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Allen S. Maller

Jul 18, 2025, 9:17 AM

99 Names to Speak and One Silent Name to Love

Because they have many Gods; polytheists have many names for God; just as humans have many names for their many relatives and friends. But how can monotheistic religions like Islam and Judaism have many names for the one and...

Jul 15, 2025, 8:54 PM

The spiritual and scientific truth of a connected universe

Hashem Echad, God’s Unity in the Quantum Field Throughout history, humanity has sought the fundamental principle that unites the universe's diversity. Philosophers, mystics, and scientists alike have wondered whether a single source or substance underlies all existence. In recent decades,...

Jul 13, 2025, 10:32 PM

How is Chabad like a Denzel Washington action movie?

I wrote this around 2018, reflecting on the murders of Chabad shluchim in India in 2008. I became regularly involved with Chabad in Bedford, N.Y., in 2015 and continue to this day, albeit in a Massachusetts setting. I greatly...

Jul 10, 2025, 9:50 PM

In a World of Bold Lies, Dare to Speak Bold Truth

Resilience is one of those qualities we all wish we had in greater measure. In today’s volatile social and political climate, where norms shift rapidly and unpredictably, our ability to endure and stay grounded isn’t just helpful - it’s...

Jul 10, 2025, 6:55 AM

“Rise Like a Lion”: Will Israel Finally Stand Tall and Finish the Fight?

How much longer can we watch parents, siblings, and a nation cry? How much longer can we endure the loss of our soldiers? Not to mention the financial and economic toll on individuals and the country as a whole. The...

Jonathan Rosenoer

Jul 9, 2025, 8:59 PM

Should We Bring Joy to Progressive Jewish Anti-Zionists?

What story can we tell to inspire reconnection with the Jewish people and awaken the sleeping love for G‑d in the heart of every Jew? There's a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby – Isidore Hochberg, Somewhere Over...

Jul 7, 2025, 10:22 PM

Between Wave and Particle: The Quantum Mysticism of Trust, Faith, and Reality.

The dual nature of light—both wave and particle—serves as a powerful metaphor for the mysterious and shifting boundaries of reality itself. In quantum physics, experiments have shown that even after light is measured as a particle, it can still...

Peter Himmelman

Jul 6, 2025, 11:54 PM

Moving forward: Reflections from an American Jew

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Before 10/7, I'd been writing more softly—songs and prose. Quiet hopes. Phrases meant to express something about love, about longing, about the mystery of being alive. About beauty itself. But in the aftermath, what I wrote took on a different...

Jul 3, 2025, 9:29 AM

What Makes a True Hero? Lesson from Yoni Netanyahu

We are all drawn to heroes. Stories of extraordinary courage, leadership, and sacrifice awaken something deep within us - they stir the belief that we, too, can rise above our limitations. For any Jew who came of age in the...

Jul 2, 2025, 11:03 PM

Unified Currents: The Spiritual Science of Torah, Tzedakah, and Mitzvah

Across the worlds of spirituality and science, certain patterns emerge that reveal a more profound unity beneath their apparent differences. This unity in principle affirms the statement that God looked into the Torah and created this universe. Everything in...

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