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Sapienism: Living Up to Our Humanity

Sapienism: a plea to recall, and live up to, our humanity, taking it as far and as free as it can possibly be.

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Burning Bridges, Skipping Stones

Fire, air, earth, and water. The four elements still await their unifier—the Stone that could transmute our rage to grace. If anyone holds it, it is the children. In a world ablaze with war, we must shield them, before we are all swept away into the Ether.

Sapienism Celebrates its Seventh Anniversary!

on Hannukah's seventh candle. So to lazily salute in the spirit of the time, I'm turning to AI.

Better Dreams

I was born twice. First the womb, then the words, and sixteen years in between. I read his words to quench a thirst I was unaware was there.

Into the Rain

Corinne Allal died today, and a string in me snapped. I am trying to understand why.

מפה, מקרא ומצפן

כיצד "לחשב מסלול מחדש" באקדמיה ובישראל? דברים שביקשתי לומר לבוגרי הפקולטה למדעי החברה באוניברסיטת תל אביב

Words that Maketh Murder

The more violently the oppressed fight their oppressors, the more oppressive they become. How should we address the spiral of oppression?

God’s Tattoo

A year to October 7th, both body and mind turn memory into a battleground – and a mirror of our public conscience, or lack thereof.

Am I My Brother's Keeper?

Humiliated, vain, and vengeful, Cain knows only lies and denial of responsibility - as does Netanyahu

Finding Hope in the Age of Dating Apps

Dating apps seem to be all about choice, yet many young people feel they have "no choice" but to use them

קפיצת אמנות

אף פעם לא הצלחתי להבין את הקסם של "ספוקן וורד": מה הם רוצים להגיד, למה כל כך מהר, ואיפה בכלל המוזיקה כאן? אמש שיניתי את דעתי.

Under the Tent

Did Hamas change its 1988 Charter in 2017? Have Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip supported Hamas following October 7?

Unconditional Surrender

We all want to be loved? I’ve learned enough of life and love to suspect exceptions, but Trump, I realized this weekend, is not among them.

The First Cut

June 28 is our world’s birthday. Let's celebrate with a bit of food for thought, discovering what this birthday cake is layered with.

The Blonde in the Brush

on the road’s median, a fence to his side, a mighty wall of bushes behind and a thin row of trees ahead, walking toward the asphalt’s zebra

The Golem of Jerusalem

Do we lie because we’re weak – or are weak because we're lying? If Israel is a modern Golem, it risks dying by killing truth.

Be Violent!

We risk substituting one flawed and fatal moral maxim with another: “might makes right,” with “the strong is wrong."

Let’s Face Us

The custodians of Enlightenment increasingly betray its maxim, “Dare to Know!” The Clotting of the Academic Mind, Part I

Jungle Dispatch: Grandiosity and Insecurity in Yonatan Netanyahu’s letters

I make my way out of my apartment building with Roscoe, my German Shepherd, in tow. It’s 2 in the morning, and the street is empty and...

Bigthan and Teresh Are Dead | בגתן ותרש מתים

מה קרה לבגתן ותרש? הסיפור האמיתי מאחורי מגילת אסתר The real story of the two courtiers, Bigthan and Teresh, in an existentialist Purim play

Netanyahu-Hamas: The Holy Land’s Unholy Alliance

Netanyahu-Hamas tacit alliance has been one of the most politically successful and humanely disastrous enterprises of the Middle East