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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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Since many governors and the president are rushing to reopen the economy even before the White House guidelines for reopening have been met, job seekers looking for safe work should apply for these positions. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Ancient Groove: International Sephardi Music Festival in Cordoba … Brave Old World: Song of the Lodz Ghetto … Chava Alberstein … [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Judaism, Lawrence Baron, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
While pawing through the newspaper today before I chewed it up, I noticed a report about the first case of a human transmitting Covid19 to a dog. Given the incompetence shown by the Golden Deceiver when he advised ingesting or injecting bleach or Lysol as a cure for the disease (which is akin to telling dogs to eat rat poison if they don’t want to be bitten by a rat), I have decided that the United States needs to appoint a top dog to manage the pandemic. [Satire by Laure Baron channeling his dog Elona]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireLast week I gave my first Zoom lecture for the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture and over 90 people registered for it. Since this kind of programming is happening around the country, I’ve prepared a list of some sites you might want to peruse. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Judaism, Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThere’s a site on my IPad/ Where we can all converse. /On the Zoom, on the Zoom. {Beach Boy parody by Laurie Baron]
Streaming movies tell about Israel’s independence in 1948.
Very few people are aware that the President studied medicine at Trump University where his grades were the highest ever recorded. He did so well that he was permitted to skip his internship and residency. He opted not to practice because he had to take over the family business. He has kept up with medicine by watching Dr. Oz and Grey’s Anatomy. Managing the pandemic has thrust him into the role of dispensing prescriptions for curing the coronavirus. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireOn April 24, 1915 the Ottoman Empire arrested approximately 250 prominent Armenians and deported them a month later to the Turkish interior where most of them were killed. Armenians annually commemorate April 24th as Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. There are few movies about the genocide because Turkey has pressured countries to halt their production, limit their distribution, or undermine their reception. On the eve of Germany’s invasion of Poland, Hitler informed his generals of plans to massacre many Poles to achieve German living space concluding with this haunting question: “Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?” I’ve prepared this list to promote its memory and international recognition. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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International, Lawrence Baron, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastImagine that historians recently discovered manuscripts from the Center for Bubonic Control (CBC), advising kings how to deal with the pandemic. Further, imagine Donald Trump hearing about these documents, and wondering if they might contain lessons for how he should handle the Covid19 crisis. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireThe Liberate Protests to reopen the economy immediately are popping up everywhere. I’ve been reading the slogans on the signs held by the protesters and feel compelled to respond to them. [Satire by Laurie Baron]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireToday marks one month since Governor Newsom ordered the lockdown in California. Although the news is full of stories about how humans are coping with confinement, little attention has been paid to how having them at home 24/7 affects us dogs. I hope my diary entry fills this lacuna. [Humor column by Elona Baron as told to Laurie Baron]
Amazon and Netflix feature a myriad of Holocaust feature films and documentaries. Here are a few recommended Holocaust films that you can stream. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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International, Jewish History, Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAll professional sports in the United States and the Olympic Games in Tokyo have been cancelled. Fans are clamoring for their resumption. Medical experts have approved the following sports for an upcoming Coronavirus Olympics to be held sometime in the future. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireMishmash of Jewish Films, Lectures, Podcasts, and Programs [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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