Bruce S. Ticker
Ticker is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. He may be contacted via bruce.ticker@sdjewishworld.com
Insanity defense for anti-Semites is itself insane
From the outset, Grafton Thomas’s mother and attorney harped on his 20-year history of mental illness. They said he was diagnosed with schizophrenia long ago and ceased taking his anti-psychotic medication two months before...
Gun Violence: Surviving the Next Year
Only a year to go until sensible gun safety laws might be adopted. For those of us who can survive that long.
Certainly a year too late for Leah Mindel Ferencz, 33, Moshe Deutsch, 24,...
Our Mashugah President
While most of us know when to keep dumb thoughts to ourselves, President Trump and Rudy “America’s Mayor” Giuliani do not abide by these rules. They tell the world their real or satiric attitudes...
Religious issues surface in impeachment debate
Two stunning moments. The process of impeachment is inherently volatile, and in the past week it grew worse than imaginable: Religion was injected twice in a five-day period.
The roles of Catholicism and Judaism were...
Pennsylvania vote could decide presidential election
In southeastern Pennsylvania, Democratic U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlihan of Chester County is entitled to feel more confident about re-election next year. Not so her Republican colleague in nearby Bucks County, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick.
While Houlihan...
Sanders, Warren misrepresent Gaza situation
The numbers kept expanding. One day 150 rocket attacks. Then 250. Finally upwards of 400.
As the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported, two Israelis were struck by shrapnel last week. Two dozen were injured simply running...
No gun control in sight even after Pittsburgh massacre
The pain endured by residents of the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh in the past year has yet to faze Pennsylvania lawmakers like Mike Turzai and Joseph B. Scarnati III – not enough to...
Arab countries should pay for humanitarian relief in Gaza
We can all share Sen. Bernie Sanders’s concern for the people of Gaza: ”What is going on in Gaza right now…is absolutely inhumane.”
The senator’s scheme to relieve their pain collapses when he proposes that...
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Elizabeth Warren antagonizes Jewish voters
I sighed with relief last Sunday when I learned that Democratic activist Mark Mellman told a Jewish Telegraphic Agency reporter that Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign does not involve a harsh critic of Israel...
Turkey Erdogan kills Syrian Kurds and excoriates Israel’s treatment of Palestinians
Who says that Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has something against a homeland for a displaced people?
Not for the Kurds, of course, but he must want a homeland for…you’ll never guess…the Palestinians.
Erdogan’s passion for...