Bruce S. Ticker
Ticker is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. He may be contacted via bruce.ticker@sdjewishworld.com
‘Sound of Gunshots’ Will Persist Under New Law
Perhaps John T. Earnest might have been stopped by our new gun safety law from murdering Lori Gilbert Kaye in Poway, but it seems that the law would not have prevented Al Aliwi Al-Issa...
With Bibi’s Bungling, Who Needs Antisemites?
As Jerry Seinfeld would put it, “And you want to be prime minister again?”
While Seinfeld once caught George Costanza sprawled on the floor in his underwear after stumbling in Seinfeld’s living room, last week...
‘Belligerent Occupation,’ Belligerent Report From UN
If only Israel would end its “belligerent occupation.”
Most of us know better, but don’t tell that to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Its Commission of Inquiry released the first of what they hope...
Critics of Orthodox Jewish Bastions Enter Murky Territory
Michelle Zangari opened a can devoid of any live worms when she warned that Orthodox Jews could be poised to seize control of Rockville Centre on Long Island, which was part of an eight-minute...
American Nakba
A new play to top the absurdity of “Springtime for Hitler:” “Rashida Resurrects the Nakba Legacy.” Or, “A Night at the Nakba.”
Leave it to Rep. Rashida Tlaib to inspire a play that ennobles and...
Arab Leaders So Sure — Yet So Secretive – About Cause of Al Jazeera...
Amid the varied dissections of Shireen Abu Akleh’s death, the Palestinian Authority was consistent. To paraphrase Israeli diplomat Abba Eban, they did not miss an opportunity to miss the opportunity to sound credible.
The authority’s...
The Path Back to Cultural Suppression
Perhaps the Taliban decided it would be timely to out-do our Supreme Court. It decreed on Saturday that the women of Afghanistan must cover their entire bodies, at least with a garment known as...
Who Actually Wrote the Harvard Crimson’s Pro-BDS Editorial?
Last Friday’s Harvard Crimson editorial starkly proclaims: “We support the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction movement as a means of achieving that goal.”
Since the editorial lacks a byline, we can only guess who wrote it. My prime...
Muslim ‘Lioness’ Growls at the Christians
Looks like I may soon have the same challenge as an antisemitic co-worker years ago at a medical publishing company in New Jersey, all thanks to U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
I was passing through...
Israeli Police Vs. Circular Logic
On the first day of Passover, I left a store and entered my car only to look up and spot two bizarre signs on the wall — one warning of death in “hell-fire” for...