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Allen S. Maller

Sep 11, 2026, 7:47 PM

Mahdi and Messiahs Will Come to a Much Hotter Planet

Europe’s climate monitor said that August was the hottest month ever recorded around the world and warned of worse to come, as an unprecedented El Niño pattern grows stronger. Global temperatures over land and sea soared to all-time highs...

Sep 11, 2026, 7:41 PM

Now Watch What He Does With Them

When association, optics and judgment become the mayor's own standard. This is Part III of a four-part series examining Zohran Mamdani's political formation, record and first months governing New York City. Part II ended with a simple proposition: We can watch. So let's...

Sep 10, 2026, 4:47 PM

NOW THE WOLF HAS THE KEYS

Zohran Mamdani spent years telling New Yorkers what he believed. Then New Yorkers gave him power. Now the question isn't simply what he believes. It's what happens when belief becomes government. This is Part II of a four-part series examining...

Allen S. Maller

Sep 7, 2026, 4:40 AM

A RABBI’S VIEW OF MUHAMMAD AS AN ABRAHAMIC PROPHET

Arrogant pride in the superiority of one’s own religion should be condemned by all religious leaders. Almost all parents love their own children much more than they love the children of their neighbors. This is only natural. Most parents...

Allen S. Maller

Sep 5, 2026, 10:14 AM

Qiyamah El Ninos For Dajjal, Mahdi and Messiahs At Work

Over 50 years, three El Niño events were considered “extreme”: 1982-83, 1997-98 and 2015-16, said Michael McPhaden, a senior scientist. This current El Niño will rival those previous record El Niños, if not exceed them in magnitude, McPhaden said. "With...

Sep 3, 2026, 2:18 PM

When Theft Calls Itself Revelation

The text remains. The people remain. The tradition remains. Yet someone else claims ownership of the story. And calls that theft “revelation.” Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Supersessionism and the Appropriation of the Jewish Story In The Metaphysical Root of Antisemitism and Ziophobia, I described supersessionism as a deep, often unacknowledged metaphysical root of both antisemitism and its modern mutation, Ziophobia: Supersessionist doctrines in Christianity and Islam—claiming to...

Allen S. Maller

Sep 3, 2026, 4:53 AM

Why Did Tahrif Become OK

Religious charges of Tahrif, corruption of sacred scriptures, began with Judaism and Christianity. Rabbi Elazar ben Yossi HaGelili who lived in the first half of the 2nd century C.E. said: “I said to the Cuthite scribes: You falsified the Torah...

Aug 31, 2026, 5:49 PM

When Ancient Inhabitants Return

Dinosaurs escaped Earth before the asteroid hit. Sixty-six million years later, they have returned home to find it occupied. This allegory, in the form of a television interview, helps frame the current problem between Jews and Palestinians: Smith: Hello everybody,...

Husein Mahmoud Saleh

Aug 31, 2026, 9:36 AM

When Religion Is Misunderstood

Between the Prophet’s ﷺ Example and Hatred of Jews: When Religion Is Misunderstood One of the most painful contradictions of our time is seeing the name of Islam invoked to justify hatred of Jews or the killing of civilians, while...

Jaime Kardontchik

Aug 26, 2026, 11:26 AM

Middle East conflicts in K-12 US public schools

I am not a fan of teaching the Arab-Israeli conflict in K-12 public schools: K-12 public schools already struggle to teach the basic subjects that children need to succeed in life (English, Math, the History of the United States...

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