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Allen S. Maller

Jun 3, 2026, 10:09 PM

Comparing Jewish and Islamic Perspectives on Prophets Abraham and Ishmael

On January 24, 2024, for a well known Muslim website ‘Islamicity’, I wrote the following article. The Qur’an itself tells us of the importance of the Hebrew Torah 46:12. “And before it (the Qur’an) was the Book of Moses, a...

May 29, 2026, 7:58 PM

When Nations Set the Terms Israel Chooses Tolerance Over Temple Restoration

Israeli police arrested 21 Jewish activists in May 2026 as they tried to bring a young goat onto the Temple Mount for a korban Pesach offering during Pesach Sheni. Officers stopped the group at the gate and detained them...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

May 25, 2026, 7:40 PM

What is considered to be far from Jerusalem?

In Parshat Behaalotcha (Bamidbar 9:9-13), we read about those who are granted the opportunity to observe Pesach Sheni: God spoke to Moshe saying: “Speak to B’nai Yisrael, saying: Any person, if he will be impure from a human corpse or...

Allen S. Maller

May 25, 2026, 11:39 AM

Comparing Jewish and Islamic Perspectives by Prophets Abraham and Ishmael

This is an example of the Comparing of Jewish and Islamic Perspectives By Prophets Abraham and Ishmael written By Rabbi Allen Maller, on January 24, 2024 on the website of Islamicity The Qur’an itself tells us of the importance of the...

May 24, 2026, 11:46 PM

The Diamond Polisher’s Aliyah: A Wake-Up Call for the Barefoot Priesthood

A juxtaposition of a Kohen receiving the first aliyah in a modern synagogue (left) versus the practical, barefoot preparation for sacrifice (avodah) in the Temple courtyard (azarah) (right). / Image generated using AI

Every Shabbat morning in synagogues across the globe, a predictable, beautiful, and ancient ritual takes place. The Torah scroll is unfurled, the room grows quiet, and the Gabbai calls out the familiar words: “Ya’amod, Kohen.” From the community, a man...

Allen S. Maller

May 22, 2026, 4:05 AM

Quran and Torah On Gog and Magog Qiyamah Today

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including gonorrhoea and syphilis have hit record levels in Europe, according to new data. Gonorrhoea hit 106,331 cases - a 303% increase since 2015 - while syphilis more than doubled in the same period to...

May 15, 2026, 5:54 PM

Treasure Trove: A Lesson for Today from an Ancient Roman Tile

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

A Roman soldier who destroyed Jerusalem and besieged Masada might have stood on this. Found in Jerusalem, it is a piece of a square ceramic floor tile. The rectangular impression contains the letters LEXFR, an abbreviation for Legio X Fretensis...

Allen S. Maller

May 12, 2026, 3:38 AM

Armageddon is a Global Blowup

Almost one million people in Lebanon are expected to face food insecurity this summer a new assessment shows; so Lebanon joins several other countries at war with few foods. A new international study published in Scientific Reports warns that Africa's forests,...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

May 12, 2026, 12:08 AM

The Merits of the Tribe of Levi

We read about the tribe of Levi in Parshat Bamidbar (Bamidbar 3:11-13): God spoke to Moshe, saying: “Behold! I have taken the Leviim from among B’nai Yisrael, in place of every firstborn, the first issue of every womb among B’nai...

Allen S. Maller

May 2, 2026, 9:57 AM

Prophet Abraham Was The Beginning Of Three Monotheistic Religions

Prophet Abraham was the first person to be called a “Hebrew” in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 14:13). The term Hebrew probably comes from the verb to go over a boundary, like the Euphrates or Jordan river, or to be...

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