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Allen S. Maller

Sep 29, 2026, 12:41 PM

Tawhid Monotheists call God by a name because we believe

Why don't monotheistic religions have just one name for God? Polytheistic religions have many names for their gods because they have many gods; and each god has one or more names. But if you worship only one Deity why give...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 27, 2026, 4:56 AM

Analysing Moses – Take off your Sandals.

Taking Off Your Sandals: Humility Before God, Responsibility Before Others Approach revelation with humility. Trust God with the unseen. Use your intellect—and protect other people’s rights. Moses عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ approaches a fire. Then he hears a command that changes the significance...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 25, 2026, 5:51 AM

Abraham’s Question – Part 2.

Abraham’s Question — Part 2 The Prophet Who Asked for Evidence Abraham عَلَيهِ‌السَّلام asked a question. Not because he had abandoned faith. Not because he had concluded that resurrection was impossible. He asked because belief and demonstration are not the same thing. The Qur’an records...

Eliezer Avraham

Sep 20, 2026, 8:47 AM

October 7: The Courage That Rises When the World Falls

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An exploration of faith, identity, and the quiet resolve that emerged in the aftermath When the World Became Unrecognizable There are moments in Jewish history when the ground beneath us gives way, when the moral order collapses in an instant....

Sep 17, 2026, 8:01 PM

Book Review – I Read This Over Shabbos: Reading Jewish History in the Parasha

Pirkei Avot 1:6 advises, “Acquire for yourself a friend.” In I Read This Over Shabbos: Reading Jewish History in the Parasha (Koren Publishers), Rabbi Dr. David Bashevkin shows that he has certainly taken that advice to heart. Throughout the book,...

Sep 3, 2026, 6:56 PM

Why does a hatred of Israel become a hatred of Jews in general??

Do Green Party activists in the UK really know how the truth as to how they would be treated in Gaza? Photo: Ed Moss

Advice: this is an in-depth long-form read There is a question that the Green Party, Your Party and the Workers Party of Great Britain need to answer honestly and directly. At what point does their relentless condemnation of Israel cease...

Aug 27, 2026, 3:25 PM

At the Table, Not Under the Canopy

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The Bride, the Friends, and Those Left in the Outer Darkness There is a primary, undeniable romance running like a golden thread through the Hebrew Scriptures: Hashem is the Husband, and Israel is His Bride. Every covenantal mechanism, every boundary stone,...

Benjamen Franklen Gussen

Aug 22, 2026, 11:41 AM

On the Problem of Scale (I)

On the Problem of Scale

Every beneficial system has a characteristic scale. When migration, trade or territorial control exceeds it, scale distortion and scale entanglement turn advantage into crisis. Most political arguments begin too late. By the time we ask whether immigration is good or...

Aug 21, 2026, 12:33 PM

Sometimes, I really wish there were a God

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I'm a confirmed atheist, but I've come to see that humanity is hard-wired for faith. So I still don't believe, but now I feel like I'm missing out

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Aug 20, 2026, 3:11 PM

Beyond the Laws of Thought.

Beyond the Laws of Thought Aristotle formalised valid inference. Boole expressed logical relations algebraically. Shannon showed that Boolean algebra could govern switching circuits, helping make digital computation possible. Their shared question is structural: if A and B are given, what...

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