By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — While the Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee was spared by the wildfires that consumed thousands of acres in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the death and destruction resulting from the fires has moved Dolly Parton to help those left in need. With funding from Dollywood as well […]
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAThe newly expanded 2016 product line celebrates strong female role models with history and humor CINCINNATI, Dec. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The pop culture icon, THE MENSCH ON A BENCH has not only expanded his Mishpacha, but also continues to solidify his presence as a meaningful holiday presence for Jewish and interfaith families. Neal Hoffman,
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Donald Trump conferred the epithet Crooked Hillary on his presidential rival because he accused her of pay to play arrangements between donors to the Clinton Foundation and the access they were granted to her as Secretary of State. As more revelations about the Trump Organization’s international properties are revealed and the
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Cuban leader Fidel Castro died last week at the age of 90. What was Fidel Castro’s first significant connection to Jews and Judaism? A. Until 1973, Israel and Cuba had diplomatic relations, and one of the strongest ties was in the area of agricultural assistance provided by Israel to Cuban farmers.
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — In what may be hid most controversial appointment yet, President-elect Donald J. Trump has confided to intimates he’s seriously considering naming israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a special envoy at large. According to insiders’ reports, Trump had thought of naming Bibi to his cabinet, but “then there’d
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Donald Trump demanded an apology from the cast of Hamilton for allowing a member of its cast to appeal to Mike Pence to respect the civil rights of all Americans. Trump noted that he heard Hamilton was “highly overrated” and added that he feels the same about Jefferson and Madison. *
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SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted this license plate which utilized the Hebrew word “nahag” meaning “to drive” or “to guide.” Noting that the number following the word is 10, which denotes a perfect score, Rubin surmised that the person who owns the car must be a good driver, indeed.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman NEW YORK — The Broadway play Hamilton is in the news, as the cast addressed Mike Pence the other night when he attended a performance of the show. Alexander Hamilton had a little-known connection to Jews. What was it? A. Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Schuyler had eight children, including their daughter Eliza.
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireThe Second Hundred Days By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−We know Donald Trump’s priorities for his first one hundred days in office, but I was curious what policies he will push in the second one hundred days. After I proved through ancestry.com that my great grandfather came from the same shtetl as Jared Kushner’s, I interviewed
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President-elect Donald J. Trump has tweeted that he intends to have a shul built in the White House “to make Judaism great again.” He said that Judaism “was once a great religion, but had waned during the Obama years. And, if Hillary had been elected President, it would
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-President Obama is visiting Greece, Germany, and Peru to assure their leaders that Donald Trump will not radically alter American foreign policies and to ask which of them will grant political asylum to Hillary Clinton. *
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman NEW YORK — Surely the most famous song written and performed by Leonard Cohen, who passed away last week, is Hallelujah. The song, with its Biblical references to Samson and Delilah and David and Bathsheba, has been covered by hundreds of performers, including Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainright, Willie Nelson and Justin
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−The Center for Disease Control has issued a health alert for people living in states that voted for Hillary Clinton. Cases of people showing up at hospital emergency rooms and wearing “Deal Me In,” I’m With Her,” “Nasty Woman” and “Run Like a Girl” tee shirts have reached epidemic proportions since
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−When Obama became president, sales of guns spiked. When Trump became president, applications for Green Cards and DACA status spiked. * Donald and Melania Trump have indicated that they have huge plans for redecorating the White House. Although specifics aren’t yet available, reporters have detected that members of Trump’s transition team
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