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Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis
Israel from the Inside is for people who want to understand Israel with nuance, who believe that Israel is neither hopelessly flawed and illegitimate, nor beyond critique. If thoughtful analysis of Israel and its people interests you, welcome!
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Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisPeople are definitely leaving, says David Rosenberg. What’s not clear is why.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com * Tomorrow, Friday, October 30: I plan to share my reactions to the…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis“I live here because this is the place that my life has meaning.”
At present, our plans for the remainder of this week include: * Thursday, October 29: David Rosenberg answers the urgent question: Are Israelis actually…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis“Look at the record of the Jewish people—eventually, good triumphs over evil.”
On this week of elections in Israel, much hangs in the balance, and some of our posts this week will address that. Hope do we maintain hope in an era in which…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis“Yamin O Falastin”—Benjamin Netanyahu’s new campaign motto
To close out the week—and heading into the final weekend before the elections—we’re sharing a video circulating on Israeli social media in response to…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisRunning Alongside Bennett and Lapid, Mati Gill Issues a Warning to Undecided Voters
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com With elections less than a week away, today’s podcast episode features…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisHerzl Won, Ahad Ha'am Lost—and Why Yaakov Lozowick Wishes It Had Been Otherwise
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com From the very outset, the commitment of Israel from the Inside was that…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisIf Israel will not stop Jewish violence in Judea and Samariah, here’s how the UE could ...
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com Below this brief introduction to today’s video, we have included a link…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisIsrael raised its electoral threshold to make its democracy more representational. Did it work?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com To long-term readers and listeners of Israel from the Inside, Professor…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisIs our geography key to Israelis’ resilience?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com Many Israelis noted—both publicly in the press and privately with…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis“I can’t say I was lied to for decades. I was lying to myself for decades.”
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com I was not in the least bit surprised by the attention that our first…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisHe began by insisting that Hannah Arendt was wrong and wrote a book called “Right to Exist: A Moral Defense of Israel’s Wars.” Then he started to read the archives...
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com At this pivotal moment in Israel’s history—a week when Israelis marked…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisOn this heartbreaking anniversary, Ziv Koren’s extraordinary work is one of the most powerful ways to remember.
If you aren’t familiar with the work of Ziv Koren—one of Israel’s finest photojournalists—today is the day to discover it. Ziv Koren has been a professional…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisOctober 7: Bearing Witness to the Massacre
To listen to Israeli radio this week is to subject oneself to a unique kind of pain — recordings of final phone calls between young people and their parents…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisCan anyone really win this election?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com This is a terribly painful week in Israel. The third anniversary of the…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisFrom “Operation Wrath of God” to “Nili.” Israel is determined that no October 7 terrorist stays alive.
Earlier this week, the IDF eliminated Saher Nidal Latfi Sakr , the terrorist who was seen kidnapping Noa Argamani on a motorcycle from the Nova music festival…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisWas there an original vision for Israel? Can it be restored?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com As Israel’s October 27 elections draw near—a contest some observers…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisShelly Tal Meron and the B’Yachad party have big plans for Israel—if they get the votes to form the government
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com As Israel’s October 27 elections draw near—a contest some observers…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisAs we approach a heartbreaking and momentous anniversary: “What is the central theme of the Jewish story?”
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisA war conducted in a room filled with bitter enemies—the inside story.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com What if there is never a State Commission of Inquiry into the failures…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisNissimmi Naim Naor is a chef, Eyal Shani’s former head baker, an ordained rabbi—and in the army, he makes that dreaded “knock on the door”
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com We all know that many of us spend a good deal of time eating together…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisNAZA, Fauda and the battles over narratives
For the record, I haven’t (yet) seen the movie NAZA. I will, when it’s available, but even without seeing it, there is plenty that can be said. If you’ve…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis“This is how we want to inherit the land of Israel? By spilling innocent blood?” asks one of Israel’s leading Orthodox rabbis ...
As the Jewish year draws to a close—a period intended for intense, and even uncomfortable, personal and national reflection begins. With that in mind, we open…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis“I wish that I had hope, but it’s been destroyed.” A young Israeli woman reflects on her relationships with her Israeli Arab and American Jewish peers.
It was around a Shabbat table a few weeks ago that today’s guest, Tamar Frank, and I got to talking. As we chatted, she shared her experiences in a program…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisWhat are the core Jewish values that Jews of all stripes would want to make central to their lives?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com As Rosh Hashanah approaches, it is no exaggeration to say that the…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisIs a different kind of Israeli religious leadership possible? Meet Rabbi Menachem Froman, z’l, and his biographer, Dr. Mordy Miller.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com I mentioned in my column yesterday about the IDF soldiers who refused…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis“The two-state solution is totally dead,” say almost all our political parties. If that’s true, what now?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com If you listen to the rhetoric of virtually all of Israel’s political…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisA reader asked me, “Are you willing to admit you were wrong in your call to American Jews in the Times of Israel?”
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com A few weeks ago, I shared some thoughts on the question of whether or…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis“The truth does not begin and end with me.”
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com Shortly after I shared a post on whether we are each willing to…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisThe last fallen soldier from the Sultan Yaqoub battle finally comes home
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com In the midst of political intrigue as elections grow near, the very…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisIn just a few weeks, he could become the youngest Member of Knesset in Israel's history.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com Walking into the Bennett headquarters in Ra’anana is exhilarating. One…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisOn the battlefield, their job is to take care of everyone else. But who takes care of them, during and after?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com Today we meet a world — part of the army, part of society, heroes who…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisFormer hostage Rom Braslavski just warned his former captors that Israel is going to kill them all
In early August, Rom Braslavski, who spent 738 days in captivity in Gaza, heard that the IDF had eliminated one of his captors. Braslavski, who as we see in…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisThese elections are without doubt critical. Are they also Israel’s last chance?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com For reasons I explain in today’s video post, above, there’s been quite…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisThese young Israelis believe that what we need is not unity, but serious disagreement over profound ideas — and a new covenant of service.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com At a time when despair and despondency seem almost natural, it is good…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisA "lioness mom" whose son was grievously wounded finds strength in helping others whose lives have also been upended.
We’re doing something today that we’ve never done before, having a guest on IFTI tell her story in Hebrew. When I heard about Michal Asaban’s son and Michal’s…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisIt's under 90 days to go ... and election season is in the air
Now that Israel is less than three months away from elections, things are beginning to heat up. Are Israelis thinking about and voting on the same issues that…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisAfter all we've been through, how many of us are prepared to say, "I was wrong"?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com There was an item in the news yesterday about Bezalel Smotrich, in…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisIn a darkened study lined with ancient books, you can feel the soul of the Jewish people
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com When S. Y. Agnon received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966, he…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisOn Tisha B'Av three years ago, we could not possibly have imagined ...
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com It was a ping on my phone yesterday that led me to hunt down the video…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis"Who is the most important historical figure in the history of Zionism? I would say Menachem Begin."
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com On a summer Sabbath in 1913, in the Polish town of Brisk (otherwise…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis"BEING ISRAELI AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF GAZA"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com It’s well known by now that Peter Beinart, no friend of the Jewish…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisSome things are forever—like European anti-Semitism, and, it seems, Israel’s ongoing war
It was only a five-minute drive, at the very most, from the Oslo train station to our hotel, and we could have walked it. But we’d been traveling all day and…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisEven in the Jewish state, when people see a homeless person, they tell themselves that the person brought it on themselves.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com I was walking to a restaurant in our neighborhood a few weeks ago, and…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis"The problem with any national movement is that it has certain things that it doesn't want to look at."
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com This past Thursday marked the Seventeenth of Tammuz, the Fast Day on…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis"Being our own 'joinable tribe' in our own indigenous land is an existential need of the Jewish people."
There’s an interesting phenomenon unfolding on the American Jewish progressive left, or at least in parts of it. Here and there you read and hear people like…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisIn Israel, scientists are actually studying hope. Hope, says one, is actually in our DNA.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com It is by now common knowledge that in the days following October 7…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisFor generations, the "left" was political home for Jews, and it warmly embraced Israel. What happened?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com The history books will, without question, see our era as one of great…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisIsrael and the Palestinians are locked in vicious war. So why are they consciously imitating each other in how they conduct the conflict?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com Professor Avi Shilon, a widely respected Israeli academic, author and…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisArielle Angel, a leading American Jewish anti-Zionist recently profiled by Ha'aretz, joins us in conversation
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com There is a principle in the Talmud (applicable only in certain…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis"The Jewish March of Folly: The Dramatic Events, Fateful Results, and Unlearned Lessons of Ancient Israel’s Political Suicide"
Several years ago, in March 2022, we ran an interview with Amotz Asa-El, a very gifted Israeli author, whose book, The Jewish March of Folly, instantly hit the…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisFor many Israelis, this is going to be a one-issue election
Many Israelis are holding their breath today, waiting to see whether a deal gets signed with Iran. No one knows with certainty whether it will happen, and no…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis"Life on the Frontlines": Israelis who fought in this war tell their story—for themselves, their families, and for our collective future.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com On October 7th, as the worst attacks on the country were still…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisDid the early DNA of American Judaism give rise to today's American Jewish anti-Zionism?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com Today we continue in our series of explorations of the intellectual…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis"We're going to have to start shooting them," people now say. And they may well be right.
I was sitting down this morning to prepare this post, when I came across a post on X from Nadav Eyal, one of Israel’s most highly regarded and thoughtful…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisAn Israeli Arab gets murdered almost every day in the Jewish State. Why?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com Here are some basic numbers. The picture is not pretty. In fact, it’s…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisThe kaffiyeh on the Bimah's table
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com As we’ve noted for quite some time now, we’re going to look at American…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisHow the IDF completely failed to prepare for the drones Israel now faces, and why the "front" could soon be all of us
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com As we noted yesterday, the issue of Hezbollah’s drones has become the…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisThey call themselves “Ansar Allah” — Defenders of God. Who are today's Houthis, and what should we expect?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com In our previous conversation with Dr. Sarah Feuer last week, Yemen 101…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisHow are young Israelis *really* doing? We hear from a wife, mother and professional about life in an exhausted state
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danielgordis.substack.com “Is it really over?” That’s what Israelis are asking themselves. They…
Israel from the Inside with Daniel GordisFIGHTING THE HATE: A HANDBOOK FOR JEWS UNDER SIEGE by Melanie Phillips
Melanie Phillips hardly needs an introduction to most readers of Israel from the Inside, though for those who would like a quick refresher on her extraordinary…