Shmuley Boteach
Shmuley Boteach (also Shmuel Boteach) is a New York-educated Orthodox rabbi and author whose books include Kosher Sex.[1] In 1988 he was sent to Oxford as the Chabad-Lubavitch emissary, and in 1989 he founded the Oxford University L'Chaim Society. The society's relationship with Chabad was ended in 1994.[2]
Oxford and the L'Chaim Society
In 1988 Boteach was sent to Oxford as the Chabad-Lubavitch shaliach (emissary). In 1989 he founded the Oxford University L'Chaim Society. "In 1994, he changed the society from a student society into an independent organization and later that year the relationship between the L'Chaim Society and Chabad was terminated."[2] Boteach said he was dismissed by Chabad after refusing an order "to dismiss all non-Jewish members".[3]
Charity Commission inquiry
In 1999 the Charity Commission froze the bank account of the L'Chaim Independent Charitable Trust, "citing concerns about 'the application and control of the charity's funds'". The trustees called the allegations "utterly without foundation"; Boteach called the inquiry a "witchhunt".[1] According to a Charity Commission email quoted in 2001, "The inquiry established that a number of apparent inappropriate payments were regularly being made by the founder of the charity, Rabbi Boteach and his wife". In March 2000 "a sum was paid by them to the charity", and the trustees decided to wind it up.[4] No record of criminal charges has been found. The charity was removed from the register on 27 February 2002.[5]
See also
External links
- Archive version of 2012 campaign website shmuleyforcongress.com
- Ruth Gledhill (2000) "The Sabbath; Sermon Preached by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach in Oxford in February 1999", Fifth Times Book of Best Sermons, A&C Black,
- Shmuley Boteach (November 17, 2011). "How Divorce Scars Children; I do not believe that couples ought to stay together for the sake of the children. Marriage is not a prison sentence; children are not your jailers. But that does not mean that divorce does not scar kids," The Huffington Post.
- Shmuley Boteach (February 3, 2014). "Lessons for Israel-on-campus from Scarlett Johansson," The Jerusalem Post.
- Shmuley Boteach (July 3, 2016). "My last night with Elie Wiesel," The Jerusalem Post.
- Shmuley Boteach (October 23, 2017). "Today's Germans are not responsible for the Holocaust," The Jerusalem Post.
- Shmuley Boteach (July 15, 2019). "Orthodox Jews must not demonize gays," The Jerusalem Post.
- Shmuley Boteach (May 18, 2020). "Coronavirus dating demands everyone become a matchmaker", The Jerusalem Post.
- Shmuley Boteach (October 14, 2020). "What was God thinking with the coronavirus?", The Jerusalem Post.
Affiliations
- Oxford University L'Chaim Society
- Chabad-Lubavitch (emissary in Oxford from 1988; relationship ended in 1994)
- The World Values Network[6]
- Israel Digital Defense Force (IDDF)[7]
Contact
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Report, The Observer, 5 September 1999.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 JCR-UK, "Oxford Chabad", accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Boteach on Chabad, Forward.
- ↑ Fox News column, January 2001, quoting a Charity Commission email of 8 January 2001.
- ↑ Charity Commission, register entry 1045973.
- ↑ https://www.worldvalues.us
- ↑ https://archive.ph/ryaZh