David Suissa / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: David Suissa / JNS.org
No More Sitting Ducks: Jews Need to Learn Self-Defense
JNS.org - After each antisemitic attack, Jews seem to get weaker and more vulnerable. One reason is that instead of taking real action, we prefer...
Arab-Israeli Progress: Grateful for a Ray of Light
JNS.org - "There’s a crack in everything,” Leonard Cohen famously wrote in one of his songs. “That’s how the light gets in.” For the better part...
Too Much Politics?
JNS.org - I may have to rethink my decision to have CNN on in my office all day long. As much as I love keeping...
Israel and the War of Deterrence
JNS.org - I’ve never liked the word “deterrence.” It sounds so dry and lifeless compared to the dramatic idea it signifies, which is “I’m scared...
Fighting Antisemitism Without Fear
JNS.org - There’s a crazy disconnect happening right now in the Jewish world. On the one hand, we’re supposed to be in a state of...
Yom Kippur and the Lamb Chop
JNS.org - I knew the Kol Nidre crowd at the Beverly Hills Hotel was probably expecting me to talk about big issues. Since I deal...
Can We Keep Politics Out of Yom Kippur?
JNS.org - Whether Donald Trump deserves to be impeached or not, with Yom Kippur just around the corner, the question on my mind is: How...
How Rosh Hashanah Can Change Your Life
JNS.org - There are plenty of somber themes at this time of year -- themes like repentance, atonement, forgiveness and so on. It’s heavy stuff,...
I Did the Math, and Don’t See a Coalition
JNS.org - In the midst of all the promises of “coalitions” after the razor-close Israeli elections, who’s doing the actual math? On one side, you...
Uniting Around a Big Judaism
JNS.org - When you feel under attack, you’re not inclined to think big. You’re more consumed with immediate threats. The Jewish world these days is feeling...
Slowing Down on Shabbat in the Age of Social Media
JNS.org - “We’ve been sacrificing the important on the altar of the urgent for so long that our lives have lost their balance and we...
Silence on the Left: Isn’t Security a Jewish Value?
JNS.org - About 10 hours after the horrible murder of 17-year-old Rina Shnerb in a terror attack last Friday, I was curious to see the...
Bibi Should Have Stood Up to Trump, and Followed AIPAC’s Lead
JNS.org - There are many angles to the still-burning controversy surrounding Israel's refusal to allow entry to US Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar...
Doubling Down on Shabbat
JNS.org - At a time of rampant assimilation and declining synagogue attendance, how do you get more Jews to connect to their tradition? In recent...
