God is Dead, Long Live Golem?

Once God guided us, but now, after its death, we turn to the Golem – rising against its own creator… Comparing The Golem & Metropolis

The Unbearable Lightness of Politics

The meaning of lightness in politics is that each political nominate equals another. If this is indeed the attitude to politics of many in I

The Shape of Hope

A friend sent me a picture, which took me down the rabbit hole… On love, hope, and motherhood - at the eve of Israeli election

Sapienism Celebrates its Second Anniversary!

Check out what we've been up to this year... Last year today, Sapienism celebrated its first anniversary, taking its first baby steps –...

Can We Imagine Orpheus Happy?

What can the death-defying Sisyphus and Orpheus teach us? Sisyphus is a story of liberty lost, Orpheus of freedom, and love, tested.

Have you Heart?

Metropolis, Lang’s masterful 1927 silent film, might be naïve, but saw far and deep – into the heart of darkness.

The Rise and Hopeful Fall of BBism

Israel undergoes an unprecedented crisis… How has it come to this, and what does it say about Israel, politics, and the human condition?

The Trials of Betrayal

The Kurds feel betrayed by Trump, who may soon discover – morality bites By Uriel Abulof and Dilan Okcuoglu [An earlier version of this...

Bullying: Why it works? How can we fight it?

What a bully does best is to tap straight into these fears and insecurities. Bullies sense these weaknesses, our vulnerabilities, and attack

Margaret, an Autumn Tale

What if you involuntarily caused the death of someone? How far would you go to repair your mistake? To ease your conscience? To be...

I See You

(or: The Mind's I-I) A slightly elaborated comment to Shirley's What Do You See?, a very fine illustration of freedom (choice) and...

What Do You See?

Once upon a time there was a duck. A duck that looked like a rabbit. Or a rabbit that looked like a duck. Either way, here was a duck...