Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1

Dr. Daniel Gordis, Senior Vice President and Koret Distinguished Fellow at Shalem College, joins us for a Kabbalat Shabbat service, dinner and presentation and Shabbat morning derasha followed by a community kiddush in celebration of Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl's 26 years of dedication to our Congregational family.

Dr. Daniel Gordis is Senior Vice President and Koret Distinguished Fellow at Shalem College. The author of more than ten books, Gordis is a regular columnist for both the Jerusalem Post and Bloomberg View.

Gordis’ newest book is a history of the State of Israel entitled Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn, which received the 2016 National Jewish Book Award as “Book of the Year.” Ambassador Dennis Ross, reflecting on the book, wrote, “When I am asked ‘Is there one book to read about Israel?’ I now have an answer.”

Professor Alan Dershowitz has called Gordis “one of Israel’s most thoughtful observers.” The Forward has called him “one of the most respected Israel analysts around.” In 2014, the Jerusalem Post listed him as one of the world’s 50 most influential Jews, while Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic has written, “If you asked me, ‘of all the people you know, who cares the most about the physical, moral and spiritual health of Israel?’ I would put the commentator and scholar Daniel Gordis at the top of the list.” Gordis is now writing a book on American Jews and their relationship to Israel.

Gordis and his wife live in Jerusalem.