Have We Run Out of Words to Describe 2020?
David Suissa
November 1, 2020
Maybe the truest way to describe the collective trauma of 2020 is simply to admit there are no words, and be at peace with it.
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Editor’s Note
Kanye West, a Hologram, and a Walk on the Beach
David Suissa
October 30, 2020
Rapper superstar Kanye West, running as an independent candidate for president of the United States, interrupted his campaign this week to give his wife Kim Kardashian a hologram “performance” from her late father, Robert Kardashian, in honor of her 40th birthday.
Trump vs Biden: Vote Your Conscience, Veto the Hate
David Suissa
October 29, 2020
If your side wins, don’t crow. If your side loses, don’t cry. Whatever you do, hate quietly. Our country is going through a divisive and traumatic period, but we’ve seen worse and we will muddle through.
I Did Something Really Weird Last Night: I Went Out
David Suissa
October 28, 2020
This is one way the quarantine year of 2020 has changed us: The most normal thing can feel like a big deal.
We Can’t Allow Zoom to Take Over Judaism: Why Leaders Must Think Out of the Digital Box
David Suissa
October 27, 2020
Rabbis and local leaders need to create multiple opportunities for people to meet safely and to stay connected to the very idea of human connection. As we continue riding our digital runaway train, we are getting further and further away from the real stuff of life that no Zoom call can ever replace.
In a Post-Pandemic World, We’ll Need to Reimagine Jewish Spaces
David Suissa
October 26, 2020
Instead of bemoaning our fate, we can use this unprecedented moment to develop new, more flexible models that better fit our changing world. A good place to start is the creation of multi-use spaces that would increase communal engagement while making Jewish education more affordable.
At What Point Should the Mainstream Media Report On The Biden Family Story?
David Suissa
October 22, 2020
As an editor, I know that deciding what stories to pursue can be a difficult, contentious decision…But where is the line for deciding to cover a story when the silence is seen as more damning?
A Mother’s Coping Mechanism: “I Put the Sun in Me”
David Suissa
October 21, 2020
The very act of saying that line put the “sun” inside our conversation and kept it upbeat. It also probably guided her day to look for “sunny” things to do and think about.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Victimhood
David Suissa
October 19, 2020
If the coronavirus threatens our physical health and economy, the worship of victimhood threatens the aspirational promise of America. How? By replacing the resiliency and imagination of optimism with the fragile passivity of victimhood.
The Highs and Lows of Pandemic Era
David Suissa
October 16, 2020
The pandemic era is forcing us to see things we never thought we’d see, and to make choices we never thought we’d have to make.
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