By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−ABC canceled Rosanne Barr’s show for degrading the network’s reputation by tweeting outrageous conspiracy theories and racist insults. Can the American people cancel Donald Trump’s term for degrading the presidency by doing the same thing? * A week ago President Trump abruptly called off his summit with Kim Jong-un to
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — A company has been formed to help Jewish mourners properly observe the requirements of their first-week mourning period. Called Queen of Shiva, the firm offers to handle some of the details of observance required of those who have suffered the loss of a loved one. The firm’s founder, who asked
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Jewish Religion, Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−President Donald Trump cancelled his upcoming summit with North Korea in reaction to the “tremendous anger and open hostility” it displayed in a recent statement. Of course, President Trump has never done this in his tweets or public pronouncements. Within an hour, Trump was nominated for a Nobel Cease Prize. * Could
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — One of the traditions of Shavuot is the all night Torah study session known as the Tikkun Leil Shavuot, meaning Rectification (or Repair) for Shavuot Night. What are the roots of this custom? A. The practice of the Tikkun Leil Shavuot was put forth by Rabbi Isaac Luria
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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireLamenting the Headlines: If I Were a Gazan (Melody: If I Were a Rich Man) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — If I were a Gazan Daidle deedle daidle Daidle daidle deedle daidle dumb I’d charge the fence while under gunfire. I don’t need Hamas to enflame my ire. My circumstances are extremely dire. Why
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — He hasn’t “exactly” been invited, his press secretary acknowledged, but President Trump is planning to speak at the Jewish day school that two of his grandchildren attend. It may cause controversy among some of the parents, But he is planning to address the school on the last day
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Hawaii is suffering from the destruction wreaked by the eruption of the Kilauea volcano. Israel has its own volcano, Mount Bental, which last erupted about 50,000 years ago. The volcano is now a tourist site with spectacular views of the Hula Valley, Mount Hermon and the Golan Heights,
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & SatireThe Haspel According to John (McCain) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Gina Haspel’s evasive answers to questions about whether enhanced interrogation techniques are illegal or immoral tortured my memories. * Gina Haspel ran a Black Site in Thailand, what you might call a Scare B & B, Bondage and Boarding. Having stayed at the Hanoi Hilton,
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — A Brooklyn entrepreneur plans to introduce a full-service organization that will install and maintain a community’s eruv, the wire or string that (in combination with existing structures such as telephone poles) forms a symbolic barrier enabling Shabbos observers to push strollers and carry items within its confines
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Jewish Religion, Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Many members of the press denounced Michelle Wolf for her scathing remarks about Press Secretary Sarah Sanders at the White House Correspondents Dinner. To avert future insults of members of the Trump Administration, the group announced it will not meet hold a dinner next year unless President Trump attends the event,
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK–At the suggestion of his daughter Ivanka and his son-in-law Jared, President Trump will mark the Jewish holiday of Shavuot this month with a national week of special observance. But at their urging, he’s dropped his original plan of emphasizing one or two of the Ten Commandments each day of
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Actor Verne Troyer, best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movies, died last week. In 2011, he visited Israel. Besides visiting the Western Wall, what else did Troyer do in Israel? A. Troyer, a Catholic, was in Israel to speak at the Youth Summit for Peace, sponsored by
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireThe Donalogue by President Trump By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — In the prequel to Genesis, or as I call it Genesis Minus 1, which Pious Pence brought to my attention, the Ten Commandments that have guided my life can be found. 1“I am the boss, your President, who drained the swamp leaving only muck.
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — A consortium of Jewish women is developing a Jewish-oriented device along the lines of Alexa and other electronic gadgets that respond to and fulfill the user’s spoken requests to play music, read the news, give weather reports, order food, shop on line, and much more. The Jewish device
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