By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA–Most Americans no doubt spend little time thinking about Israel. Not that they have anything against it, but its fate is not high on their priority lists. Yet Israel figured prominently into the Oct. 22 foreign policy debate between President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Obama broached it first, [...]
By Bruce S. Ticker LOS ANGELES – Poor Jewish Angelenos. California’s new “top-two” primary must be an anti-Semitic plot. Uncle Leo of “Seinfeld” would conclude nothing less, especially since an Austrian-born governor signed off on it. Recall that Uncle Leo once accused a cook of anti-Semitism for overcooking a hamburger. The state’s first “top-two” primary should [...]
PHILADELPHIA (Press Release)–George Costanza Goes to Washington, a new e-book written by Bruce S. Ticker, depicts the shortcomings of our dysfunctional political process that enable too many George Costanzas to run our government. Seinfeld TV show fans will recall when George almost negotiated his way out of an offer to produce a television pilot for NBC, [...]
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Who really broke the deal? Granted, Israel’s conditions for a peace settlement appear to be a sure deal-breaker. Israeli negotiators notified their Arab counterparts on Wednesday, Jan. 25, that as a guiding principle existing settlement blocs must become part of Israel in a two-state solution, The New York Times [...]
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA–John Cook and Wael Elasady do not stop with legitimate criticism of a Jewish-related issue. They openly slur the Jews. Elasady compared Israel to Sudan’s genocide of Darfur’s people when he joined with others who assailed Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski for trading with Israel. Cook, a Republican honcho in Texas, dragged [...]
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA– Texas can boast the heroes of the Alamo, Sam Houston’s victory at San Jacinto that gave Texas its independence, World War II hero Audie Murphy and three U.S. presidents–both George Bushes and Lyndon B. Johnson Hopefully, Peter Morrison and Ray Myers do not reflect today’s average Texan. Morrison and Myers exposed themselves [...]
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA–The reinvented National Museum of American Jewish History features this inspired advantage: A visitor can readily find it, and swiftly reach it. The museum, which traces the Jewish experience in the United States, is located at the same corner as Philadelphia’s Fifth Street SEPTA subway station and a stop for numerous [...]
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA– Eric Cantor, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Allen West missed a fitting opportunity to challenge President Obama’s inconsistent approach to Israel. The occasion emerged in early November when the president clashed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again over East Jerusalem housing. Well, the Cantor/Ros-Lehtinen/West crowd has two years to assure Israelis [...]
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA –The day after news broke that a Catholic archbishop suggested that Judaism has been displaced, Abe Foxman fired off a letter to Cardinal-elect Kurt Koch, the newly appointed president of Vatican’s Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, wrote on Oct. 25: “We [...]
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA– “We are safer today as a result of these convictions.” So proclaimed U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of Manhattan after four Newburgh, N.Y., men were convicted of plotting to bomb two shuls in the Bronx’s Riverdale section and firing missiles at military planes taking off from a base outside Newburgh. These [...]