Daniel Gordis - Revision history

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	'''Daniel Gordis''' is Senior Vice President of the [[Shalem Center]] and a writer on Zionism, national identity, currents in Israel, Jewish identity in Israel and the Diaspora and biblical political thought.		'''Daniel Gordis''' is Senior Vice President of the [[Shalem Center]] and a writer on Zionism, national identity, currents in Israel, Jewish identity in Israel and the Diaspora and biblical political thought.

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	'''Daniel Gordis''' is Senior Vice President of the [[Shalem Center]] and a writer on Zionism, national identity, currents in Israel, Jewish identity in Israel and the Diaspora and biblical political thought.		'''Daniel Gordis''' is Senior Vice President of the [[Shalem Center]] and a writer on Zionism, national identity, currents in Israel, Jewish identity in Israel and the Diaspora and biblical political thought.

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	'''Daniel Gordis''' is Senior Vice President of the [[Shalem Center]] and a writer on Zionism, national identity, currents in Israel, Jewish identity in Israel and the Diaspora and biblical political thought.		'''Daniel Gordis''' is Senior Vice President of the [[Shalem Center]] and a writer on Zionism, national identity, currents in Israel, Jewish identity in Israel and the Diaspora and biblical political thought.

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	'''Daniel Gordis''' is Senior Vice President of the [[Shalem Center]] and a writer on Zionism, national identity, currents in Israel, Jewish identity in Israel and the Diaspora and biblical political thought.		'''Daniel Gordis''' is Senior Vice President of the [[Shalem Center]] and a writer on Zionism, national identity, currents in Israel, Jewish identity in Israel and the Diaspora and biblical political thought.

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 '''Daniel Gordis''' is Senior Vice President of the [[Shalem Center]] and a writer on Zionism, national identity, currents in Israel, Jewish identity in Israel and the Diaspora and biblical political thought.
-[[Alan Dershowitz]] has called him “one of Israel’s most thoughtful observers".<ref>[http://danielgordis.org/about/english/ About], DanielGordis.org, accessed June 25, 2012</ref>
+Prominent pro-Israel academic [[Alan Dershowitz]] has called him “one of Israel’s most thoughtful observers".<ref>[http://danielgordis.org/about/english/ About], DanielGordis.org, accessed June 25, 2012</ref>
 Leonard Fein has described him as “perhaps the single most popular speaker on Israel to American Jewish audiences.”<ref>Leonard Fein, [http://forward.com/articles/139061/will-the-real-daniel-gordis-please-stand-up/ Will the Real Daniel Gordis Please Stand Up?], The Jewish Daily Forward, accessed June 25, 2012</ref>

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 '''Daniel Gordis''' is Senior Vice President of the [[Shalem Center]] and a writer on Zionism, national identity, currents in Israel, Jewish identity in Israel and the Diaspora and biblical political thought.
-[[Alan Dershowitz]] has called him “one of Israel’s most thoughtful observers".<ref>[http://danielgordis.org/about/english/ About], DanielGordis.org, accessed June 25, 2012</ref>.
+[[Alan Dershowitz]] has called him “one of Israel’s most thoughtful observers".<ref>[http://danielgordis.org/about/english/ About], DanielGordis.org, accessed June 25, 2012</ref>
 Leonard Fein has described him as “perhaps the single most popular speaker on Israel to American Jewish audiences.”<ref>Leonard Fein, [http://forward.com/articles/139061/will-the-real-daniel-gordis-please-stand-up/ Will the Real Daniel Gordis Please Stand Up?], The Jewish Daily Forward, accessed June 25, 2012</ref>
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 ==Views==
 ===Interpretation of the Bible as an argument against multiculturalism===
-Gordis has written that Hebrew Bible can be interpreted as "an eloquent argument in favor of the ethnic-cultural commonwealth — a precursor of sorts to the modern nation-state — as an indispensable condition for human freedom and self-realization"<ref>Daniel Gordis, [http://azure.org.il/article.php?id=536 The Tower of Babel and the Birth of Nationhood], Azure Online, Spring 5770 / 2010, no. 40, accessed June 15, 2012</ref>, and "advocates not only the concept of ethnic and cultural heterogeneity (expressed here as the “dispersion” of different peoples), but also the formation of political entities that can promote the flourishing of those ethnicities and cultures—what is known today as the nation-state".<ref>Daniel Gordis, [http://azure.org.il/article.php?id=579 The Shape and Meaning of Biblical History], Azure Online, Summer 5771 / 2011, no. 45, accessed June 25, 2012</ref>
+Gordis has written that the Hebrew Bible can be interpreted as "an eloquent argument in favor of the ethnic-cultural commonwealth — a precursor of sorts to the modern nation-state — as an indispensable condition for human freedom and self-realization"<ref>Daniel Gordis, [http://azure.org.il/article.php?id=536 The Tower of Babel and the Birth of Nationhood], Azure Online, Spring 5770 / 2010, no. 40, accessed June 15, 2012</ref>, and "advocates not only the concept of ethnic and cultural heterogeneity (expressed here as the “dispersion” of different peoples), but also the formation of political entities that can promote the flourishing of those ethnicities and cultures—what is known today as the nation-state".<ref>Daniel Gordis, [http://azure.org.il/article.php?id=579 The Shape and Meaning of Biblical History], Azure Online, Summer 5771 / 2011, no. 45, accessed June 25, 2012</ref>
 ===On 'the issue of Arabs'===

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 *Leonard Fein, [http://forward.com/articles/139061/will-the-real-daniel-gordis-please-stand-up/ Will the Real Daniel Gordis Please Stand Up?], The Jewish Daily Forward, June 23, 2011
 *Daniel Gordis, [http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/30/magazine/e-mail-from-an-anxious-state.html?scp=1&sq=e-mail%20from%20an%20anxious%20state&st=cse Emails from an Anxious State], New York Times, accessed June 25, 2012</ref>
 ==Notes==

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	His book, ''[http://danielgordis.org/books/saving-israel-how-the-jewish-people-can-win-a-war-that-may-never-end/ Saving Israel: How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End]'' was awarded the National Jewish Book Award. His next book on Israel, ''[http://danielgordis.org/books/the-promise-of-israel/ The Promise of Israel: Why Its Seemingly Greatest Weakness is Actually Its Greatest Strength]'', will be published in August 2012. His biography of Israel’s sixth Prime Minister, Menachem Begin, will be published in spring 2014.<ref>[http://danielgordis.org/books/biography-of-menachem-begin/ Biography of Menachem Begin], DanielGordis.org, accessed June 25, 2012</ref>		His book, ''[http://danielgordis.org/books/saving-israel-how-the-jewish-people-can-win-a-war-that-may-never-end/ Saving Israel: How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End]'' was awarded the National Jewish Book Award. His next book on Israel, ''[http://danielgordis.org/books/the-promise-of-israel/ The Promise of Israel: Why Its Seemingly Greatest Weakness is Actually Its Greatest Strength]'', will be published in August 2012. His biography of Israel’s sixth Prime Minister, Menachem Begin, will be published in spring 2014.<ref>[http://danielgordis.org/books/biography-of-menachem-begin/ Biography of Menachem Begin], DanielGordis.org, accessed June 25, 2012</ref>
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		+	Gordis has lectured at a number of universities internationally and has also spoken at [[AIPAC]] conferences on several occasions.<ref>[http://danielgordis.org/2009/05/04/boston-aipac/ Boston AIPAC], DanielGordis.org, accessed June 25, 2012</ref><ref>[http://danielgordis.org/2009/05/04/aipac-policy-conference-washington-dc-june-2008-part-1/ AIPAC Policy Conference Washington DC], DanielGordis.org, accessed June 25, 2012</ref> <ref>[http://danielgordis.org/2007/04/16/address-to-aipac-conference-2007/ Address to AIPAC Conference], DanielGordis.org, accessed June 25, 2012</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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-His writing has appeared in magazines and newspapers including the ''[[New York Times]]'', The [[New Republic]], Moment, ''[[Tikkun]]'', ''[[Azure]]'', ''[[Commentary]]'', and ''[[Conservative Judaism]]//. Gordis also writes a regular column — “A Dose of Nuance” — for the Jerusalem Post.<ref>[http://danielgordis.org/about/english/ About], DanielGordis.org, accessed June 25, 2012</ref>.
+His writing has appeared in magazines and newspapers including the ''[[New York Times]]'', The ''[[New Republic]]'', ''Moment'', ''[[Tikkun]]'', ''[[Azure]]'', ''[[Commentary]]'', and ''[[Conservative Judaism]]''. Gordis also writes a regular column — “A Dose of Nuance” — for the Jerusalem Post.<ref>[http://danielgordis.org/about/english/ About], DanielGordis.org, accessed June 25, 2012</ref>.
 His book, ''[http://danielgordis.org/books/saving-israel-how-the-jewish-people-can-win-a-war-that-may-never-end/ Saving Israel: How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End]''  was awarded the National Jewish Book Award. His next book on Israel, ''[http://danielgordis.org/books/the-promise-of-israel/ The Promise of Israel: Why Its Seemingly Greatest Weakness is Actually Its Greatest Strength]'', will be published in August 2012.  His biography of Israel’s sixth Prime Minister, Menachem Begin, will be published in spring 2014.<ref>[http://danielgordis.org/books/biography-of-menachem-begin/ Biography of Menachem Begin], DanielGordis.org, accessed June 25, 2012</ref>