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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. | ||
| − | He received his BA from Columbia University, his M.A. and Rabbinic Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and his Ph.D from the University of Southern California.<ref>[http://www.shalem.org.il/Biography/Daniel-Gordis.html Daniel Gordis Biography,] Shalem Center, 18 June 2012 | + | He received his BA from Columbia University, his M.A. and Rabbinic Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and his Ph.D from the University of Southern California.<ref>[http://www.shalem.org.il/Biography/Daniel-Gordis.html Daniel Gordis Biography,] Shalem Center, 18 June 2012</ref> |
He was the founding dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the University of Judaism, the first rabbinical college on the West Coast of the United States. | He was the founding dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the University of Judaism, the first rabbinical college on the West Coast of the United States. | ||
Revision as of 13:49, 18 June 2012
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.
He received his BA from Columbia University, his M.A. and Rabbinic Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and his Ph.D from the University of Southern California.[1]
He was the founding dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the University of Judaism, the first rabbinical college on the West Coast of the United States.
He joined the Shalem Center in 2007 where he is currently senior vice president and the Koret Distinguished Fellow. Previously, he was vice president of the Mandel Foundation in Israel and director of its Leadership Institute.
His writing has appeared in magazines and newspapers including the New York Times, The New Republic, Moment, Tikkun, Azure, Commentary, and Conservative Judaism. His book, Saving Israel: How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End (Wiley, 2009) was awarded the National Jewish Book Award.
Affiliations
Publications
- Pledges of Jewish Allegiance: Conversion, Law and Policy-Making in 19th and 20th Century Orthodox Responsa, with David Ellenson (Stanford University Press, 2012)
- Saving Israel: How the Jewish State Can Win a War That May Never End (Wiley, 2009)
- Coming Together, Coming Apart: A Memoir of Heartbreak and Promise in Israel (Wiley, 2006)
- Home to Stay: One American Family's Chronicle of Miracles and Struggles in Contemporary Israel (Random House, 2003)
- If a Place Can Make You Cry: Dispatches from an Anxious State (Crown/Random House, 2002)
- Does the World Need the Jews: Rethinking Chosenness and American Jewish Identity (Scribner, 1997)
- God Was Not in the Fire: The Search for a Spiritual Judaism (Scribner, 1995)
Notes
- ↑ Daniel Gordis Biography, Shalem Center, 18 June 2012
