Jacob Shmuel (“Shmuley”) Boteach , 57, is a rabbi, author, television host, and radio host. He is the author of 31 books, including the best-seller Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy (1999) and Kosher Jesus (2012). Eight years ago, he delivered a powerful, impassioned speech at the Oxford Union debating society in defense of Israel and against Hamas. It is more relevant today than ever.
— Wikipedia
Quote: “I was skating in Midtown Manhattan on Christmas night when an antisemitic, Israel-hating, pro-Hamas thug came over to me on the ice and said ‘Free Palestine,’ endangering me, as I was on the ice and I had broken my arm just a few weeks earlier. He would not leave me alone. He said, ‘We all know you. Your name is Rabbi Shmuley. We watch you on TV and social media. You can’t expect to go around New York and get away with what you’re doing to support genocide and apartheid.’ The message was clear. I am a marked man.”
— blog.timesofisrael.com
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