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Jun 11, 2026, 1:56 PM

Book review – Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner’s Theology of Meaning

The Riemann Hypothesis is the most famous and important unsolved problem in mathematics, concerning the distribution of prime numbers. Mathematician Terence Tao has explained that the main obstacle to proving the Riemann Hypothesis is not a lack of effort,...

Jun 11, 2026, 1:41 PM

Korach: Unholy Coalitions Cloaked in Holiness

One of the most remarkable features of Korach’s rebellion is the extraordinary coalition he manages to assemble. At first glance, the various groups that join him seem to have little in common. Korach himself is a Levite whose grievance appears...

Barry Mellinger

Jun 10, 2026, 11:36 PM

Brilliant. Fearless. And Completely Stuck.

Haviv Rettig-Gur and Sam Harris, brilliant, fearless, and, I would argue, completely stuck.
Haviv Rettig Gur (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0) and Sam Harris (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)

Episode 120 of the Haviv Rettig-Gur podcast, “What Actually Saves Us”, is the kind of sober, rigorous conversation that has become vanishingly rare in the public defense of Israel. Two serious thinkers who resist the temptation to overbid, in...

Ben-Tzion Spitz

Jun 10, 2026, 8:57 PM

Destiny’s Name (Korach)

“The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he has invented for himself, but how well he plays the role that destiny assigned to him.” -Jan Patocka The age of prophecy has long passed us...

Jun 9, 2026, 11:15 PM

The Israel I Heard on a Mountaintop

John Boyd Thacher Park in New York's Helderberg Mountains. (Photo Credit: "Discover Albany"--https://www.albany.org/listing/john-boyd-thacher-state-park/1967/)

In June 1967, a high school friend and I spent six consecutive nights driving from our homes in Albany, New York, to the top of John Boyd Thacher Park in the Helderberg Mountains. We arrived just before midnight carrying...

Allen S. Maller

Jun 9, 2026, 6:57 PM

How Soon Will The End Time Qiyamah Begin?

So 65 conflicts involving at least one state were recorded worldwide last year, a new high since 1946. Last year was the third deadliest since the end of the Cold War, with around 245,000 deaths directly related to fighting...

Jun 9, 2026, 4:11 AM

Physics of the Mystics: Lowering Your “Spiritual Gravity” to Touch the Infinite

How the Baal Shem Tov Saw 15 Years into the Future There is a beautiful and mind-blowing story from the history of Chassidut that seems almost impossible to believe at first. It sounds like a miracle that defies the rules...

Jun 8, 2026, 7:27 PM

Send Support For Israel In These Difficult Times

Howdy and shalom. I was taking a break from my TOI Blog, but of course my heart is with my friends in Israel during these difficult times and resumed rocket attacks, and my thoughts and prayers are with all...

Barry Mellinger

Jun 8, 2026, 11:08 AM

Liars or Impostors

Al Quds Day, Westminster. They are not dissidents. They are vendors. (Wikimedia Commons)

There was a time when religious opposition to modern Zionism was principled, coherent, and came from a place of genuine love for the Jewish people. The great Torah authorities of Eastern Europe, who viewed the movement with suspicion, were...

Allen S. Maller

Jun 8, 2026, 5:09 AM

Judaism Is Our History, Our Messianic Destiny, and Our Personal Morality

The Jewish religion is the outgrowth of the experience of the Jewish people through events to which they ascribe transcendent meaning. Every people has a history, but many people pay no attention to their own history. It is meaningless...

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