Daniel Gordis
@DanielGordis
Jerusalem-based writer, Koret Distinguished Fellow, Shalem College. Books: http://danielgordis.org/books/. Substack: http://danielgordis.substack.com Happiest as grandfather.
זה לא תצהיר. זה כתב אישום. התצהיר של בר הוא הראיה החשובה ביותר עד כה, והממוסמכת ביותר, לניסיון לשנות את שיטת המשטר הישראלית ולחסל את הדמוקרטיה ששררה פה במשך למעלה מ-70 שנים.
He’s at our place. Stop by if you have time.
Woke this morning to the familiar realization that once again, Elijah has failed to show.
What did I just see? Aren’t they trying to prove it’s possible to do Judaism without the land of Israel? Wouldn’t that suggest they should be trying to actually do Judaism? What on earth is this?
I downloaded the JVP hagaddah for this year to see how bad it was. I knew it would be horrible but I was not expecting them to re-write the wine blessing into a bizarre Hebrew formulation and with a crazy English translation.
Columbia may die a bit more tomorrow, but it is faculty members like you who have been killing it for years. Even now, before Trump oversight, it is nothing but a faint shadow of its former self. The loss is great, but not nearly as great as it would have been before all you did.
Columbia may have signed its own death notice. Word has it that tomorrow Columbia will announce an agreement to formal oversight by Trump. This, if true, will signal the death of Columbia as we knew it. I explain it here: youtube.com/shorts/W7Rr7d5…
I pasted two photos widely available next to each other. Here's who they stole, and here's who they returned.
No, not because the "shielded" Hamas "militants," but because in their ranks ARE Hamas TERRORISTS. It's no longer a question of fact. UNRWA doesn't deny it.
Was a delight to be in dialogue with @SruliFruchter on @18_forty about where Israel finds itself today. open.spotify.com/episode/3g3lNx… or podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/18-…
Do you want to understand the depth of the rot? Here is a course eval. sheet from a Harvard Teaching Fellow on American Novels. Read the yellow:
Truly amazing! Columbia decided to hold its students accountable to the laws of the school. They are seeing the consequences of their actions. Something these kids were most likely never taught. Good SAT scores and self-entitlement do not supersede the law. I am sure you would…
Not only did Columbia make the horrific decision to mobilize NYPD on their own students, but the units called in have some of the most violent reputations on the force. NYPD had promised the city they wouldn’t deploy SRG to protests. So why are these counterterror units here?
Just so I understand the morons lurking in my feed, IDF soldiers are cowards for striking from the air (according to Barghouti), but also cowards when they seek a ground engagement, on account of American aid (according to this clown). Meanwhile, Hamas, which literally built out…
Imagine taking hundreds of billions from the US to develop arms and saying “the other side are cowards for not meeting us in open battle”—the projection is harder than I’ve ever seen in my life.
1. OK, I'll bite. This is one of the worst accounts of the diplomacy surrounding the creation of Israel that you are likely to read. 🧵
Folks, you can't have it both ways. You can't say Israel accepted the Partition Plan and at the same time that it does not matter that none of its terms will be implemented. Either it was accepted, and therefore Israel should call for its implementation *today* or it was not 🧵
“Ich bin ein Berliner.” —John F. Kennedy, June 26, 1963 “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” —Ronald Reagan, June 12, 1987 “I would encourage [the Russians] to do whatever the hell they want.” —Donald Trump, April 10, 2024
זה לא מערכון. השר פרוש מסביר בשם הממשלה למה נחוץ להקדים את גיוסם של תלמידי המכינות הקדם-צבאיות ולשלוח אותם לחזית
השר מאיר פרוש: "נדרש הקדמת גיוסם של 1,300 כשירי לחימה נוספים למרץ 2024" - השר מיהדות התורה השיב מטעמו של השר גלנט על גיוס לצבא: "החליטה מערכת הביטחון בראשותי, בראשותו של השר גלנט, על הקדמת גיוסם של תלמידי מכינות, תלמידי ישיבות הסדר, תלמידי ישיבות ציוניות גבוהות ומתנדבי ש"ש"…
danielgordis.substack.com/p/i-felt-uncom… On a pivotal week in this war, when questions about what lie ahead are as critical as what has been, I was very grateful to @yaakovkatz for his fascinating conversation on my podcast. A genuine pleasure.
@DanielGordis & @EconTalker did a amazing podcast, great over view of Israel / Palestinian history since the Oslo years. A extremely alarming and sad second half where they discuss the dissolving sense of security for some diaspora jews. youtube.com/watch?v=jqYMG8…