When asked about Lindsey Lohan and Jesse James Rabbi Shmuley Boteach said the following: On Lindsey Lohan Rabbi Shmuley commented:  “It is absolutely a tragedy to watch a young women who is kind hearted and talented implode before our very eyes. While the news media continues to obsess about her dysfunctional life I believe the principle issue is the…

The advent of Passover and Easter, which always fall around the same time, beckons a deeper discussion about one of the principle differences between Judaism and Christianity. In essence it is the difference between a values system based on struggle and a values system based on perfection.

Tiger Woods’ statement was a model of repentance and contrition. He admitted he had a problem. He said that words alone would not solve it, that he requires, and is receiving counseling. He admitted that celebrity and money had given him a sense of entitlement and had corrupted him. He said he had behaved selfishly…

If you would have invested one hundred dollars in the stock market in January of 2000, by December of 2009 it would be worth just ninety. This has led some writers to describe the past ten years as the lost decade. I disagree. Loss assumes an unconscious act of forgetfulness. This, by contrast, was a…

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