Tag: Israel
The War We Haven’t Fought Yet
Posted by Daniel Gordis in Featured Articles on August 23, 2009 | 19 Comments
Aug. 22, 2009
DANIEL GORDIS , THE JERUSALEM POST
It's not even over, but we can already begin to imagine how we'll remember the summer of 2009. Haredi residents of Mea She'arim unleashed violent demonstrations when Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat dared to open a parking lot on Shabbat to relieve unbearable congestion. A few weeks later, Jerusalem neighborhoods were once again filled with smoke from burning trash bins, and this time, municipal workers were attacked, because an apparently deliberately starved baby was removed from his haredi mother's care.
The mayor responded by withholding ...
Yehuda Poliker- Efer Ve’avak
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Hachalonot Hagvohim
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Tamouz- Sof Onat Hatapuzim
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It’s a new world, Bibi
Posted by Daniel Gordis in Uncategorized on July 19, 2009 | 1 Comment
Jul. 2, 2009
Daniel Gordis , THE JERUSALEM POST
I wouldn't be surprised if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu were thinking of Tevye these days. Tevye was, after all, a quasi-pathetic character simply trying to make sense of a world changing far more quickly than he might have ever imagined possible. Having granted his daughter, Hodel, permission to marry Perchik the pauper, he wonders, "What am I going to tell your mother?" He didn't choose Perchik, and he doesn't really approve. But he is powerless. And when his wife expresses her dismay, the best explanation he can offer is "It's a new world, Golde."
"It's a new ...
Shalom Chanoch- Hakufsa
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Meir Ariel- Hameitav
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Kaveret- Sipurei Pugi
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Evyatar Banai- Layla Ke’yom Yair
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Etti Ankri- Yam
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Dr. Daniel Gordis is Senior Vice President of the Shalem Center, where he is also a senior fellow. The author of numerous books on Jewish thought and currents in Israel...
The Jewish State must end, say its enemies, from intellectuals like Tony Judt to hate-filled demagogues like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Even average Israelis are wondering if they wouldn't be better off somewhere else. 
