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Allen S. Maller

Oct 3, 2026, 10:36 AM

A Jewish View Of Choosing To Be Chosen

Christianity and Islam are religious communities. Judaism (Hebrews Genesis 14:13) however is more than just a religious community. The Hebrew Bible is filled with secular national Jewish history and political desire to make future Jews into ongoing independence and...

Allen S. Maller

Oct 2, 2026, 8:31 AM

Islam’s 99 Names of Allah, and Judaism’s One Sacred Name of YHVH

Islam's 99 names of Allah, and Judaism's 70 sacred names of God share deep linguistic, historical, and spiritual connections. We have Shared Semitic Roots: Arabic and Hebrew are sister languages. Divine attributes in the Qur'an and the Hebrew Bible...

Steve Glickstein

Oct 1, 2026, 5:45 PM

Security Guards Can’t Change Hearts

Security Guards Can't Change Hearts
Created by Steve Glickstein with AI

A guard can stop someone at the door. A guard can't change what they believe about Jews. We need guards more than ever. But if guards are all we have, we're only surviving. Every time I enter or leave a...

Purna Lal Chakma

Oct 1, 2026, 1:01 PM

Should Israel Allow All-Muslim Cockpits on Israel-Bound Flights?

After the FZ1073 incident, Israel faces a difficult aviation-security question: should all-Muslim cockpits on Israel-bound flights receive additional scrutiny? AI editorial illustration created by the author for this article.

On September 30, 2026, Flydubai Flight FZ1073 was flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv when, for roughly 30 seconds, the Boeing 737 carrying more than 170 people plunged nearly 14,000 feet. Inside the cockpit, Captain Smit Machchhar was bleeding...

Sep 22, 2026, 12:37 PM

Moral Clarity: Put It All on the Board

Part IV This is the fourth and final part of a series examining Zohran Mamdani’s political formation, record and first months governing New York City. Terminology note: Wherever possible, I use “Gazans” when referring specifically to the people of Gaza. I...

Allen S. Maller

Sep 20, 2026, 4:43 PM

I compare Islam’s Tahrif to Midrash in Judaism

I am an American reform rabbi who frequently writes on interfaith dialogue, religious pluralism, and the historical connections between Judaism and Islam. My numerous articles are published across platforms like the Times of Israel Blogs, Islamicity and Eurasia Review....

Allen S. Maller

Sep 20, 2026, 7:05 AM

Prof. Emanuel Tov And The Sons of Israel or God Tahrif – Deuteronomy 32:8

Professor Emanuel Tov, the Magnes Professor of Bible (emeritus) in the Department of Bible at the Hebrew University, where he received his Ph.D. in Biblical Studies points out that the Haʾazinu poem towards the end of Deuteronomy (Deut 32:1–43),...

David Charles Pollack

Sep 19, 2026, 6:05 PM

Did Muhammad Fast on Yom Kippur?

Before Muslims had to fast during Ramadan, there was Ashura. Ashura falls on the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic year. Muhammad is said to have explained that fasting on Ashura atones for the sins of...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Sep 18, 2026, 5:16 AM

Israel Must Protect the Mecca Holy Sites

Fifth-century Yemen supplies the modern State of Israel with a vital historical precedent that Middle East analysts foolishly ignore. When the Himyarite Jewish king Abu Kariba As’ad marched to raze the Kaaba, two traveling rabbis halted the demolition by...

Allen S. Maller

Sep 16, 2026, 12:14 PM

Repentance and Atonement in Islam and Judaism

In Islam and Judaism confessing one has sinned is just the first step in the process of atonement and forgiveness. Neither religion has a doctrine of original sin. Both religions declare that everyone who sins is capable of returning...

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