Posted on Feb 3, 2010

Rabbi Schmuley Boteach, at the Nott Feb. 10

The man who’s been called “the most famous rabbi in America” and “America’s rabbi” and who served as Oprah’s relationships maven – Shmuley Boteach – will speak at the Nott Memorial Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m.

His talk is sponsored by Hillel, Minerva Programs, Religious Studies, Multifaith Council and the Office of the President.  

Boteach (known universally as Rabbi Shmuley) is host of the award-winning TV show, “Shalom in the Home” on TLC. He’s also the best-selling author of 22 books, including “The Michael Jackson Tapes” (2009) and “The Kosher Sutra: Eight Sacred Secrets for Reigniting Desire and Restoring Passion for Life” (2009). “Kosher Sex” (1999) was an international blockbuster, and several of his books on parenting and the American family were launched on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

The Washington Post once dubbed him “Dr. Ruth with a yarmulke,” while Newsweek called him “a cultural phenomenon.” In the 1980s and ’90s, as founder and rabbi of Oxford University’s L’Chaim Society (a chapter of Chabad), he played host to such world leaders and thinkers as Mikhail Gorbachev, Stephen Hawking, Shimon Peres, Deepak Chopra, Benjamin Netanyahu, Elie Wiesel and Simon Wiesenthal.

A highly sought-after television and radio guest, he has lectured and appeared in print, radio and TV all over the globe. Salon.com wrote that “Boteach has his scholarly finger on the pulse of the nation.”