The Capitol Riots and the COVID-19 Vaccine Both Strengthen Our Immune System
Just like the vaccine, the rioters were target practice that will help strengthen our immune system.
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.
Just like the vaccine, the rioters were target practice that will help strengthen our immune system.
They came by the thousands from all over to support him, but in the end, all they did was put the last nail in his coffin.
When emotions run high, it’s hard to find the right words.
Sadly, we’re not sitting in a movie theater and watching a tense thriller about an out-of-control president. This is real life.
After many months of hard-earned progress, it seems we’re back where we started. Our hospitals are declaring “internal disasters.”
We don’t need more education about Jew-hatred; we need more education about Judaism.
I’m a liberty junkie. You can try to persuade me to do anything, even change my life or beliefs. Just don’t force me.
Wherever we turned, wherever we looked, we were forced to confront an all-consuming crisis.
We may have been in the same storm this pandemic year, but each of us in our own boats.
This hasn’t been a good year for dreams. Maybe the fear of a pandemic has a way of shrinking one’s aspirations.