Given that 2023 was the worst year in Israel's history, by far, what would Israel's founders have thought of us now?

Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis · Dec 5, 2023 · 1h 3m

Between the profound crisis surrounding Israel’s judicial reform—a crisis that some predicted could lead Israel to civil war—and the pogrom of October 7 which led to the war that has followed, 2023 has been, without a doubt, the worst year in Israel’s history.

Given that, it might seem difficult to answer the question which is the subtitle of my recent book—”75 Years After Its Creation, Has Israel Fulfilled Its Founders' Dreams?—in the affirmative. Strange though it may seem, however, as horrible as 2023 has been, there have been extraordinary demonstrations of devotion to Israel, to its…