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Aug 10, 2026, 8:04 AM

Private Struggle, Public Assault: Protecting Torah Life in the Digital Age

A troubling trend has become increasingly visible in our communities, particularly online: individuals who have chosen to leave a Torah-observant way of life are publicly expressing dissatisfaction, doubts, and rejection of Jewish belief and practice. Some posts are personal...

Aug 9, 2026, 6:37 AM

Teaching Encounter Like Martin Buber

Martin Buber, 1950, Public Domain, The David B. Keidan Collection of Digital Images from the Central Zionist Archives (via Harvard University Library)

One hundred years ago, Jewish philosopher Martin Buber published “Education” in the inaugural issue of Die Kreatur. He edited the quarterly with Protestant physician Viktor von Weizsäcker and Catholic theologian Joseph Wittig. Weimar Germany was no nursery of interfaith amity....

Aug 5, 2026, 6:28 AM

Does a Heavenly Temple Replace the Earthly Avodah?

The claim moves quietly through communities that love the Hebrew Scriptures. The earthly Temple, they hear, was only a shadow. The real altar stands in Heaven. The real high priest serves there. The real and final cleansing happens above....

Aug 4, 2026, 4:09 PM

Wearables: Humanity’s Savior

In my previous piece, "Wearables: The End of Humanity," I made the case that wearable technology is quietly severing us from our own bodies, disconnecting us from a bodily wisdom we evolved over millions of years. I believe every...

Allen S. Maller

Aug 4, 2026, 6:01 AM

Jewish Wisdom stories retold by Rabbi Allen S. Maller

The Seer of Lublin was one of the most famous and formidable of the Hassidic Rabbis at the end of the 18th century. His greatest disciple (who had exactly the same name as his master) was called the Yehudi...

Aug 3, 2026, 6:52 AM

Creativity: What Machines Lack Is Not Ecstasy But a Field to Play Against

Breaking Through

By Joe Nalven + Opus 5 + Gemini Machines have already been creative, and it is worth being precise about where. In 2016, a Go program played a move in the second game of its match against Lee Sedol that professionals...

Jul 31, 2026, 12:06 AM

From Rebbe to Jung to Quantum Physics: The Truth that Less Means More.

Chassidic teaching offers a profound paradox: “The true Yesh is Ayin.” And “The Ayin is the true Yesh.” Translated: the only real “something” is the “nothing” of self-effacement before God, and that “Nothing” is the only true “something”. At the intersection...

Jul 30, 2026, 4:03 AM

A Court Cannot Summon the Messiah: On the Limits of the Sanhedrin’s Authority

A reconstituted Sanhedrin has issued a ruling asking Heaven to reveal the Mashiach and rebuild the Temple. But the classical sources draw a sharp line the court has crossed. When a reconstituted Sanhedrin issues a formal ruling that asks Heaven...

Allen S. Maller

Jul 30, 2026, 3:56 AM

Qur’an, Torah, and A Split Egyption Calf

One of the lessons taught in both the Torah (Exodus 32) and the Qur'an (7:148-153) is the lesson of the importance of patient, steadfast trust in God and God's willingness to forgive. These lessons of are universal, but the details...

Jul 29, 2026, 6:24 AM

Turning Aside: When Moses and AI Met the Burning Bush

Moses and The Burning Bush

Moses was at work. That is the first thing the story tells us, and the easiest thing to skip. He was tending another man's sheep, in a far country, for his father-in-law. He was not on retreat. He was...

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