Bruce S. Ticker
Ticker is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. He may be contacted via bruce.ticker@sdjewishworld.com
Rush to reopen houses of worship may be deadly
No doubt that millions of Americans have prayed as much or more than they ever prayed since the coronavirus crisis clutched us by the throat. They prayed at home – for survival and a...
Republicans’ domestic record hurts Israel’s cause
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spent the hours leading to the Sabbath last Friday by having Israel’s back while getting his inspector general off his back.
Israel’s reputation has long been impaired in part by...
Roadblocks to Israeli-Palestinian peace
It must be wearying and frustrating.
Amid the quest for a two-state solution, Israel and the Palestinians have engaged in military confrontations; Israel threatened West Bank annexation; the Palestinian Authority pays off terrorists or their...
Ilhan Omar’s challenger is Antone Melton-Meaux
No “evil doings of Israel” for Antone Melton-Meaux, as Ilhan Omar once proclaimed. Rather, he argues that “Israel has long stood as a beacon of liberal democracy.”
In backing a two-state solution, Melton-Meaux reflects: “The...
Giving Bill de Blasio the benefit of the doubt?
We might be tempted to give New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio the benefit of the doubt. It was a thoughtless moment.
In haste he tweeted: “My message to the Jewish community, and all...
J Street’s endorsement of Biden raises Israeli issues
The politics linked to Israel got a tad more uncomfortable, thanks to the main U.S. presidential contenders.
Last Friday, J Street endorsed Joe Biden’s bid to oust President Trump on Nov. 3, which he readily welcomed....
The high crime of discussing peace with israelis
The Gaza Youth Committee’s concept of self-determination was short-circuited by Hamas, which rules Gaza with a tight grip.
The decade-old committee has spent the last half of its existence virtually meeting with Israelis in small-scale...
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Covid-19 hits Haredim in Israel, N.Y., N.J., and Florida
It must be a bad dream – the spectacle of police in New York City and Lakewood, N.J., breaking up Orthodox Jewish funerals.
What was a mitzvah a few months ago has morphed into a...
Campaigns shape up against 3 anti-Israel Congress members
We have been living with the glaring presence of Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar in Congress for 15 months. Finally, we have some idea of the forces that could decide Tlaib’s political future. Likewise...
Neo-Nazi youth taunt Jewish student in New Jersey
The brief chant erupted from the New Jersey Transit train car crammed with raging white teens: “Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!”
A few years ago, I boarded the northbound New Jersey Transit’s Coast Line train at...