Bruce Ticker is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
U.S. Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene must be seeking vindication. Few Americans appreciate the “suffering” they endured during the past year or more. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Greene, Boebert Trivialize Holocaust in Fight Against Vaccinations, Masks Read More »
Bruce Ticker, International, Jewish History, USAAmerican Jews were expected to gather on Sunday (July 11) outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., to hear a line-up of more than 20 speakers in a rally co-hosted by prominent Jewish organizations – all to confront the overwhelming levels of antisemitism that have evolved in America and worldwide. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Major Rally Against Antisemitism on Sunday, July 11, in Washington D.C. Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Middle East, USAThis campaign run by members of United Teachers Los Angeles campaign signals not just a willingness to foster war but also distresses Jewish students and employees, mocks the very idea of seeking social justice, lies about opposing antisemitism, singles out Israel and distracts from their fundamental role to educate the school district’s 465,000 students. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Teachers Union Campaign Against Israel Threatens Jewish Students Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAAdvocates for the Palestinians exerted their terrorism talents in or near two prominent American cities 3,000 miles apart in recent weeks. First they prevented a privately-owned Israeli ship from unloading its cargo in Oakland, California, across the bay from San Francisco. On Sunday, they succeeded in canceling a food festival in the Kensington section of Philadelphia because the organizers dared to allow an Israeli food truck to participate. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Anti-Israel Forces Block Ship in Oakland, Food Festival in Philadelphia Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Business & Finance, Middle East, Travel and Food, USA
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — At long last, American Jews can bond with Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), at least in one sense. She now understands how we feel when she mouths off about Israel’s supposed oppression of the Palestinians, which compounds our fear that her followers will harm us. After all, Omar comprehends the
Ilhan Omar’s reckless rhetoric Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Middle East, USAHow does the Black Lives Matter movement find the time and energy to brand Israel as an apartheid and genocidal state and equate its policies with police brutality? And why don’t any BLM members speak up about those among their associates who have diverted attention from the primary issue that inspired the Black Lives Matter campaign? [Bruce S. Ticker]
Black Lives Matter Should Stick to Its Core Issue; Leave Israel Out of It Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Middle East, USAHamas terrorists might wish to relish their victory over Israel while they can – their cynical public relations victory. For the moment, Israel is an ogre in the eyes of the world, Hamas is champion of the Palestinians. However, Hamas soon could replace Israel as villain of a drama that is much of its own making. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Hamas Must Choose: Help Gazans or Forbid Others from Aiding Them Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Middle East, USAIn the context of the 21 st century, Arafat’s rejection of a reasonable peace plan is the root cause of the May deaths of 12 Israelis and more than 230 Gazans, tit-for-tat bombardments, destruction of apartment buildings in Gaza, attempted evictions of Palestinians in east Jerusalem and police raids on the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Arafat’s Refusal to Accept an Independent State Led to Subsequent Warfare Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Middle EastIsraelis Efraim Gordon and Yehuda Guetta learned too late that they were not safe whether waiting for a bus in the West Bank or visiting relatives in Baltimore. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Terror in Baltimore and the West Bank Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Middle East, USAWhenever trouble erupted in Israel during the 1980s, “colleagues” in my newsroom in central Pennsylvania would gaze at me suspiciously. At a laundromat in the same small town, a Democratic city councilman complained about Israel’s oppression of the poor Palestinians and an Israeli gunboat raid on the Liberty, an American intelligence vessel discovered off the Egyptian coast during the 1967 war. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Israeli Right-Wingers Exacerbate Hostilities with Palestinians Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Middle EastJewish New Yorkers could be governed by two anti-Israel candidates now running for citywide offices. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Anti-Israel candidates run for citywide NYC offices Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Middle East, USAKobili Traore cannot stand trial for killing a Jewish woman since his state of mind was influenced by consumption – voluntary consumption, that is – of cannabis. [Bruce S. Ticker]
France’s Insanity Defense Is Itself Insane Read More »
Bruce Ticker, InternationalArab nations invaded the new state of Israel before I was born, at a time when the world was still shaken by the fury of World War II. Arab leaders urged their people to flee Israel in advance of the fighting and return once they drove the Jews into the sea. [Bruce S. Ticker]
U.S. Support for Palestinians Stirs Controversy Read More »
Bruce Ticker, International, Middle East, USASen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Mississippi Republican, scores zero for two so far on the facts. She falsely claims that Sunday is the Sabbath besides Saturday and, far more importantly, that our civil rights revolve around religious beliefs. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Senator forgets Constitution prohibits favoring any religion Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Jewish Religion, USA