By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Reports have surfaced that Edward Snowden is negotiating with Federal authorities to return to the United States if two of his demands can be met: 1) he will only be charged with hacking instead of espionage; 2) he can retain the same lawyer who got General David Petraeus such a […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ President Obama chided Americans for having the lowest voter participation rate among Western nations. Fox News cited this as another instance of how he doesn’t love America and pointed to the high audience voting rate for American Idol to disprove his charge. * Boko Haram pledged allegiance to ISIS prompting
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Many rabbis, most notably Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, participated in the marches and other civil rights movement activities in the 1960’s. The wearing of a yarmulke was adopted by many black marchers, necessitating the special delivery of 1000 yarmulkes for the march from Selma to Montgomery 50
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SAN DIEGO–For some, the phrase in God’s hands might recall an old movie title, or a song, or perhaps a line of street wear. But when license plate maven Melanie Rubin sent this into San Diego Jewish World, it brought to mind a poignant moment from the play Fiddler on the Roof. “Papa, God alone knows when we
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Based on its investigation of the Ferguson Police Department, the Department of Justice concluded that Ferguson’s police exhibited a pattern of racism against African Americans in arrests, fining, car and pedestrian stops, ticketing, and the use of force and dogs. In an addendum the DOJ revealed that the highest ranking
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Ashkenzaic Jews remember Haman’s evil by making noise with a greggar whenever Haman’s name is said at the Megillah reading. How do Moroccan Jews note Haman’s wickedness? A. They make a three cornered pastry similar to a hamantashen, but it is filled with red strawberries, representing the blood
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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Horowitz Freedom Center has identified several more universities where anti-Semitism is so rampant that pogroms have occurred there. When the story was checked out, it was discovered that student theatre ensembles on each of these campuses had been performing Fiddler on the Roof. * ISIS issued a threat against
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — At one point in his life, Leonard Nimoy scheduled a speaking tour, but a number of synagogues then canceled his scheduled appearances. What was their objection? A. Nimoy produced and starred in the movie Never Forget, based on the true story of Mel Mermelstein, a Holocaust survivor who confronted
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Angered that the Senate passed a “clean” bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, House Republicans proposed a three week funding extension of DHS expecting that ISIS, Al Qaeda, and other Islamic terrorist groups will be defeated by interim but then voted against the measure. Apparently, John Boehner prefers
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York –What is Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner Patricia Arquette’s Jewish connection? A. Her paternal grandfather Cliff Arquette (also known as Charley Weaver) was Christian, her father was Muslim, and her mother was Jewish. She and her four siblings (all actors) were raised with no religion. She is the
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ First, it was Brian Williams lying about his experiences in Iraq. Next it was revealed that Bill O’Reilly hadn’t reported from a combat zone during the Falklands War. Now Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald has admitted that he did not serve in the Special Forces as he once claimed. Doctors
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─Pop Quiz: Who authored the following? “We … declare that these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States.” A.Thomas Jefferson B. A radical anti-colonialist C. Barack Obama D. A and B. Answer: D. * Clarifying his assertion that he is his own man and
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — No sooner was the ink dry on a recent column here at the San Diego Jewish World about President Obama’s NASCAR-related remarks at the annual National Prayer Breakfast than a former religion columnist for the Kansas City Star named Bill Tammeus picked up his own computer keyboard and
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SAN DIEGO–If you want to know why this license plate caught the eye of our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, you have to think with a Yiddish accent. This car is a ‘kvick one.’ In other words, as Rubin interpreted it, that auto goes fast!
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