David Suissa is Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of Tribe Media/Jewish Journal, where he has been writing a weekly column on the Jewish world since 2006. In 2015, he was awarded first prize for "Editorial Excellence" by the American Jewish Press Association. Prior to Tribe Media, David was founder and CEO of Suissa Miller Advertising, a marketing firm named “Agency of the Year” by USA Today. He sold his company in 2006 to devote himself full time to his first passion: Israel and the Jewish world. David was born in Casablanca, Morocco, grew up in Montreal, and now lives in Los Angeles with his five children.
A biased media is fueling the success of alternatives like Substack, for the simple reason that readers want to trust what they read. Digital revolution or not, that truth will never get old.
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We’re no longer that weak kid in school, and we should stop acting like one. It’s time to start acting like winners, not because it’s a smart PR strategy but because it’s who we are.
It’s worth remembering Spielberg’s journey as we try to figure out how to respond to the recent wave of anti-Jewish sentiment in this great land of opportunity.
As we enter this American day of thanks, we shouldn’t forget the blessing of being able to make things better.
Because Chappelle plays in the very Jewish playground of comedy, it makes it that much harder to calibrate our response.
Bibi has changed his tune since his big election victory. Now we’re seeing the unity Bibi, not the divisive Bibi who said whatever it took to win.
The humanistic view of “Jewish power” gets totally lost in the modern media circus when power is measured in dollars and clicks, rather than values and wisdom.
Instead of instilling a sense that we can transcend what we can’t change and focus on what we can change, the educators at the University of Chicago would rather harp on the “problem” with something immutable.
If there is one industry in America that must champion open debate and free speech in all of its messiness and glory, it must be the publishing industry.
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