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Lawrence (Laurie) Baron, now retired, served as the Nasatir Professor of Modern Jewish History at San Diego State University. He served from 1988 to 2006 as director of SDSU’s Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies. He was the founder in 1995 of the Western Jewish Studies Association.
He writes two satire columns for San Diego Jewish World: “Humoring the Headlines” under his byline, and “Hounding the Headlines,” under the byline of his dog Elona.
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Books to his credit, available on Amazon, include:
Projecting the Holocaust into the Present: The Changing Focus of Contemporary Holocaust Cinema
The Modern Jewish Experience in World Cinema
The eclectic anarchism of Erich Muhsam (Men & movements in the history & philosophy of anarchism)
His most recent articles are:
“Making Room for the Jews: The House I Live In (1945),” AJS Perspectives, Summer 2023, 86-88.
“The Revolt of Job: Salvaging the Lost World of Rural Hungarian Hasidim,” Journal of Jewish Identities, 16:1-2 (January/July 2023), 181-198.
“Persistent Parallels, Resistant Particularities: Holocaust Analogies and Avoidance in Armenian Genocide Centennial Cinema, in Armenian and Jewish Experience between Expulsion and Destruction, ed. Sarah M. Ross and Regina Randhofer (Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2021), 267-296.
“The Pioneering American Jewish Women Directors from Elaine May to Claudia Weill,” Jews and Gender (Studies in Jewish Civilization), ed. Leonard Greenspoon (W. Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2021), 217-243.
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Laurie Baron, Ph.D., compiles a list of lectures on a variety of Jewish topics that will stream Sunday, August 2 through Friday, August 7
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAAlthough screen neo-Nazis continue to be portrayed as ideologues, mad scientists, or thugs, historical docudramas and psychosocial films constitute an increasing portion of the movies about neo-Nazis produced since 1980. This corpus of movies renders their main characters victims of familial, political, or socioeconomic circumstances rather than as stock villains. Their proliferation reflects the escalation of white supremacist rhetoric into recurring acts of right-wing terrorism in Europe and North America from the 1980s on. Depending on the national origin of these pictures, the specific catalysts for radicalization differ, but the images and themes of Holocaust denial, nativism, Nazi iconography, the skinhead look, and virulent racism embraced by actual and fictional white nationalists resemble each other because they network with each other via Internet propaganda, international contacts, joint training maneuvers, rock music, and social media. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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International, Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWe can imagine that Donald Trump might issue a news release like the following in the coming week. (Laurie Baron, Ph.D)
Satire: How Trump aced his cognitive test Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireSatire: To the melody of “My Kind of Town,” Laurie Baron, ph.D satirizes Donald Trump’s reelection campaign.
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USALaurie Baron, Ph.D, collates a list of lectures that will be streaming from Sunday, July 26 through July 30. All times are San Diego times.
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWhat does DHS stand for? Deploying Homeland Stormtroopers. Following are some other examples of truth in acronyms. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireTo counter a boycott against Goya Food in protest of its CEO praising Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump posted a photo of her holding up a can of Goya Black Beans captioned in English and Spanish, “If it’s Goya, it’s got to be good.” Criticized for using her office to promote a product, she retorted that the photo was intended as a campaign ad to show Latino and African American voters that “black beans matter” to her father. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D}
Satire: Expect the worst Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USALaurie Baron, Ph.D., compiles a list of streaming lectures, available to computer users, on Jewish religion, history, culture, and current events.
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Although I have never relieved myself on the White House lawn, I think the Golden Deceiver recently stepped into a pile of dog poop there. He has become about as popular as an unleashed Pitbull is to a mail carrier. In my capacity as man’s best friend, here’s some advice for him. [Elona Baron as told to Laurie Baron]
Satire: Advice for the Golden Deceiver Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireLaurie Baron, PhD, collates a list of streaming lectures on Jewish topics for Sunday, July 12 through Thursday, July 16
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe fireworks are over. The crowd is gone. National Park System workers are taking down the folding chairs. Towering above them the sculpted heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt are discussing the speech they just heard. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USALaurie Baron, Ph.D. has compiled a list of streaming Jewish lectures or July 5-10
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Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAHere are some coronavirus couplets:
Nothing makes me more livid
Than post-opening spikes of Covid.
It’s not an oppressive task
To have to wear a mask.
(Laurie Baron, Ph.D0
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireAs a retired history professor, I wonder how and what I’d be teaching in the age of Trump. Although I rank him below Andrew Johnson on the worst presidents list, I discern the implications of what he says and does for my pedagogy if I ever resumed my career. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Science, Medicine, & Education, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA