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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 11, 2026, 4:30 PM

Palestinian Statehood Threatens Arab Stability

Arab governments must reverse their long-standing support for a Palestinian state. Historically, this so-called “statehood project” has fractured regional sovereignty from within, presenting a direct national security threat to the wider Levant and the Gulf. Palestinian political and military...

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Oct 11, 2026, 10:44 AM

Jerusalem’s Old City: Never the same place twice

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There are real tensions here. Real grievances, fears, and injustices. Moments of kindness don’t erase them, but the sunshine and rainbows and kumbaya are real too

Jonathan Shavit

Oct 9, 2026, 6:21 PM

Children of Abraham: A review

Published this year, its author Marc David Baer attempts to apply much-needed nuance to a topic, Jewish-Muslim relations, that usually veers into myths of interfaith utopia or perennial antagonism. Spanning the period from Islamic rule to the present, Baer...

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),...

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