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Category Archives: David Suissa
Little Arab Boys Need Love Too
He was talking to a friend on Shabbos. "She said you were a little," he said, and, palms up, pumped his hands up and down. A little off? He thought only he knew that. Is it so obvious? Ouch. Then … Continue reading
Posted in David Suissa, Limmud, Monica Osborne, Personal
Tagged arab boys, making an omelette, off kilter, seducer, slaughter goats, tears in my eyes
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Killing Time On Shabbat
In Judaism, the Sabbath — like other commandments — is often something more to be endured than to be celebrated. I always thought that when I got married and had a family that observing the Sabbath would be easier. But … Continue reading
Posted in David Suissa
Tagged beating heart, beverlywood, Jewish Journal, observing the sabbath, shabbat afternoon, time killer
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David Suissa Is A Happy Man This Afternoon
His Los Angeles Lakers won the seventh game of their series against Houston and now move on to the Conference finals against Denver.
Posted in David Suissa
Tagged conference finals, game, happy man, los angeles lakers, suissa
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Bumping Into People At LimmudLA
David Suissa nails it: But as the sessions piled up and I had to make more tough choices and miss more great classes, a funny thing happened: I started getting interrupted. As I went from class to class, I kept … Continue reading
Posted in David Suissa, Limmud
Tagged bat mitzvah lessons, brain chemicals, conservative rabbi, donating organs, friday night services, meditation teacher
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Shooting Sarah Palin
David Suissa writes: Gov. Sarah Palin with filmmaker Elan Frank Photo courtesy Elan Frank I was visiting with a friend and Israeli war hero the other day, a guy with great stories named Elan Frank, and all we could talk … Continue reading
Posted in David Suissa, Sarah Palin
Tagged fox news, fox television, governor of alaska, greta van susteren, pregnant governor, Sarah Palin
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Is Thinking For Yourself A Torah Value?
David Suissa writes about Shalhevet in this week’s Jewish Journal: "A coed Modern Orthodox high school that would empower individual students to think for themselves and grow morally in a Torah environment." Thinking for yourself sounds to me like a … Continue reading
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Tagged coed, Jewish Journal, suissa, Torah
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I Go To The Shul Banquet
Preparation Video Post-Banquet Letdown For the past few weeks when people would ask me if I was going to the shul banquet, I gave a haughty and disdainful no. I was above that plebian fraternizing. It sounded really boring. I … Continue reading
Posted in David Suissa, Personal
Tagged baseball game, beverly hilton, jewish los angeles, luke ford, Moshav Band, two good friends
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David Suissa: ‘I Heart Shuvuot’
I got a sneak peak at excerpts of David Suissa’s column in next week’s Jewish Journal: In most suburban congregations, other than the occasional blintz offering, no one really talks about Shavout, but last week I had lunch with an … Continue reading
Posted in David Suissa, Satire
Tagged azure magazine, bagel factory, blintz, israel consulate, Jewish Journal, kosher restaurant, moroccan woman, Orthodox Union, shuvuot, vexing issues, yiddishkeit
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