Shmuley Boteach is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on November 19, 1966 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The spiritual mentor to pop singer He was a spiritual adviser to pop star Michael Jackson..
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’s students for 11 years and during that time founded the L’Chaim Society. Under Boteach’s leadership the Oxford L’Chaim Society grew to be the second-largest student organization in Oxford’s history, with a membership that included over 5,000 non-Jews. A dispute erupted when Boteach was asked to remove some non-Jewish students from the society, including future senator Cory Booker, but refused. Later that year Boteach won the “Preacher of the Year” Award from the London Times.
In the 1990s, Boteach became a friend and unofficial spiritual advisor to Michael Jackson. Some Jewish commentators were critical. “Consorting with Michael Jackson might get Shmuley’s name in the papers, but it’s doubtful it will really encourage Jews to go to synagogue on Friday night”, wrote Benjamin Soskis in Slate. 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!” 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.”
His wife had nine kids with him. Debbie.
He was featured in The He has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey show, as well as in Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal. talk show and his appearances in Newsweek as well as The Wall Street Journal.
Shmuel “Shmuley” Boteach (שמואל (שמולי) בוטח , /ˈ ʃ m uː l i b oʊ ˈ t eɪ . ə k / SHMOO -lee boh-TAY -ək; born November 19, 1966) is an American Orthodox Jewish rabbi, author, TV host and public speaker. Boteach is the author of 30 books, including Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy (1999), and Kosher Jesus (2012). His outspokenness has earned him praise and criticism; Newsweek magazine named him one of the 50 most influential rabbis in the United States three years in a row, including sixth in 2010. He resides in Englewood, New Jersey.
