Beyond Dispute

Our debates have become truly toxic, making it hard to understand the positions and outlooks of others, as each group and sector closes itself off and the walls of divisiveness and hostility grow only higher. In today's divisive climate, the approach Daniel Taub offers, that it is actually in difference that the potential for inspiration and creative thinking lies, is as vital as the air we breathe. - Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel

We have stopped speaking to each other, because we have also stopped listening. A Good Argument mines the richness of one of the world's most ancient traditions for wisdom about one of our most pressing current problems. Like Daniel Taub himself, this book makes us clearer thinkers, better listeners and more optimistic about the world it is still not too late to fashion. - Daniel Gordis, author of WE STAND DIVIDED and IMPOSSIBLE TAKES LONGER

A timely and inspiring book speaking directly to one of the greatest challenges of our time. A wonderful combination of big-picture wisdom and nitty-gritty practical advice. No-one is better positioned to speak to this issues with hard earned wisdom and menschly humanity. - Nancy Katz, Professor of Public Policy Emeritus, Harvard University

Combining deep knowledge of Jewish tradition with decades of experience as a senior diplomat, Daniel Taub has written a book that is erudite, insightful and unexpectedly hopeful. With its understanding of the power of story to touch the places logic alone cannot reach, it offers an approach to conflict - whether between nations or within a family - that is both readable and practical. It's part Malcolm Gladwell, part Talmudic essay and completely compelling. - Jonathan Freedland, author of THE ESCAPE ARTIST: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

At a time when most debates feel more like combat than conversation, Beyond Dispute lands as a deeply relevant and refreshingly hopeful invitation to rediscover the lost craft of argument. Drawing from Jewish tradition-especially the Talmud's reverence for respectful dissent-as well as his own experience in diplomacy, Daniel Taub makes a compelling case: disagreement isn't a threat to avoid or a weapon to wield, but a vital practice to approach with humility and care.