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But if we’re serious about 

revitalizing the Jewish brand 
— which is our most valuable 
asset — we must bring more 
noise to the Jewish act of 
bringing goodness, of bringing 
a positive spirit to the world 
around us.
How can we do that?
One way is if every Jewish 
event — whether for major 
groups like the ADL, AJC 
and Federations or smaller 
neighborhood groups — 
would feature one Jew who is 
giving back to the world and 
is not connected to that par-
ticular cause. Just a Jew doing 
good things.
This would offer hundreds 
of occasions each year to 
make some noise about Jews 
and goodness. I can envi-
sion Jewish organizations 
taking 10% of their “fighting 
antisemitism” budgets and 
allocating it to promoting Jews 
who share their contributions 
— from grade school kids to 
Holocaust survivors, from 
entertainers to scientists, from 

doctors and artists to archi-
tects and volunteers in soup 
kitchens.
The good thing, of course, 
is that these Jews are every-
where. They’re the easiest peo-
ple to find.
The spreading of Jewish 
contributions, creativity and 
goodness won’t just revitalize 
the Jewish brand throughout 
America, it will also provide a 
welcome injection of positive 
energy into our anxious com-
munity.
Yes, we must never relent in 
fighting for the safety of Jews. 
But we must also never relent 
in honoring the Jewish way of 
never settling, of always aim-
ing higher.
We are determined fighters 
when we are forced to be, but 
we are givers always. And 
giving, from what I hear, helps 
reduce anxiety. 

David Suissa is editor-in-chief and 

publisher of Tribe Media Corp and 

Jewish Journal. He can be reached at 

davids@jewishjournal.com. Originally 

published by Jewish Journal.

PURELY COMMENTARY
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Yiddish Limerick

Tisha b’Av

On Tisha b’Av, mir hobn gelozt undzer Beit HaMikdash, der tzay 
So, mir gadaynkn un mir fastn on that day.
 Mir layanan der Book of Lamentations
 Farvos mir hob gelozn undzer nation,
Mir still gadaynkn un zogn, oy vay.

On Tisha b’Av — On the Ninth of Av
mir hobn gelozt undzer — we lost our
Beit HaMikdash — Holy Temple
der tzvay — the two
mir gadaynkn — we remember
un mir fastn — and we fast
Mir layanan der — we read the
Farvos mir hobn gelozt undzer — because we lost our
Mir still gadaynkn — We still remember
un zogn oy vay — and say woe to us. 

By Rachel Kapen

