The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/daniel-gordis/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 23 Sep 2026 04:44:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Daniel Gordis | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/daniel-gordis/ 32 32 What Matters Now to Daniel Gordis: The lonely man of Zionism https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-matters-now-to-daniel-gordis-the-lonely-man-of-zionism/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:39:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3643261&preview=true&preview_id=3643261 The writer, scholar, rabbi and sometime activist speaks during this pre-holiday period about the need for the Diaspora to view the warts of the Jewish state and still fight for it all

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]]> Diaspora Jews: Time to take a stand https://www.timesofisrael.com/diaspora-jews-time-to-take-a-stand/ Sun, 20 Aug 2023 15:18:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3075126 Why world Jewry should support Israel, but not its current government, and ways to do so - beginning with a live webinar with us on September 4, 2023

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]]> An open letter to Israel’s friends in North America https://www.timesofisrael.com/an-open-letter-to-israels-friends-in-north-america/ Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:48:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2941643 Diaspora Jews have both the right and the responsibility to speak out against a government that is undermining our society’s cohesion and its democratic ethos

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]]> Yes, singing Hatikva still matters https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/yes-singing-hatikva-still-matters/ Tue, 12 Jun 2018 12:30:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1869338 To abandon the anthem is not to be inclusive, but to destroy the very idea for which Israel exists

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]]> Israelis don’t care that you’re insulted https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/israelis-dont-care-that-youre-insulted-an-open-letter-to-american-jews/ Mon, 03 Jul 2017 10:32:33 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1651324 American Jews should step back from Israeli security concerns, but lean way in when it comes to the matter of peoplehood

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]]> Say thank you – it’s the Jewish thing to do https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/say-thank-you-its-the-jewish-thing-to-do/ Tue, 22 Jul 2014 17:28:38 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1033715 Absent AIPAC’s work, Israeli citizens would have been butchered these past weeks, and Israeli cities would have gone up in flames. Strangely though, that seems to bother Israel’s alleged supporters who have their issues with AIPAC.

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]]> We have been here before https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/we-have-been-here-before/ Fri, 11 Jul 2014 12:34:56 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1026095 First, we must win this war. Then, when the dust settles, we must ask ourselves what has happened to us

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]]> On the absence of outrage over attacks from Gaza https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/on-the-absence-of-outrage/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:28:07 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=294948 To love all of humanity equally is ultimately to love no one

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]]> When balance becomes betrayal https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/when-balance-becomes-betrayel/ Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:35:39 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=286580 We are utterly abandoned by those who ought to be unabashedly at our side

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]]> The first Jewish liberal arts college, to save Israel’s soul https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-first-jewish-liberal-arts-college-to-save-israels-soul/ Sun, 07 Oct 2012 11:41:24 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=243790 The Jewish state needs a Yavneh for our time – a great academy filled with wise men and women who can revitalize Zionist discourse

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]]> The case for difference: What really makes Israel great https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-case-for-difference-what-makes-israel-great/ Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:00:25 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=212028 Instead of defending Israel by focusing on how similar it is to other liberal democracies, we should celebrate the ways in which it is unique

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]]> Embrace the stranger in our midst https://www.timesofisrael.com/accept-the-strangers-in-our-midst/ Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:04:54 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=51730 Even if we cannot eradicate the complexity of our tradition’s attitude to conversion, we must understand the pain it causes for those who seek to join us

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