
Turning Freedom into a Blessing
Passover gives us a chance to unpack freedom, to see its many sides, to ask the right questions.
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.

Passover gives us a chance to unpack freedom, to see its many sides, to ask the right questions.

The partnership between Cornell and Technion is humanity and academia at their very best. Of course, it’s also a perfect opportunity for Israel haters to try to take it down.

Just as bad news appears everywhere, so does the algorithm of gratitude. No matter where our life is at, we can find something to be grateful for. There is some magic in that simple idea.

We can’t depend on Jew-haters to unify us. It’s one thing to share common enemies; it’s quite another to share an extraordinary story that connects us through the generations.

After years of terrorizing Israelis with existential threats, the Islamic regime is now worried about its own existence. In a region where the projection of power is everything, that is humiliation.

American Jews have always understood a key lesson of life: even if your victimhood is justified, if you wear it it will kill you.

While one of the world’s most evil regimes is taking a beating, much of the mainstream media, Hollywood and our cultural elite would rather focus on who’s doing the beating.

No matter what happens going forward, something as earth-shattering as the fall of the Soviet Union has already happened in the Middle East.

With its leadership teetering and Trump and Netanyahu calling for regime change, how far will the Islamic regime go to survive?

I’ve had a lifelong love affair with curiosity. In its quiet, humble way, curiosity can lead to the most wonderful human relationships.