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.
The column went from being about a neighborhood to being all over the map. Now, I can’t attend any event, watch any movie, read any essay, discover any story, hear any conversation, see any news item without thinking, “this might be a column.”
Instead of the arrogance of cynicism, Parton embodied the innocence of humility. We could all use some of that humility.
Jews must attack the lies with the same fervor our enemies spew them.
Maintaining a positive disposition so consistently is difficult to pull off. I know I can’t.
On Monday, the council will vote on a motion to cut ties with Israel.
“Good for America” should enter the American Jewish bloodstream. Just as we make lots of noise fighting antisemitism, let’s make lots of noise fighting for America.
“Her prose disrupted my mind,” I wrote, “confronting me with words I had never seen come together before.”
We may be able to tolerate an irrational mob that goes after anything associated with Israel, but academics whose lives revolve around the search for truth and knowledge?
Anti-Zionism is wrong whether or not it is anti-Semitic. But how do we make that case when the word Zionism has become so toxic?
Why do you think the song has triggered such an uproar among the “Israel rhymes with genocide” crowd? Because it demolishes their case.
