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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...

Sep 1, 2026, 8:11 AM

You Can Run From Zionism. But You Can Never Escape Your Judaism

Brad Lander, a progressive Jewish politician in New York, attending Zohran Mamdani's primary election watch party in June 2025. (Heather Khalifa/AP)

Brad Lander has spent years of his political career trying to prove that being Jewish does not require being a supporter of Israel. Last weekend, he was shown that people don't care. Lander, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 10th...

Aug 28, 2026, 6:36 AM

Bring Your Congregation into the Black Book of Life

Times are Tough for Temples

Congregations across the United States and around the world are struggling to keep their doors open. Fewer people are becoming members; synagogues and temples are being forced to merge to be financially viable; even twice-a-year Jews are dwindling. Part...

Allen S. Maller

Aug 26, 2026, 8:34 PM

Jewish Wisdom Stories Retold by Rabbi Allen S. Maller

Rabbi Shmuel Arieh, who once lived in the village of Koshilovitz, where the Baal Shem Tov had worked as a shohet (slaughter) before his greatness was revealed, related this to me: “I met an 80 year old shohet in...

Allen S. Maller

Aug 26, 2026, 4:52 AM

Tens Of Thousands Of Allah’s Prophets and 99.9 % Failed

Islam teaches that thousands of Prophets were inspired by the one and only God; and sent to the whole of mankind in different lands and at different times. One popular version in a hadith puts the number of prophets...

Aug 24, 2026, 12:25 AM

For the Patrilineal Jews: You Are Jewish

The Davidson Archaeological Park in Jerusalem, October 2021 - Courtesy of the Author

I am not a “patrilineal Jew.” My mom is Jewish, and so is my dad. I am simply Jewish. But I believe the same principle of belonging should extend to Jews whose Jewish identity comes through their fathers. The term...

Allen S. Maller

Aug 23, 2026, 5:37 PM

Jesus, Mahdi, Qiyamah and a Few Messiahs

UN scientists warn that strong El Nino will add fuel to 'a planet already on fire’. So climate change's fingerprints are all over extreme fire weather that sparked this week's devastating wildfires in Spain and France, and has spiked Southern Europe's burning...

Allen S. Maller

Aug 20, 2026, 12:30 PM

We Will Survive: Qiyamah Optimistic Eschatology

The Book 1 Enoch marks a new religious perspective. So familiar do 1 Ezra’s themes look in retrospect – angels, personal and national Judgment, one or two Messiahs, plus a Son of Man – that we can easily fail...

Allen S. Maller

Aug 14, 2026, 6:23 PM

The Recycling Of Jewish Souls

A Pew Poll released on June 22, 2021 found that the proportion of respondents identifying as Jewish today, and say that they did not have a Jewish parent, and were not raised Jewish in any way. This group of...

Allen S. Maller

Aug 13, 2026, 10:43 PM

The Pope And Prophet Abraham Say Religious Pluralism Is God’s Will

If there is only one God why are there so many religions?’ A good question that I as a Reform Rabbi have often been asked and this is my answer. The Qur’an declares that Allah could have made all of...

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