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Aug 7, 2026, 7:19 PM

Inches to Metric: Creating Sacred Spaces – Mercaz Kopin

Mercaz Kopin circa 2000. Photo Beth Kopin

Follow your inner voice. When I was a little girl, we lived on the South Side of Chicago in a modest (white box) home. My parents hired a designer. The transformation was magical. I was dazzled/hooked! By the age of...

Aug 7, 2026, 8:47 AM

Safeguarding Vagahau Niue: Exercising Linguistic Sovereignty in the Age of AI

The issue is not merely whether artificial intelligence produces inaccurate language. It is who holds the authority and expertise to verify, correct and shape the digital representation of Vagahau Niue, the Niuean language. A phrasebook may appear modest. Yet when...

Chaim Y. Botwinick

Aug 7, 2026, 8:43 AM

Do You Feel Safe Wearing Jewish Symbols in Public?

In last week's Baltimore Jewish Times on-line poll, the platform's readership were asked by the editor, "Do you feel unsafe wearing Jewish symbols in public?" Fifty-four percent said yes and 46% said no. Although this finding was not totally surprising, it...

Aug 7, 2026, 6:59 AM

Praise for “Hallie’s Big Heart” an inspiring children’s book by Beth Phillips

My dear friend Beth Phillips who is very active in the NYC Jewish community recently wrote a thoughtful and meaningful children's book entitled “Hallie’s Big Heart.” She wrote the book because, like so many people in our Jewish community...

Silas Anastacio

Aug 7, 2026, 12:08 AM

9th International Congress on Biblical Archaeology Brings Experts to São Paulo

From August 27 to 29, São Paulo will host the 9th edition of the largest international congress on biblical archaeology in Latin America. Organized by the Moriah International Center, with support from the Israeli Ministry of Tourism, the event...

Daniel R. Weiss

Aug 6, 2026, 9:27 AM

All In: How Jewish Day Schools Create a Sense of Belonging

AI-Generated Image

How do Jewish Day Schools create a sense of belonging? At Bornblum, we don’t sort our students into tribes or houses (like Harry Potter). Instead, we sort them into families. We call them Mishpachot, and each one carries a...

James Finney-Conlon

Aug 5, 2026, 4:30 AM

Facing antisemitism from my childhood: The cost of a penny

Caption: Pennies beside my feet.
Credit: AI Generated, edited by James Finney-Conlon

When I was twelve and desperately wanted to fit in, I went along with my friends’ penny throwing gag at a suburban shopping mall. “Bet you can’t resist, Jew.” Clank, clank, clank. The pennies smacked the tile floor beside my feet,...

Aug 4, 2026, 6:02 PM

Bots, Bankruptcy, and Binary Options

I remember the real Atlantic City, before the casinos arrived. My Mom's aunt lived there, near the bend of the Boardwalk, and we would visit her for a week or so almost every summer. In addition to going to...

Aug 3, 2026, 6:52 AM

Creativity: What Machines Lack Is Not Ecstasy But a Field to Play Against

Breaking Through

By Joe Nalven + Opus 5 + Gemini Machines have already been creative, and it is worth being precise about where. In 2016, a Go program played a move in the second game of its match against Lee Sedol that professionals...

Aug 2, 2026, 2:29 PM

In the Shadow of the Bronze Priest: An Athenian Pilgrimage

Each Step… A Story… From the bustle of modern Athens—traffic surging, shopkeepers calling, cafés spilling onto narrow sidewalks—the eye is drawn upward. Above the city, the limestone plateau of the Acropolis commands the horizon, crowned by the sun-bleached columns of...

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