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Melanie Rubin is the former director of senior services at the Lawrence Family JCC. She also supervised the Astor Judaica Library. One of her hobbies is finding Jewish-interest license plates.
In the video below, Melanie is interviewed about her former job working with seniors at the Lawrence Family JCC.
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SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven Melanie Rubin has discovered a plate with a purpose. “Tachlis,” literally translated as purpose in Yiddish, refers to dating with marriage in mind.
Jewish-Interest License Plate: TACHLIS Read More »
Melanie Rubin, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted her latest gem on Monday morning. Cheers to that!
Jewish-Interest License Plate: LCHAYIM Read More »
Melanie Rubin, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — Marcia Wollner was “sweet” enough to send in this picture to add to our Jewish-interest license plate collection!
Jewish-Interest License Plate: METUKAH Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — It seems that by substituting the number 5 for the letter S, Israel’s intelligence agency was trying to evade our license plate maven Melanie Rubin on this one. Yet unbeknownst to the Mossad, Rubin is well-versed in undercover operations.
Jewish-Interest License Plate: MOSSAD1 Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire
LA JOLLA, California — It’s unclear exactly which Chabad center in San Diego County inspired this license plate, spotted by Melanie Rubin in the Lawrence Family JCC parking lot. But more than likely, the driver was grabbing a bite at Botanic Burgers for some post-Passover chametz.
Jewish-Interest License Plate: CHABAD1 Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Melanie Rubin is the license plate maven, frequently spotting plates of Jewish interest. She is so enthusiastic about this that some of her friends have followed suit. [SDJW]
Jewish-Interest License Plate: METUKAH Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
As our license plate maven Melanie Rubin correctly points out, “Yallah” is an Arabic expression meaning “Let’s Go!” It is widely used in Israel by both Arabs and Jews. This original spelling of the word, may suggest that the owner of the car is in a real hurry to get going! Kudos to Melanie for spotting this license plate.
Jewish-Interest License Plate: YAALAAA Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Melanie Rubin in our license plate maven, always on the lookout for vanity plates of Jewish interest, like this one saying LCHAIMM, with an extra ‘m’ perhaps to savor the wonderful taste of life.
Jewish-Interest License Plate: LCHAIMM Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven Melanie Rubin not only collects Jewish-interest license plates for us; she even has her friends and acquaintances do so. This one, mentioning the name of Elihu, whose biblical namesake appears in the Book of Job, was spotted by a friend of hers who is too modest to take
Jewish-interest license plate: L ELIHU Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
When Enlisted Man Stuart Canin boarded a European-bound U.S. Army transport ship near the end of World War II, he carried with him his barracks bag, rifle, and a violin. Challenged by an officer about what he thought he’d need a violin for, Canin, then a teenager, replied “You Never Know.” He was so right. [Donald H. Harrison, “Our Shtetl San Diego County.”
GI Film Festival spotlights a Jewish violinist Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, has done it again. She found this license plate, by which the driver complains about running behind. We sympathize with the driver, whoever he or she may be, but urge him/ her not to speed. It’s just not worth the risk of an accident or a ticket!
Jewish-interest license plate OYIMLA8 Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
When the Lawrence Family JCC needed to close because of the Coronavirus and all programs were cancelled, it seemed obvious that the Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices program, scheduled for Tuesday, May 5, at 7 p.m. would not take place. However, Melanie Rubin, the JCC’s innovative Director of Senior Activities and the Astor Judaica Library, and her assistant, Sarah Mattis, suggested that we could have the program after all, by doing it on the internet through Zoom. [Eileen Wingard]
Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices to be carried May 5 on Zoom Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, Melanie Rubin, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO — License plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted this one. Kepele is a Yiddish expression for a little head, so we figure this license plate belongs to a pediatric psychiatrist. Clearly, it also belongs to a person who loves animals.
Jewish-interest license plate: KPL DOC Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, knows that “Mora” in Hebrew means teacher. But what about RS? Could it mean “Religious School?” Should we interpret the message on the plate as meaning Religious School Teacher? You decide.
Jewish-interest license plate: RSMORA Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire