(Tune: Row, Row, Row, Your Boat) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Roe, Roe, Roe, your vote. Pack the Supreme Court. Scarily, scarily, scarily, scarily. No crime to abort! Roe, Roe, Roe, your vote. Inflation is a curse. Warily, warily, warily, warily. The GOP is worse. Roe, Roe, Roe, your vote. We can’t afford to
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By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Passover 2022 is over, with a number of seders making the news. Vice president Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff hosted a seder at their residence at the Naval Observatory. Meanwhile many Ukrainian Jews celebrated seders in exile, while Jews world-wide added prayers for peace for the
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Now that the low hanging fruit of blatantly perverted and racist books have been banned by school boards in many states, it’s time to start evaluating the deleterious impact that the most frequently assigned books by schools have on the impressionable minds of tweens and teenagers. The Bible: Contains
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SAN DIEGO — It seems that by substituting the number 5 for the letter S, Israel’s intelligence agency was trying to evade our license plate maven Melanie Rubin on this one. Yet unbeknownst to the Mossad, Rubin is well-versed in undercover operations.
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LA JOLLA, California — It’s unclear exactly which Chabad center in San Diego County inspired this license plate, spotted by Melanie Rubin in the Lawrence Family JCC parking lot. But more than likely, the driver was grabbing a bite at Botanic Burgers for some post-Passover chametz.
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Melanie Rubin, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — French President Emmanuel Macron won reelection in a closely contested contest against Marine Le Pen. Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally Party, has been a controversial figure in French politics for many years, following in the footsteps of her father Jean-Marie Le Pen. She has alarmed
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire(To the tune of “Lady Madonna”) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Stare Decisis, its time has expired. With the three judges Donald Trump hired. Who needs Roe when you are with child? Carry it to term if you’ve been defiled. Six weeks is too much time to tarry. Informers can charge you with
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Jews worldwide celebrated Passover this weekend. Many held family seders, some joined with friends, and others participated in larger events with their synagogues or other Jewish organizations. Some Jews are celebrating the holiday in more luxurious ways, such as at Magical Passover in Orlando, the Luxury Pesach
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Preface: Russian Jews revere me, but I worry that their traditional Seder might evoke analogies between the unjustly vilified Pharaoh and my benign leadership. To avert this, I have supplied them with a Haggadah from his perspective to guide their Seders. Seder means order, and they are ordered to
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Congressman Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina is in the news for his recent comments that he witnessed leaders in his party using cocaine, and that he had been invited to orgies by older prominent Republicans. Cawthorn has been a major supporter of President Donald Trump and Trump’s
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Vladimir Putin miscalculated when he expected Russia to rapidly defeat and occupy Ukraine. His mistake stems from the misinformation he received from advisors and intelligence agencies who feared disputing his decisions. My mole in the Kremlin, a waiter named Pinkus Pinsky, has sent me copies of the briefing materials
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Mike King, a Jewish pediatric dentist, has transported “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer” from the North Pole to the Middle East. In the process, he changed him into Enamel the Camel and made his teeth, rather than his nose, shine brightly enough to help his fellow camels find their way through a blinding sandstorm. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Will Smith remains in the headlines following his smack of comedian Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. Smith announced that he has resigned from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences as he awaits the Academy’s review of his actions and possible disciplinary measures. Smith was the
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The Academy Awards ceremony took place this past weekend. Among the Jewish nominees were actor Andrew Garfield, film editors Myron Kerstein & Andrew Weisblum, documentary filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt, director Stephen Spielberg, and Maggie Gyllenhaal, who was nominated for her adapted screenplay, The Lost Daughter. Garfield played Jonathan Larson, the Jewish
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