herself to Maya Angelou and to Gayle
King. But the one I bonded with the
most and the quickest was Dr. Oz.”
Boteach traveled to Israel with Oz,
and to the Jewish settlement in Hebron,
where they danced the hora with Israeli
soldiers guarding the Tomb of the
Patriarchs. Th e Republican Jewish Coalition has
enthusiastically embraced Oz, and has
made a note of the fact that he is a
Muslim who is close to Israel.

Boteach said Oz’s disinterest in
condemning Turkish president Recep
Tayyip Erdogan was also a mark against
the candidate because of Erdogan’s
criticism of Israel. But in recent weeks,
Israel and Turkey have warmed their
relations, and Erdogan announced this
week that he would visit Israel for the
fi rst time.

Oz is not the fi rst friend and political
candidate to fall out of Boteach’s favor:
He was once close to New Jersey Sen.

Cory Booker, whom he mentored when
Booker was Rhodes Scholar at Oxford
University, but broke with Booker aft er
the senator voted for the 2015 Iran
nuclear deal, which Boteach regards as
an existential threat to Israel. JE
From left: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and Dr. Mehmet Oz speak at The 2022 Champions Of Jewish Values Gala at Carnegie
Hall in New York City on Jan. 20.

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