Shmuley Boteach

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Shmuley Boteach (born November 19, 1966 in Los Angeles) is an American Orthodox rabbi, radio and television host, and author, though he is without a synagogue.

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[edit] Personal Life and family

Born in Los Angeles, California Boteach grew up in Florida. He received his rabbinic ordination in 1988 from the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement in New York City, as a disciple of its leader, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

Boteach's father was an Iranian Jew from Isfahan. Boteach was ordained by Chabad after studying at a Chabad yeshiva in Los Angeles and for three years at the Torat Emet Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Boteach has four siblings, Sara, Bar Kochva, Chaim and Ateret, and lives in Englewood, N.J with his wife Debbie. They have nine children.[1]

[edit] Career as rabbi

In 1988, Shmuley was sent as a Chabad-Lubavitch shaliach (emissary) to become its representative for a student group at Oxford in England, where he founded the L'Chaim Society.[2]

[edit] Awards and recognition

Boteach was one of several individuals who received the 2007 Fatherhood award from The National Fatherhood Initiative.[3] In 2007 Boteach placed ninth on Newsweek's list of the "Top 50 Rabbis in America"[4] In 2008 Boteach was again listed on the Newsweek list at number 9, and in 2009 was listed at number 7. In late 1999, Boteach won the "Preacher of the Year" Award from The Times.[5][6]

[edit] Works

[edit] DVD's

  • "Kosher Sex," 2010


[edit] Books

  • "The Blessings of Enough:Rejecting Material Greed, Embracing Spiritual Hunger," 2010
  • "The Michael Jackson Tapes," 2009
  • The Broken American Male: And How to Fix Him, 2008
  • The Kosher Sutra, 2009
  • Parenting with Fire: Lighting up the Family With Passion and Inspiration, 2006
  • 10 Conversations You Need to Have With Your Children, 2006
  • Hating Women: America’s Hostile Campaign Against the Fairer Sex, 2005
  • Face Your Fear: Living with Courage in an Age of Caution, 2004
  • The Private Adam: Becoming a Hero in a Selfish Age, 2003
  • Judaism For Everyone: Renewing Your Life Through the Vibrant Lessons of the Jewish Faith, 2002
  • Kosher Adultery: Seduce and Sin with your Spouse, 2002
  • Why Can’t I Fall in Love: A 12-Step Program, 2001
  • The Psychic and the Rabbi: A Remarkable Correspondence., 2001
  • Confessions of a Psychic and a Rabbi, 2000
  • Dating Secrets of the Ten Commandments, 2000
  • Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy, 1999
  • Moses of Oxford: A Jewish Vision of a University and Its Life, Volume One and Two, 1994
  • Dreams, 1991

[edit] Television and Radio

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Harper Collins Author Biography". http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/20335/Rabbi_Shmuley_Boteach/index.aspx?authorID=20335. 
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "2007 Fatherhood awards". National Fatherhood Initiative. 2007-04-26. http://www.fatherhood.org/gala/. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 
  4. ^ "The Top 50 Rabbis in America". Newsweek. 2007-04-02. http://www.religionandpluralism.org/MediaSummary/PDFs/April1April302007/Quoted/Top50Rabbis.pdf. 
  5. ^ Soskis, Benjamin (2001-03-29). "Who Is Shmuley Boteach?"". Slate.com. http://www.slate.com/id/103323/. "In 1998, Shmuley entered the Preacher of the Year Contest, sponsored by the London Times (sic), becoming the first Jew to reach the final rounds. (He took second place; the next year he won.)" 
  6. ^ Gledhill, Ruth (1999-12-21). "Sex book rabbi takes Preacher of the Year title". The Times. 

[edit] External links

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