Videos

Daniel Gordis Debates Peter Beinart

In a wide-ranging conversation, Gordis and Beinart cover Israel's foreign policy, American Jews and their attitudes to Israel, Israel's most pressing existential threats and why the Jewish people needs a state.

Address to AIPAC National Council June 2015

What is happening in the western world's attitude to Israel is really nothing new; it is just the latest ugly chapter in a terrible, long book.

Daniel Gordis Debates Jeremy Ben-Ami, Founder of J-Street

Gordis and Ben-Ami debate in Atlanta, in February 2014.

Criticism of Israel has become a religious imperative for some

Why is it that some people cannot but engage in relentless critique of Israel when the country in which they live has just as many serious moral issues on which to focus -- which they hardly ever do?

Reimagining Zionism for the 21st Century

To See Israel’s Diversity, Go to an Emergency Room

In places like hospital emergency rooms, the deep-seated diversity of Israeli society is readily apparent.

An Address on Israel to Boston’s CJP Major Gifts Dinner

What is wrong with how we have told Israel’s story?

Daniel Gordis in dialogue with JBS' Mark Golub on Israel, the conflict, and Gordis' new ISRAEL: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn

Daniel Gordis at Yeshiva University on the Balfour Declaration

Why did the British decide to issue the Balfour Declaration? What impact did it have? And most importantly, how was Israel's Declaration of Independence written to reject the Balfour Declaration?

Israel in the Eyes of the Media: Ethan Bronner and Daniel Gordis

Daniel Gordis on Charlie Rose A discussion about the future of U.S. policy in the MIddle East and the changing dynamics of Israel.