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

Facing Evil

In the wake of the to the 10/7 massacre and the ensuing war, how should we define, identify and defeat evil?

Sapienism Celebrates its Sixth Anniversary!

2023 - that “worst year ever” - made Sapienism all the more valuable, at times invaluable, to me.

Journal of the Privilege(d): How we make everything about ourselves, even in War Times

I live in Italy. I have been raised in Italy. Unlike my grandmothers I have only known Democracy and Peace. What I believed to be a...

Leviathan in the Sands

On October 7, 2023, Israelis woke up to a nightmare, not knowing when they will wake up from it, and to what.

Hope and Revolution

Can we as humans lose revolutionary hope? The perspective of an Egyptian father may help us understand.

Gunshots or Fireworks?

The mark of violence is ever reaching. Can we find hope in acknowledging our vulnerability, freedom, and responsibility?