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 group of Sephardic, Chasidic, Reform, Orthodox, Conservative, Reconstructionist, unaffiliated, atheist, right- and left-wing Jews were gathered at a private dinner — and no one had to call security.
My father passed away this morning.\n\nAs I grieve quietly on an Air Canada nonstop to Montreal, there\’s a part of me that can\’t help but dread the next seven days. My parents\’ house will be inundated with visitors, many of whom will bend over backward trying to make me and my family feel better.\n\nI don\’t begrudge them. I\’d do the same thing. In fact, eight months ago when my father\’s identical twin brother passed away, I found myself caught up in that familiar whirlwind of chatty sympathy that often visits the solemn days of shiva.
A few months ago, in the aftermath of violent attacks against Jews in France, I stood with other activists in front of the French consulate in Los Angeles accusing the country of being anti-Semitic and yelling, \”Shame on France.\”
\nI get hit up, boy do I get hit up. I don\’t always say \”yes,\” of course, but that\’s not the point of this story. The point is who is asking me for money.
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