Holocaust remembrance in a Muslim country The main theme of Holocaust Remembrance Day is “Never Again.” In Dubai’s ceremony, a new dimension was added. Michael Sussman April 18, 2021
The most unlikely Passover seder Why was this night different? This was the first time an Israeli ambassador had told the story of the exodus from Egypt in the UAE. Michael Sussman March 31, 2021
My multicultural Shabbat in a Muslim-Arab country Dubai was so unexpectedly open that I felt safer wearing my “kippah” there than even on the streets of New York, Toronto and London. Michael Sussman Dec. 23, 2020
Europe’s Jewish malaise In the realpolitik of the 21st century, Europe will have to decide whether its discomfort with Jews outweighs its professed values. Michael Sussman Oct. 21, 2020
The cultural genius of the Abraham Accords To restore and maintain “mu-wazana,” (“balance”), the rest of the Gulf States—and other Arab countries—will wish to follow Abu Dhabi’s lead. Michael Sussman Sept. 13, 2020
Putting Hezbollah ‘out of business’ What’s clear from Israel’s experience in Lebanon in the 1980s, and that of America in Iraq and Afghanistan, is that trying to overthrow regimes and install replacement governments has not delivered desired results. Michael Sussman Sept. 3, 2020
Judaism’s triumph over coronavirus Just as it has the Holocaust, pogroms, the expulsion of the Jews in 132 C.E. and the ancient Greek wars, Judaism will survive the coronavirus pandemic. Michael Sussman April 27, 2020
