Bruce S. Ticker
Ticker is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. He may be contacted via bruce.ticker@sdjewishworld.com
Playing election politics with the coronavirus
The last New York Jewish Week arrived in my mailbox last Thursday, six days late. I will miss it. The parent company suspended publication of the print edition because of the advertising lost with the...
Black v. Jewish row continues in ‘City of Brotherly Love’
“We have to stop being so eager to tear down our own at the behest of others.”
Solomon Jones, a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and WURD radio host, should thank every Black leader in town who...
Jews and Blacks: Failure to communicate
Movie fans should recognize this line from Cool Hand Luke: “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.”
Such a sentiment aptly describes relations between the Black and Jewish communities, as Rodney Muhammad, president of...
All the news that fits preconceived notions
What jumped out at me from a New York Times piece on Rashida Tlaib was what the Times omitted – the most essential elements of Tlaib’s scary and offensive tenure in Congress.
The two reporters on the story barely...
DeSean Jackson: Ignorance or hatred?
I was minding my own business sheltering in my Northeast Philadelphia apartment when DeSean Jackson accused me – as well as all my fellow Jews – of blackmailing America.
Purportedly quoting the most reviled monster...
Supreme Court decision may drain public schools
“DEFUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS!!!!!!”
The U.S. Supreme Court might as well have issued such a three-word ruling to send its message allowing Montana to spend tax money on religious schools.
The court struck down the state’s Blaine...
Andrew Romanoff may be key to a Democratic U.S. Senate
Thanks to the twisting dynamics of Colorado politics, a Jewish candidate could be key to returning the Senate to Democratic control. In the process, developments in Tuesday’s sharp-elbows Democratic primary could produce some intriguing...
Vindication for Kaepernick, awakening for White America
In defense of Colin Kaepernick, I made the supreme sacrifice four years ago: A one-time high school chum de-friended me on Facebook. He could not believe how liberal I had become – all because...
Rioting in Los Angeles was an anti-Jewish pogrom
The Jews of the Fairfax neighborhood of Los Angeles were exposed to a modern, American-style pogrom on May 30 that should enrage us all. Not only were Jewish businesses sacked but five synagogues and...
Rioters target some Jewish neighborhoods
The riots here bore the essence of organized incitement soon after vandals began ravaging Minneapolis during the middle of last week. By Sunday, the looting reached the Roosevelt Mall, slightly more than 10 miles...