Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Judaism in two minutes
By David Suissa
Can you “sell” Judaism in a few minutes? This question came up in a piece in The Forward by Leonard Fein, who was commenting on a recent debate. . .
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Opinion: Truth be told
By David Suissa
Just because the truth is difficult to ascertain, does that mean it doesn’t exist? Is it as simple as saying that, in any debate, we each own a. . .
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Imagine No Journal
By David Suissa
Sometimes the best way to appreciate something is to imagine its absence. This can apply to a lot of things: people we love, books we cherish,. . .
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Shepherding the Bible
By David Suissa
It's common knowledge that the Bible is the “greatest book ever written.” No other book can match its power or wide appeal; no other book has. . .
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Israel Is Back
By David Suissa
Why would a thriving, diverse and boisterous Jewish community with a large Israeli population forgo an annual festival that celebrates the birth of. . .
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
A hub is born
By David Suissa
Meirav Finley believes that she “complements” her husband, Rabbi Mordecai Finley, leader of the independent Ohr HaTorah synagogue in West Los. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Liberation
By David Suissa
It’s fashionable to look at Passover as a universal idea. This makes sense; after all, how much more universal can you get than the theme of human. . .
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Mission impossible
By David Suissa
After spending three days at the J Street conference in Washington, D.C., and hearing one speaker after another talk about the importance of a. . .
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
When Torah meets science
By David Suissa
Whoever said that women are not leaders in the Charedi world has never heard about the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT). The college, founded in. . .
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
This just in: Our enemies hate us
By David Suissa
I never thought I’d ever be texting with one of my kids about bombs and bomb shelters. But there I was last week, texting back and forth with my. . .
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Where would I be now?
By David Suissa
It’s amazing the kind of stuff you hear when you just ask. At a family wedding last weekend in Montreal, I caught up with some relatives and heard. . .
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Burn books or kill people?
By David Suissa
Imagine being the mother of one of the U.S. soldiers murdered last week in Afghanistan in retaliation for the burning of Korans on a U.S. military. . .
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Norma’s love
By David Suissa
I’ve always been fascinated by romantic relationships that seem to last forever. When I hear of couples who remain deeply in love after 40, 50, 60. . .
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The liberal case for Israel
By David Suissa
For several years now, critics of Israel have been claiming that liberalism and democracy are in “crisis” in Israel. It’s what historian Gil. . .
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Opinion: Rebels with a cause
By David Suissa
“Leon Klinghoffer’s blood cries out from the depth of the ocean,” the 23-year-old law student told the Israeli Supreme Court in 1995. “We. . .
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.”. . .
