Bruce S. Ticker
Ticker is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. He may be contacted via bruce.ticker@sdjewishworld.com
Column: Give Colleyville the Hollywood Touch – To Confront Anti-Semitism
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker needs to suspend his job search for a new pulpit. Instead, he must find a literary agent – if none of them have found him yet – and publish a book...
As He Worshipped Guns, Texas Gov Prayed for Colleyville Hostages
“Prayers answered,” tweeted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. “All hostages are out alive and safe.”
What a relief that pro-gun advocates routinely offer prayers whenever innocent people are threatened with or harmed by firearms. Abbott maintained...
The President’s Speech: Stammering on Israel-bashing Allies
“Are we going to be a nation that lives not by the light of the truth but in the shadow of lies?”
The forceful, stammer-free President’s Speech launched the 10-month election cycle to remove the...
The Larger Issue at Play in the BBC’s Flawed Reporting Controversy
Across the pond, Jewish leaders are protesting the BBC’s news coverage of an incident in which pro-Palestinian advocates threatened Jewish bus passengers in London. The BBC is accused by Marie van der Zyl, president of the Board...
OpEd: Hamas’s Confused Rule over Gaza
A few Hamas leaders fully expect Israel’s downfall, yet Israel may not want to dislodge Hamas from its perch in Gaza. That is due to the equally firm expectation Hamas will be replaced by...
Omar’s words for Boebert…of hypocrisy
Says U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, “Words can cause violence.”
The Minneapolis Democrat was referring to the words of Rep. Lauren Boebert, who represents much of western and southern Colorado. Omar could have been referring to...
From Jerusalem to Harlem: What intersectionality?
The black community will protest police and vigilante-like killings of African-Americans; the ongoing violence within black neighborhoods; criminal trials that resemble kangaroo courts; and over such issues as voter suppression, schools and housing.
Rioting over...
Gosar Is Censured But Why Not Omar and Tlaib?
We cannot argue with Nancy Pelosi: “When a member uses his or her national platform to encourage violence, tragically, people listen.”
Whenever her Democratic colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives bash Israel and by...
‘Progressive Caucus’ Deserted Their Constituents
New York state Jews who live in the Bronx’s Riverdale section or Scarsdale and New Rochelle in Westchester County, not to mention their non-Jewish neighbors, almost lost their infrastructure funding thanks to their congressman,...
Democrats Claim They Will Curb Your Anti-Semitism. With Their Record?
Oh, c’mon, Doug and Eileen, quit messing with us. To block anti-Semitism in Virginia, vote for Democrats?
Both political parties seek to hang onto base voters by tolerating anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry to...