Bruce S. Ticker
Ticker is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. He may be contacted via bruce.ticker@sdjewishworld.com
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...
Questions on New York State Exam Revise Israeli History
Some critics might label two questions on a statewide test as intellectual dishonesty in our fourth largest state that is home to the most sizable Jewish population in America. Except that there was nothing...
Omar’s Removal is a Frightful Omen for Israel-Bashers
As the competing votes tracked upward on the Congressional scoreboard last Thursday, my memory summoned up a moment more than two decades ago when I spotted an anti-Israel sketch posted on a bulletin board....
Fearing a Collision Course Between Bibi and American Jews
When Eric Goldstein speaks, Benjamin Netanyahu must listen. Even more so than when others speak, such as U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Israeli business executive Eynat Guez, 100,000-plus protesters in Tel Aviv and Israeli...
Anti-Jewish Threats to School Administrator Prompts His Resignation
A “dream job” destroyed. Middle school students denied the opportunity to attend classes.
After nine days as dean of students at a middle school, Michael Woodberg resigned. The offense? Being Jewish.
His bosses are not antisemitic....
Ben-Gvir’s Presumed ‘Act of War’
It was the devil…er, Itamar Ben-Gvir…who made me do it.
This Ben-Gvir made me bomb buses, fire another few hundred rockets into Israel and toss rocks from the Temple Mount onto worshipers at the Western...
Palestinians Dread What They Have Wrought
As I scanned the menu at a Japanese restaurant on Sunday, I overheard the word “Palestinians.” I turned my head and spotted a few men at the end of a long table jabbering away,...
Outreach or ‘Pod Squads?’ Breaking Down Bias on the Left and the Right
Top federal officials and Jewish leaders spoke to each other, and together they spoke to the public at large, the public that reads newspapers, watches television news programs and listens to those who run...
‘Complicity’ With Antisemites is Bipartisan
The Three Stooges of Mar-a-Lago launched a hate-fest that is hardly the first that is directed at Jews. Nor are Republicans alone in enabling antisemitism in America. Democrats have been restrained in responding to...
Deep in the Heartlessness of Texas: Is Abortion Law an Antisemitic Plot?
Jewish Texans, estimated to number 176,000, should probably worry about the deep in the heartlessness of the Texas abortion law — with the reporting of Amanda Eid’s near-death experience.
The majority of Texas lawmakers approved...