Hagbah-Gelilah approved as Olympic sport By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Inspired by the popularity of snowboarding at the 2014 winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee has approved hagbah-gelilah as a competitive sport, which will make its debut at the Olympics this year in Rio. The two-man teams will have one member lifting the Torah scroll by its bottom […]
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireMassachusetts senator and rock star progressive Elizabeth Warren joined Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail this week, giving rousing speeches in support of the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. But Warren was not always Clinton’s biggest fan. On Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” Wednesday, host Trevor Noah listed off the reasons why Warren could be
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABad News, Good News By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The bad news is that Ikea dressers not anchored to walls easily topple over injuring and killing children. The good news is that only a small fraction of the dressers ever were assembled by purchasers who tried to follow the instructions. * The good news is
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireEditor’s Note: Following is a new humor column by Joel H. Cohen. Nothing herein should be taken seriously. Such a theme park! By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — A theme park devoted to Jewish customs, rituals, cooking, heroes and heroines is due to open in Boca Raton, Florida this fall, Disney and Universal,
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireEditor’s Note: Following is a new humor column by Joel H. Cohen. Nothing herein should be taken seriously. Could Donald Trump Be Jewish By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Declaring “I get along great with the Jews,” Donald Trump said he might be Jewish himself. The presumptive candidate for the Republican nomination for President said,
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireMake America a Golf Course By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ On his visit to Scotland, Donald Trump could not resist showing off his renovated golf course and claiming that if he can fix a golf course, he can fix the United States. Imagine if a microphone caught him unawares while he was elaborating on his
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireSummer TV Series By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─Now that the regular television season is over, the networks are premiering new series to replace them for the summer. Here are the most promising ones: That Sixties Show: John Lewis reenacts the civil rights sit-ins of the 1960s on the floor of the House of Representatives. After
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireJimmy Fallon does a pretty good Donald Trump impression, but he may have some competition. On NBC’s “The Tonight Show” Wednesday, Fallon reprised his trademark impression of the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, but he was not alone. The comedian brought out Jack Aiello, a 14-year old who recently gave an 8th grade commencement speech as
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Why did Israeli sports journalist Sharon Davidovitch say “LeBron James is now the most hated person in Israel. It’s a little bit joking and a little bit true: These days I can only compare the Israeli hate for LeBron James to the hate for Hamas.” A. He wrote this in
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Editor’s Note: The following is satire and should not be taken literally By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — “Because I want to make Russian Jews great again,” Donald Trump said he’s agreed to play Tevye in a special production of Fiddler on the Roof. The show will necessarily be a limited-run production (ending by
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Joel H. Cohen, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Any of us who have listened to KPBS radio have heard Richard Lederer (aka The Verbivore, the Wizard of Idiom, Attila the Pun & Conan the Grammarian). “A Way With Words” –which he hosted from 1998 to 2006- is must listen radio for folks who delight in etymology
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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Fiddler on the Roof was one of the nominees, though not the winner, of the Best Revival of a Musical category at this year’s Tony Awards ceremony. When Fiddler on the Roof was first being developed, the opening song, “Tradition,” was the last to be written. What song
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireFunny (and) Sad in Israel By Laurie Baron TEL AVIV–This past week I have been in Israel. The vibrant night life and cosmopolitanism makes it easy to forget that normality can turn into tragedy at any moment. I had dined near the Sarona Center the day before the shooting. A change of plan and day
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The world is mourning the passing of boxing champion Muhammad Ali. Some years ago, Ali made an appearance at Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia. What was the reason for his visit? A. He was in attendance at the aufruf of his daughter Khaliah in 1997, prior to her
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