Supply chain problems have led to shortages of many consumer products, including computer chips, breakfast cereal, running shoes, paint and more. What product has been in short supply recently which has affected the Jewish community? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Hanukkah, Oh, Hanukkah,
Things are getting better.
Last year our party
Was a super spreader. … [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireThe World Health Organization employs Greek letters instead of people’s names or places to label new variants of Covid-19. It does so to avoid derogatory terms like the ones coined by Donald Trump who called Covid the China virus and the Kung Flu. Frankly, I wish the WHO had retaliated against him and dubbed Covid Donald’s Disease [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Science, Medicine, & Education, Trivia, Humor & SatireStephen Sondheim’s upbringing included attendance at summer sleepaway camp with many other Jewish campers. Where did Sondheim go to summer camp?
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
In the November 28, 2021 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
–Two Israeli breakthroughs in cancer research.
–Two Israeli women “break the glass ceiling” – in innovation and IDF leadership.
–Two historic events uniting Israel and the UAE.
–Two more cool Israeli energy-saving innovations.
–Boost in Israel’s economic ties with Serbia and Morocco.
–Four more billion-dollar Israeli companies.
–Israeli wins at the Emmy awards and in the World jiu-jitsu championships.
–Two major Temple-era archaeological discoveries in Jerusalem [Michael Ordman]
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Business & Finance, International, Jewish History, Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAThe great 20th century Orthodox authorities Rabbi Moshe Feinstein and Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik agreed that the holiday is secular, not Christian, and therefore celebration by Jews is not religiously prohibited. There has been another controversy around the holiday, however. What past Thanksgiving event led a group of rabbis to protest? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireI shot the vandals, when I made myself a deputy.
I shot the vandals, shield property from jeopardy.
Walking through Kenosha town
Pointing my rifle all around. … [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
While sitting and reading a book about three weeks ago, I felt a sharp pain in my lower abdomen and looked down to see a golf ball size bulge protruding out of it. Since I had a hernia 25 years ago, I immediately thought it had recurred, though my cinematic imagination made me fear it was the larval form of the creature from Alien beginning to erupt through my skin and scamper around my house. My quandary was whether to go to urgent care or contact Segourney Weaver. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Trivia, Humor & SatireWhat problem arose when Britney Spears performed in Tel Aviv in 2017? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Ira Spector, who contributed more than 30 columns to this publication on subjects including his childhood in Brooklyn, his service in the Coast Guard, his extensive travels, interesting personalities he had met, and his flamboyant tennis game, died Oct. 14, just four days shy of his 88th birthday. [SDJW]
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International, Lifestyles, Middle East, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAIt has been speculated that the most “Jewish” characters on Sesame Street are Statler and Waldorf, the curmudgeonly critics in the balcony. What actual Jewish event has occurred on Sesame Street? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireAlthough many countries at the COP26 Climate Summit concur that the world must address the threat posed by global warming, none seem willing to immediately adopt radical measures to deal with it sufficiently.
At the COP-26 (Conspiracy of Polluters), big corporations have proposed their own solutions. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireJay Black never lost his Jewish connections, and Jay and the Americans included what song of Jewish interest on their 1967 album Try Some of This! ? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Trivia, Humor & SatireBefore going to Europe, President Biden summoned key Democrats to play poker in the hope it would pave the way for a resolution of their stalemate on his Build Back Better Plan. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire