Accessible, levelheaded, and rigorous, Israel sheds light on Israels past so we can understand its future. But is that the entire story? Simon Heffer: professor of Modern History, University of Buckingham. Daniel Gordis We Stand Divided: The Rift Between American Jews and Israel Hardcover Septemby Daniel Gordis (Author) 130 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 16.25 43 Used from 1.49 21 New from 16.25 2 Collectible from 10. Last year, while browsing through one of the shops in Makati, I came across a book on Israel written by Daniel Gordis, senior vice president at Shalem College, Israel’s first liberal arts. With Israel, public intellectual Daniel Gordis offers us a brief but thorough account of the cultural, economic, and political history of this complex nation, from its beginnings to the present. The charge that the British Empire was solely about the theft of land and the exploitation of indigenous people. Many Australians, like Brits, are ashamed of the imperialist past. The campaign against British colonialism ( starts 36 mins) Professor Alan Dershowitz has called him one of Israels most thoughtful. How should the former Indonesian leader be remembered as a brutal, bloody tyrant or as one of Asia’s great leaders? Ken Setiawan: Senior Lecturer, Indonesian Studies, Melbourne University’s Asia Institute. Greg Earl: Jakarta correspondent for the Australian Financial Review,1994 - 1999. As the last speaker to address attendees at the two-day closed-press convening, Gordis spoke about the challenges facing Israelis and those abroad who support the U.S.-Israel relationship in light of Israel’s new right-wing government that, some argue, will change the fabric of Israeli society. Daniel Gordis is Senior Vice President and Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center. Daniel Gordis: author of Impossible Takes Longer: 75 Years After Its Creation, Has Israel Fulfilled Its Founders’ Dreams.Ģ5 years since the fall of Suharto in Indonesia.

‘The nation is at a pivotal moment, perhaps the most critical in all its existence: when the meaning of its democratic and Jewish character is being redefined’.

Israel by Daniel Gordis