Bruce Ticker is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — The surest way to upset readers when writing about Israel is to trip over semantics. The surest way to upset me is to focus on semantics without addressing the larger issues facing Israel. I was zinged by no less an activist and writer than Stephen M. Flatow, whose daughter […]
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, OpinionBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Saadah Masoud pledges to address his “anger issues.” Does this mean he will no longer strike Jewish New Yorkers because they are Jewish? Three acts of violence in Brooklyn and Manhattan — against Jewish men — cost Masoud 18 months of his freedom. Masoud pleaded guilty in federal court
‘Anger Issues’ Drive an Anti-Israel Bully Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — New York City Mayor Eric Adams may well fit in somewhere between the great actor Frederic March’s portrayal of a fanatical lawyer delivering God’s instructions to the world, and that of lesser-known actor Jay Robinson as a frenzied Caligula when, as Rome’s emperor, he demands his court to “kneel…kneel…kneel
God Speaks to Eric Adams, and NYC’s Mayor Tells the World…Adams, Adams, Adams Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Israel’s Six-Day War disrupted Benjamin Netanyahu’s graduation plans at Cheltenham High School, located less than a mile from the Philadelphia neighborhood where I grew up. I recall reading that he skipped his graduation in June 1967 so he could fly to Israel and risk his life in defense of
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Decades ago, I most likely walked past the site of a Los Angeles synagogue near where Guy Taieb, 73, was wounded in a drive-by shooting last Thursday, an incident likely motivated by antisemitism. Long before Taieb moved to Los Angeles, I spent an afternoon visiting Santa Monica, and then
Los Angeles Synagogue Shootings: The Personal and the Perilous Read More »
Bruce Ticker, California, Opinion, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Some critics might label two questions on a statewide test as intellectual dishonesty in our fourth largest state that is home to the most sizable Jewish population in America. Except that there was nothing intellectual about these questions. The correct multiple-choice answer to one question assumes that the Holocaust
Questions on New York State Exam Revise Israeli History Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — As the competing votes tracked upward on the Congressional scoreboard last Thursday, my memory summoned up a moment more than two decades ago when I spotted an anti-Israel sketch posted on a bulletin board. It featured a message that compared Israel to the civil rights struggles in the South.
Omar’s Removal is a Frightful Omen for Israel-Bashers Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — When Eric Goldstein speaks, Benjamin Netanyahu must listen. Even more so than when others speak, such as U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Israeli business executive Eynat Guez, 100,000-plus protesters in Tel Aviv and Israeli expats in New York and Los Angeles. What Goldstein tells Israel’s prime minister can be
Fearing a Collision Course Between Bibi and American Jews Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USAAfter nine days as dean of students at a middle school, Michael Woodberg resigned. The offense? Being Jewish. His bosses are not antisemitic. Nor is there evidence of rampant antisemitism among the students. In early January, the Richmond Community Schools received frightening threats directed at Woodberg and other staff at the middle school. The school district serves a rural area 45 miles northeast of Detroit. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Anti-Jewish Threats to School Administrator Prompts His Resignation Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Jewish History, Opinion, USAUntil Tuesday, our first “Jew-ish” Congressman established himself as a serial liar, a possible criminal suspect and a punchline. Now it is far worse: George Santos is scary, and maybe dangerous. The Washington Post reports a web of connections that begs questions as to what he is capable of, in or out of Congress. It compounds other disturbing elements of the controversy. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Santos, the ‘Jew-ish’ Congressman: How Perilous is He? Read More »
Bruce Ticker, International, Opinion, USA
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — It was the devil…er, Itamar Ben-Gvir…who made me do it. This Ben-Gvir made me bomb buses, fire another few hundred rockets into Israel and toss rocks from the Temple Mount onto worshipers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. If such acts of terrorism materialize in the ensuing weeks, blame
Ben-Gvir’s Presumed ‘Act of War’ Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USABy Bruce S. Ticker “Justice, justice thou shalt pursue…” – Exodus “The law is all we have…” – Newman, from “The Seven” segment in “Seinfeld” Team Bibi’s plans to transform Israel’s legal system boils down to a perversion of our most basic biblical teachings. They will forsake justice to feed their political appetites. Retired Rabbi
If Justice, Justice is Not Pursued in Israel Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USAIf Republicans get their act together on Tuesday, when a new term for Congress begins, they will have the opportunity to make themselves useful. Republicans will take over the House then by a difference of four or five seats, giving them power to act against Omar, Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit and other representatives who distort the Israeli situation and/or slander Jews. [Bruce S. Ticker]
GOP House Leadership May Rebuke Omar and Tlaib Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — As I scanned the menu at a Japanese restaurant on Sunday, I overheard the word “Palestinians.” I turned my head and spotted a few men at the end of a long table jabbering away, about 20 feet from my table. They were with a dozen others who appeared to
Palestinians Dread What They Have Wrought Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA