Bruce F. Lowitt

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Bruce F. Lowitt is a freelance writer based in the Tampa Bay area of Florida.  He had a long career as a sports writer for the Associated Press and for the St. Petersburg (Florida) Times prior to his retirement.

Covering Sports with a Brooklyn Attitude

Cohn spent nearly four decades covering sports for the San Francisco Chronicle and Santa Rosa Press Democrat and his columns were notable for his fearlessness in going after anyone – team owners, coaches and players. In 2022 he was inducted into the Northern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [Bruce Lowitt]

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Bruce F. Lowitt, California, Jewish History, Lifestyles, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Satire: Just a Few Distractions

Partial transcript of a meeting involving President Donald Trump and several members of his administration. The recording was provided by a White House occupant on condition of anonymity who said she is “fed up with having to constantly pick up discarded hamburger wrappers between our bedrooms every morning.” [Bruce Lowitt]

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Bruce F. Lowitt, International, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Satire: Give the Gift of Grift

With the appointment by Donald Trump of prosperity theology televangelist and part-time Journey roadie Paula White-Cain as leader of his recently formed White House Faith office, the president has formally proclaimed the official United States religion to be Donationism, based on the belief that in order to be saved, one must give up one’s savings. [Bruce Lowitt]

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Satire: Palestine Solutions, Then and Now

Partial transcript of a debate among King Farouk I of Egypt, President Shukri Kuwatly of Syria, President Bechara Khoury of Lebanon, King Abdullah of Jordan and King Faisal II of Iraq on the evening of May 14, 1948, minutes after David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. (Bruce Lowitt)

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Bruce F. Lowitt, Israel, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

An “Interview” with a Groundhog

“I might add that it is quite a puzzling day for me too. You see, I have a little touch of rheumatism and, like everyone else, I want the warmth of spring to come early, too. So every year at about this time I get my sunglasses and consider putting them on. so I won’t see my shadow or be bothered by the snow. But then I start worrying, especially since I can never remember whether I’m supposed to stay outside or go back into my hole – er, house.” [Bruce F. Lowitt]

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Bruce F. Lowitt, Jewish Fiction, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Beatles Fan Turns His Hobby into a Museum

When he’s not Robert J. Entel, MD, MPH, FACR, practicing radiology at Mease hospitals in Dunedin and Countryside and Morton Plant hospitals in Clearwater and New Port Richey, he can often be found in Penny Lane at 730 Broadway in Dunedin, surrounded by an astonishing collection of Beatles memorabilia. [Bruce Lowitt]

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Bruce F. Lowitt, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Sports Satire: Classic Matchup — Congress vs. Washington Football Team

ongress, unwilling or unable to deal with legislation on voting, education, health, infrastructure or anything else of consequence, has now called an audible by deciding to investigate the Washington Football Team’s scandals. The criticism being showered upon the National Football League franchise formerly known as the Redskins involves, in part, the e-mails between Bruce Allen, its former general manager and president, and former Buccaneers and Raiders coach Jon Gruden. [Bruce Lowitt]

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Bruce F. Lowitt, Sports & Competitions, USA

Remembrance of a Covid Wedding

By the time Dr. and Mrs. Bernardo Stein of Seminole, Florida, and Mr. and Mrs. David Abelson of Oldsmar, Florida, had finished the guest list for the wedding of their children, the number had mushroomed well past 400. By the time Arlyn Stein and Adam Abelson walked down the aisle last Dec. 19, the list of “guests” had shrunk to, well, zero. The entire wedding party consisted of the bride and groom, their parents, three siblings and two grandparents. Oh, and Cooper, their 10-month-old mini-poodle. [Bruce F. Lowitt]

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Bruce F. Lowitt, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, USA

‘Mostly Mishegas’ Satirizes Trump’s Jewish Knowledge

The idea that Donald J. (“John,” not “Jewish”) Trump would even consider converting to Judaism is, on its face, outrageous. Then again, Joel H. (“Hugh,” not “Hebrew”) Cohen, has plenty of outrageous thoughts about the 45th president of the United States and has, in the past, humorously and unapologetically expressed them in these pages of the San Diego Jewish World in his column, “Just Kidding.” [Bruce F. Lowitt]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Bruce F. Lowitt, Donald H. Harrison, Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire

ADL offers a high school curriculum challenging bias

The Anti-Defamation League is offering to high schools and middle schools a curriculum designed to challenge biases and to encourage students to think critically, according to George Selim, ADL’s New York-based senior vice president of programs.  “With our powerful, new civics curriculum we’re cultivating the next generation of leaders to actively participate in their communities and champion social justice.  We’re especially excited about partnering with Bites Media with their carefully curated articles which lift up and highlight the relevance of our civics lessons.” [Our Shtetl San Diego County column by Donald H. Harrison]

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Bruce F. Lowitt, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

COVID-19 separates couple, threatens Polish restaurant

Marcia Vineberg was almost packed and ready to rejoin her husband.It’s complicated. They had moved from Vancouver to this Tampa Bay community on Florida’s gulf coast 10 years ago to care for her mother, who had fallen. Harriet Rand, 95, died in December. And Gerald Vineberg a Canadian native who spent half of each year as a businessman traveling in Europe and Asia, wound up opening The Nosh Kosher Cafe in Tarnow, Poland, three years ago. Then COVID-19 arrived. [Bruce F. Lowitt]

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Bruce F. Lowitt, International, Travel and Food, USA

NHL’s Halpern a Jewish sports honoree

Halpern will become only the second hockey player to be inducted into the Jewish Sports Heritage Association, joining Mike Hartman, who played 58 of his 397 career games with the 1992- 93 Lightning during nine NHL seasons. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman also has been so honored. The induction ceremony at Temple Israel of Lawrence on Long Island, New York., was originally planned for April 26, but the Coronavirus pandemic forced cancellation of the program until 2021, at a date to be announced. Among this year’s other inductees are former Boston Red Sox infielder Kevin Youkilis, former NBA Commissioner David Stern, author Mitch Albom, boxing analyst Al Bernstein, and the late Ed Sabol and his son, Steve, co-founders of NFL Films. [Bruce F. Lowitt]

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Bruce F. Lowitt, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Sports & Competitions, USA