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Doni Kandel

Nov 19, 2023, 12:01 PM

It is June 15, 2021. It is the first time I will be attending a large event since the outbreak of the pandemic that changed our lives forever. My wife and I are on our way to Ashdod to see Israeli...

Nov 7, 2023, 12:56 PM

It’s Never Been More Important to Be Publicly Jewish and Zionist

Scrolling social media and seeing what has been going on in the world since October 7 has oddly reminded me of a lesson I give to my students about a Jewish book few outside of the religious world know...

Jul 14, 2020, 1:50 PM

Rediscovering My Zionism in the Age of Coronavirus

Within hours of the coronavirus (COVID-19) dominating headlines in Israel, everyone knew the medical symptoms and side effects. However, what was far less known was how it would change our routine. We simply had no clue what our day-to-day...

Aug 11, 2013, 3:37 PM

Please Don’t Pervert Our Camps: A Response

The author (right) running a Zionist night-activity in Camp Moshava, Wild Rose in July of 2008. (Doni Kandel)

To this day, random daily interactions take me back to summer camp. I have not set foot in the sprawling fields of Wild Rose, Wisconsin in over five years yet the smell of a bonfire, the blasting of a Jimmy...

About Me

Doni Kandel is a licensed Israeli tour guide as well as a Jewish History and Israel Studies educator at Jewish National Fund-USA’s Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI-JNF) in Hod HaSharon. He lives in Mazkeret Batya with his wife and four daughters.