Bruce S. Ticker
Ticker is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. He may be contacted via bruce.ticker@sdjewishworld.com
Palestinian Slogans Displace Real-World Truths
“Saying ‘Free Palestine’ is the beginning of what we meet to talk about on this issue,” says Canadian author Desmond Cole.
As I moved on to read his further comments, I was anxious to finally...
The Chilling Iron Dome Spectacle in Congress
It might otherwise have been delightful to witness a lone irregular Republican senator join with a handful of insufferable House Democrats take a bipartisan stand over process and money in the halls of Congress.
Yet...
Mahmoud Abbas UN Speech is All Bark and No Bite
“Peace be upon you.”
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas uttered these hospitable words to conclude a hostile speech against his usual suspect, namely Israel, in a pre-recorded speech to the United Nations General Assembly. If Abbas...
Mainstream Democrats, Bowing to Progressives, Let Israel Down
It was Congress’s first certain body blow to American Jews in modern times, though Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib may feel that they were denied a chance to achieve it on Yom Kippur and...
Burlington, Vermont, Grapples with Israel-Palestinian Conflict
‘Twas two nights before Yom Kippur, when all through Burlington City Hall, a half-mile from Lake Champlain’s eastern shore, many a creature of sorts was stirring…stirring up unrest for Jewish Vermonters, 5,400 miles from...
![Former state treasurer Josh Mandel at a press conference in 2016. [Statehouse News Bureau]](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/966354167_689230203-324x235.jpg "Mandel Insults Fellow Jews with His Specious Holocaust Analogy")
Mandel Insults Fellow Jews with His Specious Holocaust Analogy
Josh Mandel is one confusing guy.
In his quest to succeed Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, is Mandel now freeing up his fellow Republicans to compare the pandemic to the Holocaust? Or will...
Two Jewish Issues the Biden Administration Must Clear Up
The Biden administration’s actions beg two disturbing Jewish-themed questions: Why would a president lie about such an insignificant detail as visiting a Pittsburgh synagogue? How can a U.S. Foreign Service officer be effective at...
Parole for Sirhan B. Sirhan? RFK’s help for Israel drove his assassin
During his 1968 presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy proposed sending 50 military planes to Israel. Two decades later, Sirhan B. Sirhan revealed that RFK’s support of Israel motivated him to fatally shoot RFK in...
Murder of Yeshiva Student Highlights Need for Gun Control
When Shmuel Silverberg, 18, was shot outside Yeshiva Toras Chaim in Denver’s West Colfax neighborhood on Tuesday, Aug. 17, his assailants were not satisfied. Silverberg ran away from them, and they chased him just...
The ‘Highly Unlikely’ Happened in Afghanistan. Now What?
In the Famous-Last-Words department: “The likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely.”
The “highly unlikely” happened on Sunday as a dozen Taliban fighters garbed in...