Trivia, Humor & Satire

Jewish trivia quiz: Leonard Cohen, z”l

By 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 & Satire

Humoring the Headlines: November 11, 2016

By 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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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

‘Just Kidding’: Absalom calls Solomon’s rise ‘rigged’

By Joel H. Cohen In ancient documents recently discovered by archeologists, Absalom charged that his brother Solomon’s ascendancy to the throne was “rigged.” Absalom told an ancient  scribe, “Crooked Sol conned the corrupt media into believing he was the smart one, but I had him beat by an incredible number of cubits. When he wasn’t

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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire

‘Just Kidding’: Regulating extreme shuckling

By Joel H. Cohen   NEW YORK — A group of Brooklyn pulpit rabbis, heads of yeshivas and prominent laymen has quietly enacted an informal, non-binding agreement to rein-in “extreme” shuckling. The compact applies to themselves, their students and congregants. The action came in the aftermath of  injuries suffered by an unidentified 12-year-old boy, who swayed so

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Jewish Religion, Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Humoring the headlines: October 20, 2016

The Third Presidential Debate-TGIO By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Trump supporters were impressed with how much their candidate had matured since the second debate.  He managed not to stalk Hillary Clinton when she was speaking, waited nearly thirty minutes before interrupting her, and did not label her the devil. * Hillary Clinton supported legal abortion

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Jewish trivia question: Bob Dylan

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York – Bob Dylan recently received the Nobel Prize for Literature, “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” as noted by the Swedish Academy which chooses the winners. In 1975, Dylan appeared at a congregational seder at Hollywood’s Temple Israel. What song did he perform at the

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire