Daniel Gordis is senior vice pres­i­dent and the Koret Dis­tin­guished Fel­low at Shalem Col­lege in Jerusalem, Israel’s first lib­er­al arts col­lege, and for­mer vice pres­i­dent of the Man­del Foun­da­tion. He writes reg­u­lar columns forThe Jerusalem Postand­Bloomberg View.Israelis his 11th book to pub­lish in English.