SAPIR: A Journal of Jewish Conversations

{{Short description|Jewish quarterly journal}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox magazine

| title = SAPIR: Ideas for a Thriving Jewish Future

| image_file = SAPIR A Journal of Jewish Conversations.jpg

| frequency = Quarterly

| category = Jewish affairs and identity

| founded = 2021

| firstdate = Spring 2021

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| finalnumber =

| company = Maimonides Fund

| country = United States

| based =

| language = English

| editor = Bret Stephens

| issn = 2767-1720

| website = {{URL|https://www.sapirjournal.org}}

}}

SAPIR: Ideas for a Thriving Jewish Future, also known as the SAPIR Journal, is a quarterly political magazine focused on cultural, political, and social issues related to the Jewish community, with a focus on American Jews.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://sapirjournal.org/about/ |website=Sapir Journal |publisher=Maimonides Fund}} The magazine publishes invited long-form think-pieces on a theme of interest to the Jewish community.{{cite news |last1=Elia-Shalev |first1=Asaf |title=NY Times' Bret Stephens is editing a new Jewish journal, starting with an issue on 'Jews and social justice' |url=https://www.jta.org/2021/03/24/politics/ny-timess-bret-stephens-is-editing-a-new-jewish-journal-starting-with-an-issue-on-jews-and-social-justice |access-date=30 August 2023 |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=2021-03-24}}

SAPIR is published by Maimonides Fund, and its editor-in-chief is The New York Times columnist Bret Stephens. SAPIR publicly launched in March 2021 and released its first issue in April. SAPIR{{'}}s launch was amidst a rise, between 2021 and 2023, of magazines across the ideological spectrum related to the Jewish experience, including by left-leaning T'ruah.{{cite news |last1=Silow-Carroll |first1=Andrew |title=The battle for Jewish hearts and minds returns to the printed page |url=https://www.jta.org/2023/03/26/culture/the-battle-for-jewish-hearts-and-minds-returns-to-the-printed-page |access-date=30 August 2023 |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=2023-03-26}}{{cite news |last1=Elia-Shalev |first1=Asaf |title=Progressive Jewish group launches think tank to counter spread of right-wing ideas |url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/519300/progressive-jewish-group-launches-think-tank-to-counter-spread-of-right-wing-ideas/ |access-date=30 August 2023 |work=The Forward |date=2022-09-22}}

On April 1, 2023, the Maimonides Fund launched the SAPIR Institute, an in-house organ to turn the ideas generated by the magazine into future plans of action. The institute is led by Chanan Weissman, former White House Jewish Liaison for the Obama and Biden Administrations.{{cite news |last1=Ari Gross |first1=Judah |title=Maimonides Fund launches in-house institute to turn Sapir Journal ideas into action plans |url=https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/maimonides-fund-launches-in-house-institute-to-turn-sapir-journal-ideas-into-action-plans/ |access-date=30 August 2023 |work=eJewishPhilanthrophy |date=2023-03-15}}