David Suissa

Share There are certain stories that just never go away. They don’t get swallowed up by the 24-hour news cycle. They grind away at your soul, drop by drop, day by day, hour by hour.

The hundreds of Israeli partiers who perished at the hands of Hamas at the Nova festival on Oct. 7 were all about joy. What better way to honor them than to relive their festive spirit on college campuses?

A $120 million gift to UCLA from Dr. Gary and Alya Michelson has accelerated the transformation of the Westside Pavilion in Westwood.

A $120 million gift to UCLA from Dr. Gary and Alya Michelson has accelerated the transformation of the Westside Pavilion.

This won't be a debate about whether there is a genocide happening in Gaza; rather, it will an anatomy of that genocide.

The real tragedy is that Bibi could have declared victory and turned everything around. Alas, he dragged things out for too long and missed his hero window.

Perhaps the biggest tragedy in a story full of tragedies is that it didn't have to go this far.

Bookstores, for me, were always the very antidote of physical isolation. Browsing with fellow humans through endless aisles of books was like a sacred ritual of the civilized life. The world may be upside down, politics may drive us nuts, climate change may threaten our future, but in the warm embrace of a busy bookstore, everything was right with the world.

This week, let the words of three major Sephardic halakhic authorities speak for themselves.

If Jews want to be taken seriously when they condemn acts that smear Jews, it behooves them to speak up against acts that smear other religious groups, including Catholics.