Bruce S. Ticker
Ticker is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. He may be contacted via bruce.ticker@sdjewishworld.com
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...
Tracking the Trail of Terror
Terror attacks in Israel are so alarming that the first fatal assault could well have inspired a copycat crime 5,400 miles west — in Lakewood, N.J.
Four people, all reportedly Orthodox Jews, were injured when...
Summer Lee: More Like Winter for Pittsburgh’s Jewish Voters
Congressional candidate Summer Lee warned Pittsburgh Jews that they cannot trust her if she is elected next November to represent the city and some of its suburbs.
Lee did not issue her warning in stark...
Religion Can Be Fair Game in Judicial Nominations — When Relevant
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, imposed a religious test upon Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Supreme Court hearing, thus violating Article 6 of the Constitution. This begs the question of...
New York Times Drinks Rashida Tlaib’s Kool-Aid
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) squawked on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives last May, “How many Palestinians have to die for their lives to matter?”
Madam Congresswoman, would they still “have to die”...
Teacher Training on Antisemitism? How About Common Sense
Kevin Kline’s character Otto from A Fish Called Wanda was outdone by Alabama high school officials who demanded that a Jewish student apologize for something he did not do and disregarded any thought of apologizing for...
The ‘Occupation’ of Riverdale
That land from the river — the Hudson River, that is — to the highway, the northern end of Broadway, is evidently occupied in part by Zionists.
Pro-Arab activists insist that they are not antisemitic,...
Deborah Lipstadt’s Nomination: 6-Month Delay Thanks to A 6-Year-Old’s Mindset
Tracking Nancy Pelosi’s Gazpacho police must be a rigorous chore, yet the idiocy of the congresswoman who fabricated the story hardly compares with blocking the appointment of an antisemitism monitor or undermining the attorney-general...
Dissecting the Ongoing Wave of Antisemitism
Never would we expect Nazis assaulting an American Jew near Disney World. Or anywhere else in this nation.
Yet authorities report that Nazis did in Orlando nearly two weeks ago what Nazis commonly did in...
Column: Whoopi’s Petty Distinctions
Silly sideshows dominate much of the news on Israel and other Jewish and general issues. So much so that keeping up with them amounts to “posing problems that would cross a rabbi’s eyes,” to...