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Rabbi Allen S. Maller

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Why Is Judaism The Smallest Of The Abrahamic Religions? – OpEd

Judaism is the oldest, and the smallest of the three Abrahamic religions because Judaism is a boutique religion. Just as a boutique small-capacity...

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Imageless Religions Helped Human Survival – OpEd

Why did our species survive when Homo Neanderthals and all other almost human species went extinct? The theories are many, but some comparisons of...

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Why The One God Has So Many Names – OpEd

One of the most important lessons educators of religion should teach; is why there should be so many different names for the One God of the three...

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Judaism Always Had Diverse Beliefs – OpEd

Judaism has always been intellectually and theologically diverse; but because the Medieval  Church in Europe made conversion to Judaism a crime, the...

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American Jews Are Becoming More Diverse – OpEd

About 42% of married Jews have a spouse who is not Jewish. Among American Jews who have gotten married since 2010, that percentage rises to 61%. ...

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Is Truth Universal, Unchanging, Relative Or Pluralistic? – OpEd

I myself do not believe that anything, even the universe, is eternal. Nothing lasts forever. Scientists say when our sun becomes a red giant—in an...

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The Very Recent Evolution Of Human Religions – OpEd

Religion is not a maladaptive “illusion” (Freud), nor is religion a manipulative “opiate” (Marx). Religious behavior is a...

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Prophet Jesus, A Mahdi And Many Messiahs Will Come If … OpEd

If the Palestine leadership in the 1920’s had welcomed the early Zionists as cousins returning home after a very long absence, there would have been...

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The Recent Evolution Of Human Spirituality – OpEd

Religion is not a maladaptive “illusion” (Freud), nor is religion a manipulative “opiate” (Marx). Religious behavior is a ubiquitous...

28.05.2024 10

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Can Light Come Out Of Gaza’s Darkness? – OpEd

The word Armageddon is the Hebrew Har Meghiddo, meaning “Mountain of Megiddo ”. Har Magheddon, which is 80 miles north of Jerusalem, is the symbol...

27.05.2024 10

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God’s Gift Of Sakina-Shekinah Peace, Trust And Assurance – OpEd

A massive 8th century BCE man-made platform discovered at a Catholic convent in central Israel several years ago, may be an ancient shrine for the...

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Rabbi Akiva Ben Yosef ‘The Convert’ Had 24,00 Students – OpEd

Rabbi Akiva is one of the most charismatic, imaginative, and prolific sages of the Talmud. Yet, we are told that a terrible plague killed 24,000 of...

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Allah’s Messenger And Reform Judaism – OpEd

Prophet Muhammad was a messenger for all nations and not just for Arabs or Muslims. I think of myself as a Reform Rabbi who is an Islamic Jew....

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A Religious Revival Soon – OpEd

Almost 50,000 Americans killed themselves in 2022, up by 2.6 percent from the year before. The Harvard School of Public Health reported in 2020 that...

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From River To Sea Palestinians And Israelis Should Be Freed Of Hatred And Suffering – OpEd

The number of civilian casualties in Gaza has been at the center of international attention since the start of the war. The main source for the data...

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Sakinah And Shekinah: A Word Alive With God’s Presence – OpEd

Sakinah is an important word and a very important concept in both Islamic and Jewish thought. In Islamic thought, it

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An Opening In Gog And Magog’s Wall – OpEd

Gog-Magog (Hebrew Bible) and Yajuj-Majuj (Arabic Qur’an) are the long-time threats to God’s future Messianic Age. In the 17th to

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Jewish Genes And Converts – OpEd

Most Jews trace a considerable or even a majority (at least 50–60%) of ancestral component clearly identified with the populations

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Becoming Jewish Should Be Easier – OpEd

Rebekah Tokatlilar writes in the April 17, 2023 issue of the Religious News Service that “When I was 18, I

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Can A Religion Other Than Islam Ever Be Accepted? – OpEd

Has Islam been the one religion acceptable to God since the days of Prophet Muhammad? Does Islam claim to replace

12.05.2024 20

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An Exoplanet Atmosphere Close By – OpEd

While the planet is too hot to be habitable, detecting its atmosphere can provide insights into the early conditions of

09.05.2024 20

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Power Corrupts, Religious Power Corrupts Faithfully – OpEd

From very early in Jewish history and religious literature there has been a strong current of criticism of those who

07.05.2024 20

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The Evolution Of Adam’s (Modern Humans) Religion – OpEd

Pre-human Homo Sapiens people have walked out of Africa for hundreds of thousands of years, and we have evidence for early (pre-human) Homo Sapiens in...

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Is Qur’an View Of Jews Killing God’s Prophets False? – OpEd

In the following eight verses the Qur’an asserts that the Jews killed their Prophets. Is this correct?  No and yes. No, because the Jewish people...

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The Jerusalem Temple And Its Older Brother: The Ka’ba – OpEd

The Jerusalem Temple (Beit HaMikdosh) and the Ka’ba, the House of God (Baitullah) in Mecca are the two most well-known sites for monotheistic...

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Choosing To Be A Chosen One: Plural Relationships – OpEd

A major misunderstanding of the Biblical concept of God choosing a people or a prophet is caused by the use of the word ‘the’ chosen when a better...

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A Pro-Palestine Book Wins A Top Jewish Book Prize – OpEd

Andrew Silow-Carrol reviews a new book by Oren Kessler “Palestine 1936” that treats the Palestinian side respectively, and still received one of...

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Gog And Magog Are Now Coal, Gas And Oil – OpEd

Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut starting today, the world economy is already stuck to an income reduction of 19% until 2050 due to...

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An EREV RAV: Conversion Then And Now – OpEd

Judaism is not a missionary faith and so doesn’t actively try to convert non-Jewish people (in many countries anti-Jewish laws prohibited converting...

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Qur’an And Seder Celebrate The Victory Of Light Over Darkness – OpEd

The Passover Seder celebrates God’s rescue of the oppressed Jewish People from Egypt more than 32 centuries ago. The Rabbis added an aspect of...

22.04.2024 10

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A New View Of Israel’s Exodus – OpEd

Dr. Joseph Weinstein points out that the biblical exodus account describes a mass refugee movement in which thousands of oppressed Hebrews (or...

22.04.2024 10

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Was The Earliest Human Pilgrimage Destination Buried Due To Allah’s Earliest Prophet? – OpEd

The theft of fire for the benefit of humanity is a theme that recurs in many dozens of the world’s mythologies. Its recurrent themes include...

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Does Messianic Faith Plant Hope Or Terror? – OpEd

“Prophetically, we are on the verge of the Gog-Magog war that (Prophet) Ezekiel described in chapters 38 and 39,” Pastor Hagee said after 320...

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Passover Tells Us Of God’s Choices – OpEd

Over 2,000 Gods and Goddesses were worshiped in ancient Egypt. Some are well known known like Isis, Osiris, Horus, Amun, Ra, Hathor, Bastet, Thoth,...

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Can Qur’an Quotes Help Jews And Muslims During A Gaza Passover? – OpEd

Politically motivated people can easily use selected parts of their own religion and/or of their opponents religion, to justify their own political...

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Bernie Sanders’ Failed Four-Day Workweek – OpEd

By Peter Jacobsen You probably saw the recent headlines. Senator Bernie Sanders proposed a new bill that he claims will reduce weekly working hours...

13.04.2024 7

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Facing Yajuj And Majuj With Hope And Faith – OpEd

The last seven years have been the hottest on record globally, the European Union’s climate monitoring service reported, raising alarms over sharp...

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Islam And Judaism On Jacob’s Struggle With God And Men – OpEd

Professor Meira Z. Kensky of Coe Collage in a very insightful article in the Times of Israel (November 18, 2021) alerts us to how Prophet Jacob makes...

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Post Ramadan Biblical And Qur’anic Divine Names: Past And Future – OpEd

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said: “The names of Allah are not limited to a certain number…With regard to the Hadith words of  Prophet Muhammad:...

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ExtraTerrestrial Lifeforms: A Religious View – OpEd

After the death of the Prophet Muhammad’s son Ibrahim, his companions tried to comfort him by saying that the sun eclipsed due to the greatness of...

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Did Jews Kill Prophets? – OpEd

Gabriel Said Reynolds, a Professor of Islamic Studies and Theology at Notre Dame University, wrote an article “On the Description of the Jews as...

08.04.2024 10

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From River To Sea Both Sides Should Be Free From Hatred And Suffering – OpEd

The final Friday prayers of the Muslim month of Ramadan passed peacefully at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount despite heightened...

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Ramadan And Peace In The Holy Land – OpEd

As a Rabbi I pray daily for peace in the Holy Land and I offer these thoughts as positive steps to that goal.  In cooperations with Muslims, a...

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Ramadan And Repentance – OpEd

“We have indeed (started) revealing this (Message) in the Night of Power. What will explain to you what the Night of Power is? The Night of Power is...

03.04.2024 9

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Ramadan And Purim – OpEd

In the middle of Ramadan (March 24, 2024) this year, Jews observed the Biblical holiday of Purim. Fasting and prayer is a way of preparing to meet a...

02.04.2024 9

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Ramadan Opposes Zero Sum Polemic Thinking – OpEd

About 125,000 people attended the third Friday prayers of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa-Mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, which ended peacefully and...

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Ramadan And Religious Charity – OpEd

Three and a half years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, churches have fewer people in the pews, more money in the collection plate and (thank...

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Ramadan Declares: God Dwells Among Us And Among Others – OpEd

A Hadith declares that the month of Ramadan was when the three Abrahamic Religions began to receive their Books of Revelation. This Hadith, cited by...

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Ramadan Says Text Variations Are Not Tahrif Fakes – OpEd

A profound Hadith declares that the month of Ramadan was when the three Abrahamic Religions began to receive their Books of Revelation. This Hadith,...

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Ramadan And Abraham’s Family Of Messengers – OpEd

Ramadan this year started at sunset March 10, 2024. A Hadith declares that Ramadan was when the three Abrahamic Religions received their Books of...

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