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Allen S. Maller

Sep 3, 2026, 4:53 AM

Why Did Tahrif Become OK

Religious charges of Tahrif, corruption of sacred scriptures, began with Judaism and Christianity. Rabbi Elazar ben Yossi HaGelili who lived in the first half of the 2nd century C.E. said: “I said to the Cuthite scribes: You falsified the Torah...

Sep 2, 2026, 5:10 AM

Who Should do Teshuva? Parshat Nitzavim Vayelech

FOREWORD This week I was fortunate to be with my immediate family to celebrate the bar mitzvah of my grandnephew. In addition to being honored with the third aliyah, I was invited to give a talk in the afternoon. As I...

Shayna Goldberg

Sep 1, 2026, 8:01 PM

When we forget, God remembers

This Rosh Hashana, I'm grateful that He remembers the father I remember. The strong, wise one I could turn to with any question, before Alzheimer's began taking him from us

Dennis C. Sasso

Aug 27, 2026, 5:56 AM

The Religious Humanism of Mordecai Kaplan

The Religious Humanism of Mordecai Kaplan, An Anthology Edited and compiled by Mel Scult (The Mosaic Press and The Kaplan Center for Jewish Peoplehood, October 2026 Reviewed by Dennis C. Sasso In the forward to his forthcoming book, The Religious Humanism of Mordecai...

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, 6:06 PM

Why Is White Theology Just Called ‘Theology’?

White Theology and White Power James Cone called his 1969 book Black Theology and Black Power. The title located the theology before the reader reached the first page. Cone was writing from the Black experience in America, particularly the effort...

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...

Aug 21, 2026, 12:33 PM

Sometimes, I really wish there were a God

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I'm a confirmed atheist, but I've come to see that humanity is hard-wired for faith. So I still don't believe, but now I feel like I'm missing out

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...

Aug 16, 2026, 12:39 AM

AI and Teaching Jewish Civilization: Is an Enemy Needed?

Teaching Jewish Civilization

The Argument That Needs an Enemy: What happens when you forbid a machine to mention our enemies by Joe Nalven, with Claude Dara Horn reports that most American students, if they learn about Jews at all, learn only that Jews were...

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