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Oct 30, 2026, 11:12 PM

What Pittsburgh and Nostra Aetate Teach Us About Christian Antisemitism Today

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / USA – Oct 30 2018: Chaplain Bob Ossler of Cape Coral FL comforts members of the community outside of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.

What does the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history have to do with one of the most important documents ever produced by the Catholic Church? Perhaps more than we would like to admit. This week marked the eighth anniversary of the...

Oct 30, 2026, 1:10 PM

‘Nobody Wants This’—And Now Neither Do I

Hollywood doesn't usually cast rabbis as romantic leads. So when Netflix introduced Nobody Wants This, featuring Adam Brody as the charming Rabbi Noah, I was intrigued. The show quickly won me over. My wife, Judy, and I thoroughly enjoyed the...

Allen S. Maller

Oct 26, 2026, 6:31 PM

How Tahrif Texts Started

The Islamic concept of taḥrīf (the corruption or alteration of earlier YHVH sacred scriptures) is the Jewish tradition of midrash (interpretive expansion and creative engagement with text) which is Midrash as Creative Continuity asserts that textual differences, or evolving...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 25, 2026, 1:03 PM

Christians Butchered in Jordan. The West is Quiet

Moral accountability in modern diplomacy relies entirely on a perverse hierarchy of victimhood. Minor, localized provocations by radical Jews in Jerusalem trigger immediate, synchronized international condemnation across every social media ecosystem. Conversely, a wall of institutional indifference meets catastrophic...

Oct 24, 2026, 12:11 AM

When Christians Are Killed Outside Israel, Where Is the Outrage?

Security camera footage reportedly showing the scene of the October 23, 2026, attack in Karak, Jordan, where mourners attending a Christian funeral were targeted. (Screenshot from video shared on X)

I woke up in Brazil today to heartbreaking news from Jordan. Gunmen had opened fire on mourners attending a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in the southern governorate of Karak. According to the latest reports, seven people were killed...

Oct 22, 2026, 9:32 PM

In defense of Halloween’s virtues: A Jewish take on neighborliness

As an Orthodox Jew, part of a community in which Halloween is not one of our sacred days, I have no Halloween traditions. But as a resident of New York City who finds the constant ringing of my apartment's doorbell...

Silas Anastacio

Oct 21, 2026, 2:45 AM

Evangelical Civil Society Diplomacy: Advancing Cooperation with Israel

In a special lecture, Maria Alessandra da Silva—president of Shabat ITAN and Club Shalom in Brazil—will share her perspective on the relationship between evangelicals and Israel. Recognized as a prominent voice in advancing peace and fostering cooperation among nations,...

Oct 20, 2026, 1:25 PM

Choose Life: The Moral Price of the Moon

Abraham Joshua Heschel. Photo: Peter1c / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; modified from original || Background image licensed via Canva.

With the advent of Space exploration, rabbinic writers debated whether Jewish law permitted a person to leave planet Earth. Possibly the first voice to be heard on this question was that of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Lubavitch (1902-1994)....

Allen S. Maller

Oct 16, 2026, 6:45 PM

Does Qur’an State: Abraham Was A Nation Dutiful To God

A central pillar of my work (including my book, Judaism and Islam as Synergistic Monotheisms) is that the various names and understandings of the God of Abraham across different scriptures are meant to foster humility and mutual respect among...

Allen S. Maller

Oct 14, 2026, 11:17 PM

Tahrif and the Number of Prophet Jacob’s Descendants

Tahrif is an Arabic term meaning "distortion" or "alteration" as a concept spanning interfaith relations, textual history, and religious pluralism across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. While commonly understood in polemical contexts as the intentional physical falsification of scripture (such...

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