans the spark between a married couple, including (when he is asked) oral sex and sex toys.[11] At the same time, because he believes they distract or dull one's sexual edge, he is against the lights being on and masturbation.[11] He is also of the view that we should refrain from sex before marriage because it's bad sex.[11]

After Kosher Sex was excerpted in Playboy, Boteach received two tickets in the mail for a big party at the Playboy Mansion, but his wife wagged her fingers at him and said, "No bunnies for you."[85] Backstage at The Today Show, he ran into former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who asked for a signed copy of the book.[11] At the same time, the book caused a stir in the Orthodox community.[5][17][84]

Homosexuality

Boteach wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed column on homosexuality that it is "akin to the prohibition against lighting fire on the Sabbath or eating bread during Passover;" but contends that the Bible is not vague about homosexuality—it stands in contravention to the divine will. He believes that the biggest threat to marriage doesn't come from gay marriage, but heterosexual divorce. He opposes the government's involvement in recognizing marriage, but supports state-sanctioned civil unions for all.[86][55][87]

Coronavirus

Speaking about the Covid-19 pandemic, Boteach said "I utterly reject and find it sickening when people believe that this is some kind of punishment from God - that really upsets me."[5][88] He also said that he found it: "very upsetting when religious leaders don't shut down their synagogues, churches, or mosques because they believe that prayer is more important than preserving life."[5] At the same time, as his father died during the pandemic and his brother became sick with Covid, he wrote about the difficulty of dealing with those tragedies during the pandemic.[89][90]

Outreach to non-Jews

Boteach has opened a dialogue with Christians, and with Messianic Jews. In 2008, he debated Douglas Jacoby and Shabir Ally, on The True Legacy of Abraham, and the next year he debated Douglas Jacoby on "Judaism & Christianity: Which is the Religion of Peace?" In 2008, he debated Michael Brown, a leader of the Messianic Jews, on whether belief in Jesus is compatible with Judaism,[91][92] and in his book Kosher Jesus he depicts Jesus as "a Jewish patriot murdered by Rome for his struggle on behalf of his people."[93] These positions drew opposition from two father-and-son rabbis. Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet, a British rabbi and a rival of Boteach's,[94] called Boteach's attempts to reach out to Messianic Jews "self-delusional",[95] and his father Rabbi Immanuel Schochet of Toronto, Yitzchak banned the book to Orthodox Jewish readers. "It is forbidden for anyone to buy or read this book," he said in an interview.[96] Opinions of the merits of the book differ, with Israeli-American Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, praising it as "courageous and thought-provoking".[94]

Israel

Boteach is supportive of Israel and was critical of Obama-era American policy towards the country. Boteach argued that the Obama administration bullied Israel, and that U.S. Middle Eastern policy was "scandalous" and "disgusting".[97] He is also supportive of Israeli settlements, including the Hebron settlement, the residents of which he characterizes as marked by a particular "warmth, friendliness and hospitality" and views as being "liberated from hatred."[98] He also noted that the Jewish residents of Hebron are derisively describes as settlers"— as if Jews living in their own ancient capital are newcomers."[98] He was supportive of President Trump's Israel policies, and called him “the most pro-Israel president in history.”[18]

On a personal level, as of 2020 two of his children had served as soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces.[89]

Male circumcision

Boteach has argued in favor of infant male circumcision, defending the practice on religious grounds and health grounds, while contrasting it sharply with female circumcision. He said that to compare the excising of a male foreskin with the removal of a female clitoris is a lie, as "female circumcision is all about removing a woman's ability to experience pleasure during sex, and is a barbarous act of mutilation that has no corollary to its male counterpart."[99] He said that "Judaism celebrates the sexual, intimate and erotic bond between husband and wife, and attempts to portray circumcision as a method of denying a man's sexual pleasure are ignorant."[99]

Boteach also said in 2011 that male circumcision "has been proven to be the second-most effective means – after a condom – to stop the transmission of HIV-AIDS, with the British Medical Journal reporting that circumcised men are eight times less likely to contract the virus. Circumcision removes Langerhans cells in the foreskin, which have special receptors that may grant the virus access into the body. Circumcision also significantly reduces the transmission of other STDs such as like genital herpes and syphilis, and lowers the risk of urinary-tract infection. In addition, men who are circumcised have 100% immunity from penile cancer. Male circumcision is also much healthier for women, reducing the risk of cervical cancer by at least 20%, according to a 2002 article in the British Medical Journal. Cancer of the cervix is due to the human papilloma virus, which thrives under and on the foreskin, from where it can be transmitted during intercourse.[99][100][101]

Discussing New Testament mention of male circumcision, Boteach noted that when Jesus is criticized for healing a crippled man on the Sabbath (John 5:1-47), Jesus quotes a legal precedent preserved later in the Talmud (Tractate Yoma) to prove that his action is justified, saying: "Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man's whole body on the Sabbath?" (7:23 NIV).[102][103]

Boteach has written op-eds in The Wall Street Journal and the Huffington Post denouncing legislation to limit male circumcision.[104][105] The issue of the appropriateness of male circumcision remains a hotly debated topic.

Pornography

Boteach has been critical of pornography. In 2016, he co-authored a viral Wall Street Journal opinion piece with actress and former Playboy model Pamela Anderson, in which they called online pornography a "public hazard of unprecedented seriousness."[106][107][108][109] They called for a "sensual revolution" to replace "pornography with eroticism, the alloying of sex with love, of physicality with personality, of the body’s mechanics with imagination, of orgasmic release with binding relationships."[110] They later gave a joint lecture at Oxford University to over 1,000 people.[111] They also wrote a book together, Lust for Love (2018), about how meaningful, passionate sex has been declining, and calling for a new "sensual revolution" that emphasizes partners connecting in the bedroom.[112][113] In 2001, he publicly debated pornography with Jewish Playmate Lindsey Vuolo.[114]

2012 Congressional run

Boteach ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2012 elections. He supported making family counseling tax-deductible to help strengthen marriages.[79] He received the endorsement of then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.[115] Boteach won the Republican primary for New Jersey's 9th congressional district seat on June 5. He lost to Democratic 8th District Representative Bill Pascrell in the overwhelmingly Democratic district in the November election, by a margin of 73.6% to 25.4%.[45][116][117][118]

Selected bibliography
  • Kosher Lust: Love Is Not the Answer (2014)
  • Kosher Jesus (2012)
  • 10 Conversations You Need to Have with Yourself: A Powerful Plan for Spiritual Growth and Self-Improvement (2011)
  • The Kosher Sutra (2009)
  • The Michael Jackson Tapes: A Tragic Icon Reveals His Soul in Intimate Conversation (2009)[58]
  • The Broken American Male: And How to Fix Him (2008)
  • Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy (1999)[7]

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Michael Agosta		 Republican nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 9th District
2012		 Succeeded by
Dierdre G. Paul
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