By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Israel’s ranking in the World Baseball Confederation currently stands at #41, just behind Poland and just ahead of Peru. And yet Israel has had great success in the initial rounds of the 2017 World Baseball Classic, going undefeated in their first round matches against the Netherlands, South Korea […]
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SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin, our Jewish license plate sleuth, found this Yiddish gem. As she tells it, the driver of this vehicle is really using his or her head.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — There may be more pressing reasons for concern out there, but right now we’re grappling with what to wear Purim night. If you think of the Megillah-reading as the Academy Awards, then you can logically regard the stairs or the pathway leading to the shul as the
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Jewish Religion, Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireTrump’s Ten Commandments By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO− I am the President who liberated you from Obama and brought you out of the house of losing. * You shall neither worship the President before me nor like the new host of the “Apprentice.” * You shall not take my name in vain because I am
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The Republican Jewish Coalition held their annual convention last week at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas. Among the speakers was Elliot Lauer, RJC board member and lawyer for Jonathan Pollard. In a d’var Torah which he offered to the attendees, to what did Lauer compare Donald
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — A secret report of an Israeli archeological team, just uncovered by our investigative reporters, reveals that Haman wore an oval-shaped hat, not a three-cornered one. Consequently, hamantashen, the three-cornered pastry named for the tyrant and enjoyed for centuries by Jews and non-Jews alike, can no longer be considered authentic
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-What’s the difference between the Oscars and Donald Trump? Although both love publicity and self-praise, the Oscars can admit when it made a mistake. * After Faye Dunaway erroneously
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman Is one answer correct? More than one? None? Make your guess and click on the link at the bottom to find the real answer. MELVILLE, New York — Sweden is in the news, with President Trump’s false claim of a terrorist attack there recently. With a Jewish population of fewer than 20,000, there
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−President Trump toured the National Museum of African-American History and Culture. He wondered why there wasn’t any exhibit honoring the generosity of the European whites who provided free trans-Atlantic cruises for Africans immigrating to the United States and asked the docent to arrange a meeting with the Black Congressional Caucus. *
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump has completed the intensive behavior-modification course of the Jewish C.H.A.R.M School — an intervention institute dedicated to teaching Courtesy, Humility and Rage-Management to at-risk clients. The confidential, on-site organization, comprised of rabbis and Jewish psychologists and sociologists, uses Jewish writings (such as Pirkei Avot –the Ethics
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman Is one answer correct? More than one? None? Make your guess and click on the link at the bottom to find the real answer. MELVILLE, New York — Frederick Douglass was an African-American abolitionist and social reformer who was born into slavery in 1818. What Jewish connection did he have in his life? A. Douglass
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireReading Trump’s Mind By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Although many in the “dishonest” media have been appalled by recent remarks made by President Trump, he actually has been trying to restrain himself. Fortunately, a transcript of his mind was leaked to me by an intelligence agency which has a device that can penetrate the densest of
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−While Michael Flynn frantically tried to destroy his DVD of From Russia with Love, the San Diego Jewish Film Festival is entertaining audiences day and night at a variety of venues in the city through February 19th. I had the honor to introduce The Last Laugh, a documentary about comedians and
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Lawrence Baron, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−In a perfect world: Kellyanne Conway, Sean Spicer, and President Trump would be wired to a polygraph whenever they made public statements. * Ruth Bader Ginsburg would be immortal. * Israel wouldn’t legitimize many formerly illegal settlements the day after it disbands one. * Three Republican senators would have voted against
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