By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Very few climbers have reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the last two years, due to deadly avalanches and a huge earthquake. The 2016 season has just begun, with 9 Sherpas reaching the summit on May 11; however, four climbers have already died this month, with numerous others taking
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Justice Department filed a suit against North Carolina’s law that mandates people use the bathroom commensurate with the gender on their birth certificates. Although this ultimately will be decided by a Federal judge, transgender groups hope that the case can be heard by a jury of their pee-ers. *
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Israel’s honorary consul in Rio de Janeiro criticized Brazil’s embattled president, Dilma Roussef, for her comparison of the effort to impeach her to the Nazis’ persecution of Jews. Yet, two years ago, the criticism went in the opposite direction when what was said? A. The president of the Brazilian Israelite
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ A poll conducted by the Israeli Democracy Institute found that 72 percent of Jewish Israelis believe Israel’s control over the Palestinian territories does not constitute an occupation. It also indicated that the same percentage of Israelis refer to the Israeli settlements in the West Bank as urban sprawl. * Denigrated
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, is celebrated this Thursday, May 12. How is one company marking this event? A. Mars Food is selling bags of M&M’s in blue and white colors. The letter M on each candy has been replaced with the number 68.B. Utz Quality Foods issued an Independence
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Trivia, Humor & SatireTrump? Harumph By Laurie Baron LONDON, United Kingdom—Sheldon Adelson endorsed Donald Trump because he’ll be good for Israel. Sheldon, aren’t you a bit concerned about whether he will be good for the United States? * Hillary Clinton released a campaign advertisement featuring clips of former Republican presidential candidates denouncing Donald Trump. Trump retaliated by
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron FALMOUTH, United Kingdom -Ted Cruz named Carly Fiorina his running mate because she is even more unlikable than him. After he introduced her at a rally, he did not notice when she fell off the stage replicating the response of most Americans when she withdrew from the presidential race earlier this year.
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Donald Trump’s name was associated with a problem that attracted the attention of the Israeli police last month. What happened? A. Thousands of pounds of Trump Steaks were seized because they were stamped as kosher but they did not actually have kosher certification. B. A local bottled
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Many people and organizations have created new Haggadahs and supplemental readings to be used at seders. Which of the following is not an actual alternate version of the Ten Plagues? A. The Tzedek Seder: #BlackLivesMatter Haggadah offered Ten Plagues-Ten Lives Lost, in memory of those lost to police violence:1. Sean
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Stanley Tiger SAN DIEGO –Passover in the 21st Century presents Jewish people with new dilemmas unimagined in previous eras: Should I have regular white flour matzah, whole wheat matzah, egg matzah, any of the flavored matzahs, and more recently “gluten free matzah.” We also have the choice of salted or unsalted matzah, domestic or
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Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Trivia, Humor & SatirePassover Edition By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO –Basking in his New York primary victory, Donald Trump compared himself to Pharaoh. Both excel at massive building projects, but Trump would have made the Jews pay for the pyramids. Z * Ultra-orthodox rabbis have decided that marijuana is kosher for Passover if smoked for medicinal purposes. After
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — What connection between Jews and Christians did John Kasich make while visiting a Chassidic school, shmura matzah factory, and Jewish bookstore in Borough Park, Brooklyn? A. Referencing the matzah that he observed being prepared he said, “You know, I was raised Catholic, I’m now Anglican, and so all
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Donald Trump’s convention manager Paul Manafort accused Ted Cruz of employing “Gestapo tactics” to recruit delegates to vote for him. Either Manafort doesn’t know anything about the Gestapo or he doesn’t know anything about the Republican Party’s rules regarding the delegate selection process. * Rabbis in Scotland have approved of
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