Talk:Shmuley Boteach

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[edit] Family and personal life.

It is common among Lubavich Chasidim to have large families at an early age. Why does the article not make such a reference to Boteach's family; that is common in biographical articles.

[edit] Criticisms

The sections about the Hitchens debate and Rabbi Boteach's comments about Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, and Chirac have been reverted out several times now. These sections were properly cited, are definitely relevent to Boteach's body of work, and these edits removing them seem to have been made with no other reason than to remove anything remotely negative about this individual. Therefore I am putting them back in.

Currently, most of the rest of the article reads like a advertising promotion for this particular person: "worldwide recognition", the highly prestigious 'Preacher of the Year Award', the Newsweek's comments, etc. However, at least some of those claims are factual statements (claiming "worldwide recognition" just by itself may not be factual, but the others appear to be factual), and therefore should be kept in the article. Similarly, the Hitchens debate and Boteach's own article on Carter, etc, are equally factual and documented, and should not be excluded as well.

Constructive comments are welcome.

[edit] Charity scam

Despite there being a few news articles on the matter, this page does not make reference to the controversy surrounding the charities set up by Boteach. Especially of note is the fact that the money he raised with Michael Jackson through the "Heal the kids" foundation has never been seen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.251.31.48 (talk) 01:11, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.237.119.11 (talk) 12:45, 11 April 2008 (UTC)