Bruce S. Ticker
Ticker is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. He may be contacted via bruce.ticker@sdjewishworld.com
‘Pure Make-Believe’ – Separating Divestment from Antisemitism
Letter-writer Paul Cunningham picked an especially dreadful week for Jews to proclaim that antisemitism is not tied to divestment from Israel, a divisive topic in his home state of Maine.
Tell that to the Jewish...
Important Differences Between African-American Cause and Goals of Hamas
President Biden faces a tug-of-war for the next 10 months to retain the Black vote – thanks mostly to champions for the Palestinians.
When the chief executive addressed an audience of 700 at a historic...
Anti-Israel Protesters Stir Rage of Motorists, Airline Passengers
Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk endured the wrath of Khan, Hamas is suffering the wrath of the Israel Defense Forces and pro-Palestinian blockaders are starting to confront the most ghastly of the wrathful...
Flouting the Law Should Not Free ‘Palestine’ Defenders of Consequences
Even harsh critics of U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik were stunned when she trumped “legal scholar” and University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill over university policies that can translate into routine criminal laws.
Stefanik herself missed...
Gaza and the Vulnerable President
Oct. 26, Biden reportedly apologized to five Muslim leaders for questioning Hamas’ casualty figures, even lowering himself to admit he was “disappointed in myself.”
His Oct. 26 comments could be translated thusly: “Please turn out...
A Future for Israel?
“Palestinians Must Have Hope for a Brighter Future,” urges a New York Times headline. It tops a Thanksgiving Day opinion piece authored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
Hope for what? To kill more Jews? What...
Of All the Gall: Israel is Winning
You might think that the deaths of an uncertain number of Palestinian civilians – reported to be up to 10,000 – might account for the fury that infuses pro-Arab protests around the world. That...
Free Palestine? Free the Brooklyn Bridge
We cannot be blamed for suspecting that 40-year-old Samantha Woll was stabbed to death at her Detroit home because of the crisis in Israel. Her murder occurred two weeks after Hamas butchered 1,400 Jews...
Hamas Defenders Can’t Handle the Truth
“Does the whole world hate the Jews?”
The question was posed by a self-identified Democrat from Waterbury, Conn., who called into C-Span Saturday morning to confess that he believed white nationalists owned antisemitism in America....
Hamas Defenders Can’t Handle the Truth
“Does the whole world hate the Jews?”
The question was posed by a self-identified Democrat from Waterbury, Conn., who called into C-Span Saturday morning to confess that he believed white nationalists owned antisemitism in America....