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By Laurie Baron I started writing my Humoring the Headlines columns back in 2013. Today is the 600th one I’ve posted. Here’s some of my favorite observations from 2013: Anthony Wiener is reportedly considering withdrawing from the New York’s mayoral race. He has been negotiating with Oskar Mayer to become the chauffeur of their trademark vehicle. He’s […]
The 600th Column: A Retrospective Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Sabine Fröhlich grew up a Catholic in Breslau, Germany, but her ancestry was Jewish. Along with her parents and her older brother Andreas, she was declared to be a Jew according to the Nazis’ bizarre racial classifications. Like self-identified Jews in Germany, she was systematically excluded from normal life—even the Catholic school which she had attended. Her parents wisely decided to send her to England, but after they made it across the border to the Netherlands, the family reunited. [Donald H. Harrison]
A German Catholic Girl Learned of Life as a Persecuted Jew Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, International, Jewish History
By Gedaliah Borvick JERUSALEM — I recall having a conversation a dozen years ago with my partner Eliezer Goldberg, inquiring when the hideous Supersol building – so-called in honor of the city’s first supermarket, situated underneath the famous structure – will be razed and replaced with a new building. He responded that there were rumblings
Ode to the Ugliest Building in Jerusalem Read More »
Gedaliah Borvick, Lifestyles, Middle EastBy Laurie Baron (Melody: God Bless America) They dissed America, land where I dwell. They defeat us for a fetus, To make unwanted pregnancies hell. For the rapists, right-wing Papists For incesters who prey on their kin. Now in America, conception is when life begins. Justice deceivers, lying when they were confirmed. Thus declaring, bible
Satire: They Dissed America Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Rabbi Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Whatever one believes, it is widely agreed upon that God did not divide the Bible into sentences, paragraphs, and chapters. So what happened to make the reading and understanding of the Bible easier? Masorites The division between sentences and paragraphs as well as punctuation signs were initiated
What Many Do Not Know About Bible Chapters Read More »
Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
If he were so inclined, Greg Smith could have a lot to brag about. Over a period of 25 years, he won seven elections to serve as the San Diego County Assessor as well as the county’s recorder and clerk. He headed a staff of between 400 and 500 county workers in the combined operations of assessor-recorder-clerk. [Donald H. Harrison]
Greg Smith: A Quarter Century as Assessor, Recorder, Clerk Read More »
Business & Finance, California, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and Food
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Oh, no! Not another election, I cried when I heard the news on the radio. Once again, after enjoying an uplifting symphony concert we get into the car, turn the radio on to catch up on the day’s news and are hit with the devastating information that since
Here We Go Again: Another Election in Israel? Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Opinion
By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — In postwar Germany, the humiliating burden of enormous contributions created an enormous economic crisis, hyperinflation, and impoverishment. Everything was devalued and the demand for antisemitism grew. During the Weimar Republic, articles accusing Jews of pushing the country into war and losing it were increasing in number. In 1922, the
The Murder of An ‘Elder of Zion’ Read More »
Alex Gordon, International, Opinion
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — As Jerry Seinfeld would put it, “And you want to be prime minister again?” While Seinfeld once caught George Costanza sprawled on the floor in his underwear after stumbling in Seinfeld’s living room, last week Benjamin Netanyahu stumbled – a generous description – by comparing accusations against his family
With Bibi’s Bungling, Who Needs Antisemites? Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Middle East, Opinion
By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — It is shameful and unconscionable that this country has allowed gun violence to become the leading cause of death among children in the United States – but that is the reality. The legislation, including gun measures, recently proposed by a bipartisan group of senators represents a step in the
Repeal the Second Amendment, Palladium of Death Read More »
Opinion, Sam Ben-Meir, USA
Israel’s significance as a Middle Eastern powerhouse has reached new levels with the help of two seminal events: the discovery of natural gas in Eastern Mediterranean waters and the success of the Abraham Accords between Israel and some Muslim Arab neighbors. Before, Israel was knocking on the door of the Arab and European countries; now, many of those countries have opened the door or soon will. Israel has what they want. (Steve Kramer)
Natural Gas Adds to Israel’s International Acceptance Read More »
Business & Finance, International, Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA
Calev says, “Let’s go,” but he was ignored when the people listened to and bought the groupthink, “…the people are big and strong, and the land is difficult. The people there are giants; we looked like grasshoppers to ourselves, and so we must have looked to them.” So much for Psalm 23, “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not fear…” Calev was not the cognitive coach he may have hoped he’d be, since he could not help the People overcome their cognitive distortion that led them to want to return to Egypt. It takes independence of thought, being “FIT” (fundamentally independent thinking), to move forward to achieve optimal living. They held on to their slave mindset due to their cognitive distortions. Through the Spies, Hashem tested our abilities to see through negative filters and properly, with wisdom, discernment and insight, see what was truly good and bad. The spies magnified the negative and minimized the positive – a common distortion that many of us are also guilty of doing. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D]
Parasha Shelach: Guard Against Negative Thoughts, Gossip Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael MantellThe book contains two main plots. Most startling and fascinating is the idea that followers of President Trump were able to turn the 2020 election results so that President Trump won a second four year term and changed America into a kind of Nazi country, doing things to the president’s enemies that equaled if not exceeded what the Nazis did. [Rabbi Israel Drazin]
Book Review: ‘The Plot to Save America’ Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — I spared a fly from being swatted and commissioned it to go to Mar-a-Lago, stick on a wall, and monitor Donald Trump’s reactions to the Select Committee Hearings. Here’s some of Trump’s comments that he reported back to me. “Unlike me, Bill Barr’s a loser. A loyal AG would
Satire: Trump Watching the Select Committee Hearings Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire