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Daniel Gordis


Daniel Gordis is the Koret Distinguished Fellow at Shalem College in Jerusalem and the author of the ongoing online column, Israel from the Inside.

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  1. Observation ·

    Daniel Gordis and Asael Abelman on the Personality of the New Jew

    By Daniel Gordis, Asael Abelman, Jonathan Silver, Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Daniel Gordis and Asael Abelman on the Personality of the New Jew
  2. Observation ·

    Is the Most Iconic Sentence of Israel’s Declaration of Independence True?

    By Daniel Gordis

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Is the Most Iconic Sentence of Israel’s Declaration of Independence True?
  3. Observation ·

    Podcast: Daniel Gordis on the Rift between American and Israeli Jews (Rebroadcast)

    By Daniel Gordis, Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Podcast: Daniel Gordis on the Rift between American and Israeli Jews (Rebroadcast)
  4. Observation ·

    Podcast: Daniel Gordis on the Israeli Supreme Court’s New Conversion Ruling

    By Daniel Gordis, Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Podcast: Daniel Gordis on the Israeli Supreme Court’s New Conversion Ruling
  5. Observation ·

    Podcast: Daniel Gordis on Jewish Responses to Misery

    By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Daniel Gordis

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Podcast: Daniel Gordis on Jewish Responses to Misery
  6. Response ·

    Judaism Without Theology?

    By Daniel Gordis

    Many years ago, when I was first beginning my doctoral work, among the students in the program were a few members of the Catholic clergy. As we were getting to know each other, one of them caught up w...

    Judaism Without Theology?
  7. Monthly Essay ·

    How America’s Idealism Drained Its Jews of Their Resilience

    By Daniel Gordis

    In Israel and in traditional communities, life and liturgy don't run away from hardship. Most American Jews prefer to think on the brighter side, but that comes at a high cost.

    How America’s Idealism Drained Its Jews of Their Resilience
  8. Observation ·

    Podcast: Daniel Gordis on the Rift between American and Israeli Jews

    By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Daniel Gordis

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Podcast: Daniel Gordis on the Rift between American and Israeli Jews
  9. Observation ·

    Between American Jews and Israel: Are Pressure Tactics Fair Game? An Exchange

    By Daniel Gordis, Elliott Abrams

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Between American Jews and Israel: Are Pressure Tactics Fair Game? An Exchange
  10. Response ·

    Why the American Jewish Distancing from Israel Is So Heartbreaking

    By Daniel Gordis

    I ’m grateful to Hillel Halkin, Evelyn Gordon, and Jordan Chandler Hirsch for their enlightening responses to my essay . All four of us entertain slightly differing views on the current disconnection...

    Why the American Jewish Distancing from Israel Is So Heartbreaking
  11. Monthly Essay ·

    Why Many American Jews Are Becoming Indifferent or Even Hostile to Israel

    By Daniel Gordis

    It's not about what Israel does. It's about what, to their minds, Israel is.

    Why Many American Jews Are Becoming Indifferent or Even Hostile to Israel
  12. Response ·

    How American Jews Have Detached Themselves from Jewish Memory

    By Daniel Gordis

    Elliott Abrams is clearly correct in asserting both that American Jews are moving away from support of Israel and that this tectonic shift is traceable much less to Israel’s policies than to the man...

    How American Jews Have Detached Themselves from Jewish Memory