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Allen S. Maller

May 18, 2025, 6:18 AM

“For us is our religion and for you is your religion.” (Qur’an 109:6) so…

Aristotle not God started religious conflicts. Religious truth in Europe, and the Middle East, became a zero sum game: anything positive said about another religion was seen as weakening your own side. The goal was not to modestly try...

David S. Levine

May 15, 2025, 1:30 PM

This is what they pray for. The Numbers Don’t Lie.

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In the early 1970’s, a New York University finance professor of mine said to our senior class, “give me one set of numbers and I will give you two sets of answers.” For most of my professional business career...

May 14, 2025, 4:30 PM

Leo XIV could be just the pope for the Jews

Pope Leo XIV, left, is flanked by Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza, second from left, after his meeting with the College of Cardinals in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican, May 10, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)

US Catholicism knows Jews well, and that familiarity may pave the way for the new pope to improve Jewish-Catholic relations, over time

May 9, 2025, 5:48 PM

Missing Pharoah: What’s Most in the Way of Black Christian-Jewish Renewal

It is a common practice among those of us who value the Black Christian-Jewish relationship to center our connection on our mutual identification with the Exodus story. But this narrative, moving as it is, is holding us back. And...

May 8, 2025, 2:36 PM

Climate Change, Frankenstein’s Monster and the HEP HEP Riots of 1819 (Part 1 of 2)

I had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air; Morn came, and went-and...

May 5, 2025, 5:36 AM

The Man Beneath the Cross, or the Jerusalem Pope

It is possible that in the not-so-distant future, the Catholic Church will, for the first time in its history, choose a pope from Jerusalem. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (the highest-ranking Vatican official in the Holy...

May 4, 2025, 10:20 PM

If Bonhoeffer Were a Student at the University of Maryland

B’’H For many Jewish college students, the response from people we deemed to be friends or at least neutral observers of the Middle East to the October 7th pogrom was shocking and appalling. Perhaps we were naïve, but we never...

Alexander A. Winogradsky Frenkel

May 4, 2025, 5:55 PM

Sharing meals and hopes

The Season Appears to Have Concluded. Yet, pilgrims will always ascend to Jerusalem. Calendars impose seasonal rhythms—regular, repetitive. However, they usher in new times. Passover (Pessah/פסח) signifies a moment that transcends centuries: each Jewish service emphasizes the present, unique, and...

Allen S. Maller

May 4, 2025, 12:22 AM

Islam and Judaism Reject Original Sin for Religious Pluralism

Both Islam and Judaism agree that the Christian belief in ‘Original Sin’ is an unwarranted and overly negative and pessimistic evaluation of the nature of human beings. We can say that the Qur’an and the Torah alike teach that...

Jonathan Muskat

Apr 30, 2025, 11:12 PM

A Jewish Reflection on the Passing of Pope Francis

The passing of Pope Francis marks a significant moment for millions worldwide. As Jews, how should we respond to such an event? Rooted in the teachings of Torah and Jewish tradition, our approach can reflect both respect and empathy,...

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