Trivia, Humor & Satire

‘Just kidding’: China trade battle may spur kashrut

By 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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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Humoring the Headlines: October 4, 2018

Trump University Syllabus, Hiring 101 By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-As the confirmation process on Brett Kavanaugh winds down, the FBI report ignored a potentially relevant document, the syllabus for Hiring 101 from Trump University. * Hiring 101 Week 1: Outsourcing the Application Pool Week 2:  The Background Check: Discredit Red Flags, Expedite, Limit Scope Week

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Jewish trivia quiz: Shanghai Sukkot

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, NEW YORK — In 1998, Rabbi Shalom Greenberg and his wife Dina moved to Shanghai, China where they established the Shanghai Jewish Center under Chabad auspices. Since then the rabbi has overseen the growth of the local Jewish community and catered to the needs of visiting Jewish travelers, business people and students.

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Jewish trivia quiz: Yom Kippur Neilah

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Neilah is the closing service at the end of Yom Kippur. The service includes many of the same traditional liturgical prayers chanted throughout the High Holidays, including Ashrei, Selichot, and Avinu Malkeinu. Unique to Neilah is the chanting of the El Nora Alila, a Sephardic hymn attributed to Moses ibn Ezra. Within the

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

‘Just Kidding’: Al Chet additions from the White House

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Does anybody think we need more al chets this Yom Kippur? We already have an abundance, including some we don’t understand. But just in case we’d like more, the White House communications team has sent to Jewish congregations across the nation a list of suggested politically related admissions

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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Humoring the headlines: September 11, 2018

Enhanced Interrogations to Identify Anonymous By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — President Trump has decided that polygraphing all the associates he suspects of writing the anonymous OpEd in the failing New York Times will not not yield the identity of the treasonous culprit.  He has appointed Dick Cheney to serve as the Presidential Grand Inquisitor

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Humoring the headlines: September 6, 2018

Smear: Bunk about the Whitehouse By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−To counter Bob Woodward’s new book Fear: Trump in the White House, members of the Trump administration have published a book challenging Woodward’s accounts of what they allegedly said about the president.  Here are some excerpts: * James Mattis: Since I know the president has more

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire