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"\nAuthor and lecturer Rabbi Shmuley Boteach spoke to \nArutz Sheva\n at the third annual Champions of Jewish Values event in New York this week.\n\n\n\nBoteach praised the conference for bringing together a variety of people to &quot;confront our enemies head on&quot; and &quot;triumph&quot; against the worldwide phenomenon of anti-Semitism.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBoteach noted that the conference has reached a level of prominence&nbsp;wherein the awards are universally recognized and considered significant.\n\n\n\n&quot;We&#39;re a values organization,&quot; he added. &quot;We are anti-genocide, we are pro-freedom, we are pro-democracy, we are pro-women, we are pro-every human being being treated like God&#39;s child.&quot;\n\n\n\n&quot;We&#39;re disgusted by tyranny, we&#39;re disgusted by atrocities and crimes,&quot; he continued. &quot;If it&#39;s Republicans who promote these values, we will honor Republicans. If it&#39;s Democrats [...] we will promote Democrats. For us, party affiliation is utterly meaningless.&quot;\n\n\n\n&quot;What is meaningful is people who want to make the world better and use Jewish values to do so.&quot;\n\n\n\nBoteach also addressed his love for Israel, noting that his daughter proudly served in the IDF.\n\n\n\n&quot;The IDF is a force for righteousness, is a force for justice, is a force for human rights, is a force for freedom,&quot; he stated. &quot;My heart beats with Israel.&quot;\n\n\n\nHe noted that while he &quot;loves America,&quot; &quot;if you&#39;re Jewish and you don&#39;t have a love for Israel, you have no heart.&quot;\n\n"
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