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Daniel Gordis

Daniel Gordis is Koret Distinguished Fellow at Shalem College in Jerusalem. His latest book, Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn, was just awarded the National Jewish Book Award for Book of the Year.

The Amona Conundrum
The dismantling and evacuation of the Amona outpost in the West Bank has once again put Israel’s moral and legal mettle to the test
byDaniel Gordis
How Musician Meir Banai Reflected Israeli Culture’s Recent Return to Jewish Tradition
Banai, who died yesterday at 55, was part of a wave of Israeli artists who derived meaning and inspiration from religious texts their secular Zionist forebears had spurned
byDaniel Gordis
We Need to Talk About Israel
Is it possible to write a book about Israel where conflict is not the fulcrum of the Jewish state’s history?
byDaniel Gordis
Dread, Prayer, Hope, and Forgiveness
Yom Kippur in Israel is a complicated yet often peaceful time. But the specter of violence is always felt.
byDaniel Gordis
The Lessons of Shimon Peres
As Israelis remain glued to the news for updates on the health of the former prime minister, it’s comforting to keep the promise of his legacy close by
byDaniel Gordis
Today’s Israeli Leaders Lack the Very Qualities That Made Its Founders Great
And none embodied the biblical worldview more, or had more political agility, than Menachem Begin, who has no real heirs
byDaniel Gordis
How Menachem Begin Made Peace With Israel’s Greatest Enemy: Egypt
Carter thought he was a psycho, but the man the British called ‘Terrorist No. 1’ proved himself to be a canny negotiator
byDaniel Gordis
U.S. Jews Fighting Wrong Battle
As rockets rain down on Israel, an Atlanta JCC bans Peter Beinart. When did we become so narrow-minded?
byDaniel Gordis
No Jewish People Without Israel
Why the future of American Judaism as we know it depends on the survival of the Jewish state
byDaniel Gordis
Sinning Against Each Other
On my list of worries this Tisha B’Av: Iran, Egypt—and the ugly ways we Jews talk to one another
byDaniel Gordis
Israel’s Grittiest Founder
Yitzhak Shamir, who died Saturday, was maligned for his politics. But his bitter realism was prescient.
byDaniel Gordis

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