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Tag Archives: Daniel Gordis
“Increasingly, the orientation of many American Jews toward Israel is one neither of instinctive loyalty nor of pride but of indifference, embarrassment, or hostility”
MOSAIC MAG Why Many American Jews Are Becoming Indifferent or Even Hostile to Israel by Daniel Gordis May 8, 2017 …In brief, the group growing most disconnected from Israel is composed of younger, politically more left-leaning, and religiously less traditionalist … Continue reading
Memo to those liberal rabbis “who share Rabbi Gordis’s concerns about the Trump presidency and are busy sitting shiva with their congregants…”
JNS.ORG Why Daniel Gordis Is Dead Wrong on Donald Trump and the Jews by Abraham H. Miller November 21, 2016 …But this is less the voice of Gordis’s usual scholarly insight and moderation, and more a page from Lamentations reminding … Continue reading
“It’s refreshing, in a world rife with anti-Zionist propaganda, to read a book written by someone who actually thinks Israel was a good, indeed a grand idea”
FREE BEACON Israel, In One Volume Review: Daniel Gordis, ‘Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn’ by David Isaac October 28, 2016 …Daniel Gordis describes the Jews’ return to their homeland as “one of the great dramas” of human … Continue reading
“In recent years American Jews have let go of both ancient communal memory and recent political memory. No wonder they’re now letting go of Israel”
MOSAIC How American Jews Have Detached Themselves from Jewish Memory by Daniel Gordis April 11, 2016 Elliott Abrams is clearly correct in asserting both that American Jews are moving away from support of Israel and that this tectonic shift is … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged American Jewry, American Jews, Daniel Gordis, Elliott Abrams
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For many Palestinians, it’s not about conflict resolution. It’s about making Israel go away
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS No country for Jews? An Israeli sadly concludes that ordinary Palestinians are fighting a long war against Israel itself by Daniel Gordis October 18, 2015 We have a young language instructor at Shalem College in Jerusalem, … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Arabs, Daniel Gordis, Palestinians, Shalem College
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Gordis answers question: Should I send my son to Israel for a semester abroad even though it’s dangerous? [VIDEO]
DANIEL GORDIS December 23, 2014 My off the cuff response to a question from a parent about how they should do given their worry that Israel was too dangerous for a junior semester abroad. CLICK TO VIEW
Armed and Ready for Synagogue in Israel
BLOOMBERG by Daniel Gordis December 10, 2014 At the conclusion of synagogue services Friday night, there was a special announcement: “In light of the security situation, everyone who has a valid gun license and a weapon should please come to … Continue reading
Jerusalem’s New Holy War
BLOOMBERG by Daniel Gordis November 19, 2014 There are terror attacks, and there are pogroms. The attack at a Jerusalem synagogue this week that killed four rabbis was a pogrom. It was an attack motivated not by politics but by … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Blood, Daniel Gordis, Jerusalem, Kishinev Pogrom, pogroms
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Are we like American Jews during the Shoah?
This commentary references a posting I put up a few weeks ago, the Rosh Hashanah sermon by Atlanta Rabbi Shalom Lewis, “Ehr Daw”. This controversial sermon has been savaged in the media, though the facts Lewis presents have not actually been … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Atlanta, Daniel Gordis, Ehr daw, Ehr kumpt, Etz Chaim Synagogue, Islamists, Marietta, Rabbi Shalom Lewis
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