Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Opinion: Wandering columnist
By David Suissa
Being a weekly columnist while visiting Israel can be really stressful. Every hour or so, you get hit with a potential subject for a column. After a. . .
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Opinion: The new defenders
How can you defend Israel without being accused of being a tribal loyalist? You know, the type who thinks Israel is unfairly maligned by most of the. . .
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Opinion: Jews, Arabs, dolphins
By David Suissa
Negative stereotypes can be numbing. One that has dulled our senses for years is that Jews and Arabs can’t get along. Many of us simply take it for. . .
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Opinion: Why I love paper
By David Suissa
It’s a fight to the death: As the digital revolution marches on, and more and more people do their reading on user-friendly digital devices, the. . .
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Opinion: Judaism's walking billboards
By David Suissa
It never occurred to me that I’d have to visit the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail to get a deeper understanding of the Charedi crisis in. . .
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Opinion: On the money
By David Suissa
What do you do when you run out of money? When you’re about to be evicted from your home, or having trouble feeding your kids, or simply can’t. . .
Monday, December 12, 2011
David Suissa: Newt's bombshell
By David Suissa
"The Palestinian people does not exist,” exclaimed the politician. The audacity of the statement shocked me, because it came from the mouth of. . .
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Opinion: Naming memory
By David Suissa
Adam Ungar was a happy kid who loved to ski and play the piano. He was a regular at his local synagogue, and he always looked forward to spending the. . .
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
David Suissa: Arguing Zionism
By David Suissa
“I came to see a clash!” the man bellowed from the back of the audience. “Instead, all I’m seeing tonight is two people getting along.”. . .
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Opinion: Grateful for what?
By David Suissa
One of the great human virtues is gratitude. In Jewish tradition, we are encouraged to make at least 100 blessings of gratitude a day. The very first. . .
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Opinion: Success without honor
By David Suissa
Few stories have shaken me up this year quite like the sexual scandal at Penn State University.. . .
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Opinion: Occupy Obama
By David Suissa
From the start, something has annoyed me about the Occupy Wall Street movement. I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to put my finger on it.. . .
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Opinion: My holy peeps
By David Suissa
Few things in Jewish life get a rabbi more excited than the chance to help Jews marry other Jews. One reason is the difficulty factor: It’s always. . .
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Opinion: Following Ted, not Steve
By David Suissa
With the passing of Apple founder Steve Jobs, master creator of the iPod, iMac, iPhone and iPad, many people are now wondering: Which future. . .
Monday, October 17, 2011
Opinion: Israel is not normal
By David Suissa
You can say a lot about Israel, but not that it’s a normal country.. . .
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Opinion: A day for the soul
By David Suissa
Trust the Jews to begin the holiest moment of the year on Yom Kippur not with a prayer, but with an ambiguous declaration. The Kol Nidre is not a. . .
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Opinion: Touching death
By David Suissa
For many of us, the Days of Awe are a time of personal accounting, a time to “clear our debts” with God and others we may have hurt over the past. . .
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Opinion: Repenting with our eyes
By David Suissa
Is the mind more powerful than the heart? This question was hovering in the air during an insightful Torah class last week given by Rabbi Yosef. . .
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Opinion: Breaking through
By David Suissa
I often wonder what would happen if political leaders were replaced by creative directors of advertising agencies. You see, in the ad business. . .
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Opinion: How can we be better humans?
By David Suissa
I spent the long Sunday of 9/11 at events that had nothing to do with 9/11, but there was no way to avoid that day’s ominous shadow.. . .
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Opinion: Opening Israel
By David Suissa
The buzzword these days for those in charge of improving Israel’s image is “beyond the conflict.”. . .
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
‘We-come-to-you’ Judaism
By David Suissa
The American Jewish community spends a fortune every year trying to keep Jews connected to their Judaism.. . .
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Salon nation: Israel’s struggle for renewal
By David Suissa
The big question in Israel right now is: Will the terror bombs of Gaza destroy the protest tents of Rothschild? Normally, you would think they would. . .
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Opinion: Homeward bound
By David Suissa
I come to a land that calls me home Pulled in by the suns of August. On each visit, the eyes utter the same words: Electric. Messy. Miracle.. . .
