Why Was There No Warp Speed for Therapeutics?
When Congress investigates our response to the pandemic, this ought to be the first question.
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.
When Congress investigates our response to the pandemic, this ought to be the first question.
By compelling spineless leaders across the country to diminish our law enforcement, would-be revolutionaries got a lot more than they bargained for.
It’s possible that even without this nefarious view of the all-powerful Jew, there is enough in “Jewish success” to fuel plenty of envy and Jew-hatred.
Even if we do harbor a lingering fear of those who hate us, the haters of all people don’t deserve to know that.
Because the man did so much and said so much, there’s a tendency to cherry pick sections of his legacy to support one’s preferred narrative.
The night of the hostage crisis, which came on the night before Tu Bishvat, was indeed a moment when we needed both our thick and thin skins.
As I was listening to the piece recently, it struck me that human genius is utterly independent of time.