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Allen S. Maller

Jul 4, 2026, 10:23 PM

One Mahdi Plus 3 Messiahs VS Armageddon”s Super Hot Planet

Tens of millions of Americans sweltered under furnace-like temperatures as central and eastern American cities hunkered down for a heat wave. Over the last four years, more than 200,000 people have died in the E.U. due to extreme heat. Figures from France's...

Allen S. Maller

Jul 4, 2026, 10:10 AM

The Excellence of Abraham the Only Friend of God

The Qur'an states, “You have an excellent example to follow in Abraham.” (60:4) and “Follow the way of Abraham as people of pure faith.” (3:95) What makes prophet Abraham, “whom God chose to be His friend” (Qur'an 4:125 &...

Allen S. Maller

Jun 29, 2026, 6:51 AM

Two Men of God and Hope for the Messianic Future

Deuteronomy 33:1 states “This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.” And 1 Kings17:18 states “O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah,“what have you done to me? Both Moses and Elijah are titled ‘a man of God’. Moses’ leads the Hebrews out of Egypt...

Allen S. Maller

Jun 28, 2026, 2:40 PM

Folk Religion Can Grow Piety

In the modern world, large scale emigration has brought many Muslims into close contact with other Muslims from distant lands. While all Muslims are united by Islamic law and daily prayer, many Muslims have discovered that some of the...

Richard Diamond

Jun 24, 2026, 8:54 PM

The Deterioration of American Jewry’s Unconditional Solidarity with Israel

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The Grief of Estrangement There is a particular kind of grief that has no clean name — the grief of loving something so completely that you never thought to examine the conditions of that love, until the day you realize...

Jun 23, 2026, 5:22 AM

Who Decides What Is Real?

Who is a Jew? Who Decides What Is Real? Crypto meets religion. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the Question of Identity When people argue about Bitcoin, Ethereum, or even questions like “Who is a Jew?”, they often assume there must be a single correct answer hidden somewhere. But in reality, many questions of identity work...

Jun 21, 2026, 11:07 PM

What We Do Matters More: Some Closing Thoughts

Over more than a decade of listening to women rabbis, I have come to appreciate a deceptively simple truth: what we say matters, but what we do matters more. As the rabbis taught, "It is not study that is most...

Jun 21, 2026, 9:13 PM

A Loyalty Test Is Not the Way to Encourage Reform Zionist Commitment

Reform leaders who are advocating that Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) should deny rabbinic ordination to students with non- or anti-Zionist views have forgotten the lessons of the College’s recent failed experiment with red lines. When I entered...

Jun 16, 2026, 6:45 PM

Dybbooks: When Possessions Possess Dusty Dreams

Like a modern lyrical Cassandra, the songstress Marina Diamandis sings: "If you are not very careful Your possessions will possess you TV taught me how to feel Now real life has no appeal (Lyrics from Marina and The Diamonds – Oh No!) And as I...

Allen S. Maller

Jun 15, 2026, 4:44 AM

Recycling Jewish Souls Coming Home

A rather unusual form of evidence for reincarnation comes from the Jewish mystical tradition; the Kabbalah. Unlike Buddhism and Hinduism, Kabbalah does not teach that reincarnation (gilgul) occurs over the course of millions of years to millions of different...

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