Bruce S. Ticker
Ticker is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. He may be contacted via bruce.ticker@sdjewishworld.com
DeSantis Visit to Israel Not All That Kosher
“They love him in Israel.”
Do they love him in Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami Beach, the main cities and their suburbs where most Florida Jews live? Or, for that matter, Floridians generally who...
No Antisemitism Here…
It happened in Berlin, of all places. On behalf of those poor Palestinians, they chanted “Death to the Jews,” “Death to Israel” and “Tel Aviv, the answer will come.”
The day before, an Italian tourist...
CRY RACISM!..And Let Slip the Brand Onto the Republicans
Nashville’s political version of Bull Connor must have been too busy plotting the expulsions of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson to learn of Republican misfortunes in the preceding two days.
Donald Trump was indicted in...
Jewish Community Must Assume a Stronger Role Lobbying for Gun-Safety Laws
After news broke that three children and three adults were gunned down in Nashville, I spent some time perusing the Anti-Defamation League’s lengthy report on antisemitic incidents last year. It covered much ground, and...
Big-Mouth Profs ‘Dare to Dissent’
It would take someone like Carolyn McCoy to explain the words of Kareem Tannous, a terminated college professor whom she defends in a letter published last Friday in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Tweets the biz prof on...
What Price Annexation?
The surest way to upset readers when writing about Israel is to trip over semantics. The surest way to upset me is to focus on semantics without addressing the larger issues facing Israel.
I was...
‘Anger Issues’ Drive an Anti-Israel Bully
Saadah Masoud pledges to address his “anger issues.” Does this mean he will no longer strike Jewish New Yorkers because they are Jewish?
Three acts of violence in Brooklyn and Manhattan — against Jewish men...
God Speaks to Eric Adams, and NYC’s Mayor Tells the World…Adams, Adams, Adams
New York City Mayor Eric Adams may well fit in somewhere between the great actor Frederic March’s portrayal of a fanatical lawyer delivering God’s instructions to the world, and that of lesser-known actor Jay...
Israel is Our Business
Israel’s Six-Day War disrupted Benjamin Netanyahu’s graduation plans at Cheltenham High School, located less than a mile from the Philadelphia neighborhood where I grew up. I recall reading that he skipped his graduation in...
Los Angeles Synagogue Shootings: The Personal and the Perilous
Decades ago, I most likely walked past the site of a Los Angeles synagogue near where Guy Taieb, 73, was wounded in a drive-by shooting last Thursday, an incident likely motivated by antisemitism.
Long before...