By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — We increasingly are entering perpetual holiday mode from Halloween through New Year’s Day. Now it appears the holidays are becoming homogenized. As evidence of this phenomenon, look at the photo below of a decoration atop the chimney of a house in my neighborhood. It shows a skeletal Santa next […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado recently claimed that teachers “are putting litter boxes in schools for students who identify as cats.” This new conspiracy theory espoused by other ultra-conservative Republicans is an extrapolation of their campaign against adjustments schools have made for transgender pupils. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Mark D. Zimmerman Jews around the world are celebrating Sukkot this week. The most significant preparation is the building of a sukkah, a temporary outdoor structure, by many synagogues, schools, Jewish organizations, and individuals. The sukkah symbolizes the huts in which the Israelites lived during the Exodus, and also represents the structures that farmers
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron Worried about all the legal problems his father-in-law is facing, Jared Kushner persuaded him to attend Yom Kippur services to atone for his sins. Donald agreed only on the condition that he didn’t have to fast and could call DoorDash to deliver him a Big Mac, fries, and diet Coke at lunch
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Mark D. Zimmerman Challah is the bread that is typically served by Jews on Shabbat as well as on holidays. The source of the word challah is a biblical command to separate a piece of bread dough as a tithe for the kohanim, the priests. This obligation is called hafrashat challah, or “separating the challah.” Challah is
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron (Melody: Oklahoma) Mar-a-Lago, where the lackies come to kiss Trump’s ring Where secrets are stored since he likes to hoard Believing that he owns everything. Mar-a-Lago, where agents confiscated files. And he felt maligned since in his mind They’re declassified, no grounds for a trial. We know they belong to the land,
By Elona Baron (as barked to Laurie Baron) SAN DIEGO — Walking my owner around the neighborhood, I notice the tombstones, pumpkins, ghosts, black cats, spiders, monsters, and skeletons that sprout up on front lawns at the end of September. I dread what this portends: Halloween, my least favorite holiday! That evening small strangers repeatedly
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By Mark D. Zimmerman Jews around the world are listening to the blowing of the shofar during the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, and again on Yom Kippur. The shofar is typically a hollowed out ram’s horn, though other animals’ horns are also used, including goats, ibexes and kudus. While there is not a specific reference to
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireNow that the political stunt of shipping undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers to blue states under false pretenses has become the policy of Republican Trump-wannabe governors, Democratic officials should respond in kind. Without requiring them to pay me a fee for political consulting, here are my suggestions. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
The United States Supreme Court recently ruled that the school must obey the decision of the New York State Supreme Court, which stated that because the school is incorporated as an educational institution, not a religious one, it cannot deny the club’s request. In response, Yeshiva University announced that for the time being, they are suspending all student club activities. A lawyer representing the student organization called the university’s action “a throwback to 50 years ago when the city of Jackson, Miss., closed all public swimming pools rather than comply with court orders to desegregate.” There are almost 100 student organizations affected by the University’s decision, including which of the following? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireI am finding the 11 days of mourning ceremonies between the death of Queen Elizabeth II and her burial next Monday archaic, pompous, and tedious. If only she were Jewish, we would be spared the redundant rituals, and much time and money could be saved not only by the United Kingdom but also by all the countries dispatching their leaders and reporters to cover the event. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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International, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Marcia Tatz Wollner found this license plate, which indicates that even Snoopy takes joy in the Tora.
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Marcia Tatz Wollner, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted her latest gem on Monday morning. Cheers to that!
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Melanie Rubin, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth died at the age of 96, having reigned for 70 years. She is being mourned around the world, including by members of the British Jewish community. According to Ephraim Mirvis, the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, “Her affection for the Jewish people
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire