By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Is President Trump mellowing? You be the judge. Stung by rebuffs from segments of the Jewish community and rocked by what the Democratic victory in the mid-term House elections could mean to him and his administration, the president might well have been expected to react as he usually
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Actor Alec Baldwin was in the news last week, as he was arrested for allegedly assaulting a man during a parking dispute. Baldwin has been in the middle of many controversies in the past, including what Israel-related event? A. The Dominican newspaper El Nacional ran an article about Donald Trump and
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireWhy the Jewish Community of Pittsburgh Did Not Want President Trump to Attend the Funerals of the Victims of the Tree of Life Massacre By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−It expected that he would toss out boxes of Kleenex to the mourners. * It suspected that he intended to recruit minions rather than join a minyan.
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Yiddish, often considered an endangered species, seems to be enjoying a revival. The most dramatic example is a literal revival — the new National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene production of Fiddler on the Roof (under the title, Fidler afn Dach) at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City.
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Ariana Grande is in the news following the announcement of her breakup with Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson. Grande was raised Catholic, but turned away from the religion because of the theology regarding homosexuality, in solidarity with her gay brother, Frankie. She now studies kabbalah and has been
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireDonald Trump on the Stump By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−“Sadly, it looks like Mexico’s Police and Military are unable to stop the Caravan heading to the Southern Border of the United States. Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in. Why else would they call it caravan? They disguised its Middle Eastern origins by ditching
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Lotto fever has hit the country, as the Mega Millions first prize in this week’s drawing will be at least $1.6 billion, an all-time high amount. Israel offers its own lottery, known as Mifal HaPayis, with a variety of games including a bi-weekly 7-number drawing, as well
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireRogues Killed Khashoggi (To the Tune of “I Shot the Sheriff”) By Laurie Baron Rogues killed Khashoggi, but you know it was an accident. Rogues killed Khashoggi, when he became intransigent. Fifteen were sent to interrogate. But he resisted and things escalate. It did not go as required. All of a sudden he
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireCSI-Clueless Saudi Investigator By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−The show opens with a gory scene of fifteen bearded men wearing red and white checkered keffiyehs cinched with black ayals. They are dismembering a bloody corpse with a bone saw inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. The camera shifts to the Oval Office of the White House
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York –Tensions are rising in the Middle East, as Turkey has accused Saudi Arabia of murdering a Saudi journalist working for the Washington Post inside the Saudi embassy in Istanbul. There is a long Jewish history in Turkey, going back to at least the 5th century BCE. And according to
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireTrump on the Stump Translations By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−For those who don’t understand Trump Speak, here is what he says and what his base hears. * “It’s a very scary time for young men in America when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of.” This means boys can
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump’s trade battle with China could have unintended benefits for kosher delicatessens in the United States. White House sources, knowledgeable about his thinking in the controversy, report that the president is considering levying duties on treyf products used in Chinese restaurants. Were they imposed, these restaurants would undoubtedly
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SAN DIEGO– Another Jewish-interest license plate spotted by our maven in such matters, Melanie Rubin. “Dorot” in Hebrew means generations. It is also the name of a kibbutz in the Sha’ar Hanegev municipality of Israel, with which the Jewish Federation of San Diego has a long standing partnership arrangement.
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SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted this gem, which is Hebrew for “despite expectations.” We don’t know how “dafka” fits in with the license plate frame’s message about chemists, but there must be some formula.
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