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Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis · Oct 28, 2026 · 1m

At present, our plans for the remainder of this week include:

* Thursday, October 29: David Rosenberg answers the urgent question: Are Israelis actually leaving the country? He unpacks the data and looks toward the future.

* Friday, October 30: I plan to share my reactions to the election results—what they mean for Israel, and what they mean for those of us who love this country with every fiber of our being. (If the numbers aren’t final on Friday, we may delay this until Sunday…)

For years now, Shalem College has run a program called “The Israeli Story.” As part of it, our students read a…