What May We Hope?

Hope is a bit banal sentiment, so pervasive to be almost transparent. What should we hope for, how much, and when should we stop hoping?

Art and the Clockwork Heart

Claude Sautet’s 1992 A Heart in Winter is a violin tale of a painful play, and an implausible repair.

שעתנו היפה ביותר

יותר מכל משטר אחר, דמוקרטיה מאפשרת שינוי לטובה בדרכי שלום, היא מציעה פתח לתקווה - באמצעות אחווה והקשבה.

משאל עם, על פי תהום

דור שלם דורש דמוקרטיה? הגיע הזמן לבדוק מה באמת רוצים הישראלים, רגע לפני שאנחנו קורעים זה את זה לגזרים.

Sapienism Celebrates its Fifth Anniversary!

If it was Sapienism’s most prolific year, it's mainly because I’ve been troubled – even more than usual :-)

The Kinks’ Guide to Gaslighting

The Kinks' Days can help us understand what Gaslighting is all about, what makes it so sinister, and what we can do about it.

A Debt of Gratitude

How Thanksgiving turned into a celebration of our capitalist cargo cult

Homeowners, Wasteland

Reflections on the rise of Israel's radical rightwing government

We’re A Handful!

What our hands tell us about the origins of our humanity, and its nature... A tale for the Jewish New Year

The Return of the Mighty Martyrs

We should be aware of toxic therapists, some of them are our elected, authoritarian, leaders

Hail Cæsar! The Ravages of Rage and Revenge

You can’t always get what you want – but you can make others suffer for it! And some leaders are all too happy to teach us how. A first post

Bigthan and Teresh Are Dead

At long last: the real story of the Bible’s two courtiers, Bigthan and Teresh, in an existentialist Purim play