Daniel Gordis and Asael Abelman on the Personality of the New Jew
Two top Israeli observers examine the dominant Jewish personalities in Israel today, and how they compare to the ideas of pre-state Zionist writers.
Is the Most Iconic Sentence of Israel's Declaration of Independence True?
David Ben-Gurion was inspired by the Hebrew Bible. How true to it was he?
Podcast: Daniel Gordis on the Rift between American and Israeli Jews (Rebroadcast)
Daniel Gordis argued in this 2019 conversation that Israeli and American Jews are fundamentally divided. With a new government now in place, has he been proven correct?
Podcast: Daniel Gordis on the Israeli Supreme Court's New Conversion Ruling
The Israeli intellectual joins us to explain his country’s newest conversion controversy, and the underlying tensions it illuminates within Israeli public life.
Podcast: Daniel Gordis on Jewish Responses to Misery
The author of our October essay joins us to talk about the sources of Jewish resilience, and to share his memories of the Six-Day War.
Judaism Without Theology?
Jews are a people that has long battled for ideas. Can any sense of purpose be forged in the absence of theology, or a lifelong engagement with the texts of the Jewish canon?
How America's Idealism Drained Its Jews of Their Resilience
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.
Podcast: Daniel Gordis on the Rift between American and Israeli Jews
The scholar and commentator drops by the studio to illuminate what the divide is about, what it’s not about, and what it all means.
Between American Jews and Israel: Are Pressure Tactics Fair Game? An Exchange
Daniel Gordis and Elliott Abrams debate the proper response to the Israeli government’s recent decisions on prayer at the Western Wall and conversion to Judaism.
Why the American Jewish Distancing from Israel Is So Heartbreaking
From some of its founding ideas to some of its most thoughtful and essential institutions, American Jews have given the Jewish state much to be proud of.
Why Many American Jews Are Becoming Indifferent or Even Hostile to Israel
It’s not about what Israel does. It’s about what, to their minds, Israel is.
How American Jews Have Detached Themselves from Jewish Memory
In recent years they’ve let go of both ancient communal memory and recent political memory. No wonder they’re now letting go of Israel.