By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Years ago, in the wide-open office of a trade newspaper where I worked, a young woman staffer suddenly stood up and declared in a loud, clear voice: “When you’re in love, the whole world is Jewish.” And then she quietly sat down. I don’t know how long her love […]
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireIf you’re counting, this is the 250th “Humoring the Headlines” column By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Donald Trump opened his third campaign office in Israel to court the votes of Israeli Americans. He and Bibi are jointly planning to found a branch of Trump University there where students will be able to major in the
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Tim Kaine, Democratic nominee for vice-president, recently visited the historic Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. Jeshuat Israel, the congregation that is housed in the Touro Synagogue building, was recently in the news as a result of its winning a lawsuit against Congregation Shearith Israel of New York
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Jewish History, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Shleppy Sheitels, a boutique that sells deliberately unattractive wigs, is expanding westward, to San Diego and other, still-to-be-determined locations. The idea of offering wigs that are unappealing, explained owner and founder Yetta Flutsky, is in keeping with the original purpose of the mandate for women’s head coverings. “No pun
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO –I know I said I was taking a vacation for a week, but when Donald Trump invents a new word, I can’t resist jumping in. (Extreme Vocabulary by Donald J. Trump) Extreme Bedding: Courtship. Extreme Debting: Business strategy of borrowing more than you can pay back, declaring bankruptcy, and not paying your
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAHello, thank you! It is so great to be here. Look at how many people are here today! No really, look around. People tell me all the time: “Mr. Trump, no one is able to attract crowds like you do.” And it’s true. There are thousands of people here – everywhere I go, they line
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Eggs, long considered pareve, are, in fact, fleishig. That’s the stunning conclusion of a three-year secret study by a commission of rabbis, scientists and philosophers, meeting in an undisclosed location in a southern U.S. state. (“Who’d expect a study like this to take place in a location like
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron The Art of the Steal: How to Win While You Lose by Donald J. Trump Freedom of the press means the freedom to sue if you don’t like how it covers you. “One of the things I’m going to do if I win… I’m going to open up our libel laws so
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USASome campaign theme songs By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Now that the conventions are over, both presidential candidates have released the anthems for their campaigns. I’ll Fix America by Donald Trump (Melody: God Bless America) “While there’s Muslim terror from abroad and near. Elect me president, you won’t have to fear. I’ll defend our
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The Summer Olympic Games have begun in Brazil, which is the site of the oldest synagogue in the western hemisphere, founded in Recife, Brazil in 1636. The synagogue, Kahal Tzur Yisrael (Sinagoga Zur Israel in Portuguese), was founded by Spanish and Portuguese Jews who came to Brazil
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International, Mark D. Zimmerman, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Consumers of kosher food may get a break in what it costs them, thanks to a project planned by a secret international consortium of observant Jewish multimillionaires. The group– even its name is secret — plans to offer vouchers that will rebate an undisclosed percentage of the purchase price
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─As a token of his support, an army veteran gave Donald Trump his purple heart. Now all Trump needs is courage and a brain to leave the threatening world haunted by a wicked witch that he has been campaigning against. * Advisers close to Trump are worried that his controversial
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireConverted Masters: World Famous Masterpieces with a Jewish Twist Artwork by Esty Frankel-Fersel and edited by Barbara Bensoussan. Menorah Books Ltd., West Hills, CA, ©2016, ISBN 978-1-940516-45-5, p. 150, plus artists credits, $44.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – What would happen if we took some of the world’s greatest Christian artists, gave them
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Criticizing President Obama’s characterization of Donald Trump as a “homegrown demagogue,” Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Mike Pence indignantly asserted, “I don’t think name calling has any place in public life.” Either Pence doesn’t consider Trump’s epithets for rivals like crazy Bernie, crooked Hillary, lyin’ Ted, little Marco, low-energy Jeb, 1 for
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