By Laurie Baron MARGATE, New Jersey ‒ At this week’s Democratic presidential debate, a podium was set up just in case Joe Biden decided to become a candidate in the primary elections. To make it less obvious that the Vice President was a no-show, the podium was put next to the chair Clint Eastwood talked to […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California –Dear little smart phone, my little, 2- ´ 4-inch, constant companion. How can such a small thing sitting in my pocket replace an eighteen-volume encyclopedia Britannica as well as a shelf with phone directories, dictionaries, a thesaurus, and grammar, foreign-language, and medical reference books? You truly are a
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Natasha Josefowitz, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — How did a Jew named Abraham Zacuto play a role in the saving of Christopher Columbus’s life? A. During the Inquisition, Jews were rounded up throughout Spain and given the choice to convert or be killed. But many non-Jews were swept up in these efforts, as well. Columbus
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Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron MARGATE, New Jersey‒ Rupert Murdoch stirred up controversy when he tweeted that he wished Ben Carson’s candidacy well because he would be a “real black president.” He clarified his remarks by stating that he meant to say a “real American Christian black president.” * Ben Carson claimed that the Holocaust would never have
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By Laurie Baron MARGATE, New Jersey–Pope Francis is trying to do damage control over his embarrassing meeting with Kim Davis. Just late week he cancelled his audience with Edward Snowden and El Chapo. * An anonymous staffer for Chris Christie revealed that the Governor was delighted that New Jersey was threatened by Hurricane Joaquin because
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Jews worldwide are celebrating Shemini Atzeret by chanting the Tefilat Geshem, the prayer for rain. A group of Jewish witches in Northern California will gather in a sukkah built around a hot tub, while invoking Native American ancestors and the Canaanite storm and rain god Ba’al Hadad. What is this community
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — What did the late Yogi Berra say when he was told that a Jew was elected mayor of Dublin? A. Dublin? Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.B. It’s like déjà Jew all over again.C. Only in America.D. Why shouldn’t he? Jimmy Walker’s Irish, and he was elected mayor of New
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron MARGATE, New Jersey‒ After his absence from television for fabricating stories about his role in the news he was reporting, Brian Williams covered the Pope’s visit to the United States for MSNBC. He did well until he reminisced about how he and the Pope smoked pot during his audience with Francis. *
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SAN DIEGO– Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, spotted this one. Pronounced “Cassia,” it’s a woman’s first name, but it also is Hebrew for a cassia tree, which produces an oil that the ancient Israelites used for anointing. (See Exodus 30:24)
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron MARGATE, New Jersey‒ House Republicans are fighting against the renewal of Michelle Obama’s guidelines for federally supported school lunch programs because they violate the American right to life, liberty, and gluttony and the 2nd amendment guarantee to bear arms and body fat. * Donald Trump failed to repudiate a supporter who contended
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireThe Republican presidential debate By Laurie Baron MARGATE, New Jersey — CNN advertised the debate like it was a boxing match in which some of the candidates would be knocked senseless in the ensuing exchanges. It turned out that the views of many of the candidates on abortion, childhood inoculations, gay marriage, the minimum wage,
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — A lawsuit has been filed in California against a number of synagogues, including Young Israel of Beverly Hills, alleging a violation related to the High Holidays. What is the lawsuit about? A. On the High Holidays, these synagogues do not open their parking lots as it is a violation of
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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron MARGATE, New Jersey‒ Donald Trump conceded that the United States might have to permit some Syrian refugees to immigrate here for humanitarian reasons. On second thought, he realized he could make a better deal by offering to trade undocumented Mexican aliens for a group of Syrians and an undisclosed number of white
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Kim Davis is the Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses because of her religious objection to same-sex marriage. What Jewish reference did her attorney, Mathew Staver, make when speaking about this case? A. “Would the Supreme Court tell a rabbi to marry a
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