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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 — Mmmm. Mmmm. Our mouths are watering already, if this license means what we suspect it does. CHocolate Babka, a well-known, well-loved Eastern European Jewish pastry. Melanie Rubin spotted the license plate, and now we’re all hungry!
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SAN DIEGO — Our thanks to Melanie Rubin, who has spotted a license plate with double Jewish interest. MAZLTAV, of course, means good luck in both Yiddish and Hebrew. But there is also the specialty ‘Yosemite’ plate on which the happy expression is printed. Some pronounce it ‘Yo-Sem-It-Ee,’ but others, think of the
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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin
SAN DIEGO — Our chief license plate spotter, Melanie Rubin, saw these two license plates for titled grandparents. Dr. Bubbe evidently refers to a grandmother who has a doctorate, whereas HonZady, may well mean “honorable grandfather,” perhaps a holder of public office.
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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin is a collector of Jewish-interest license plate images. And she has found another two. “A Mensh” (for those who don’t know) is someone who is a good person, a humanitarian. And” OyImla8″ suggests someone with a great sense of humor who’s a little tardy. If you have a Jewish-interest license
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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin
Melanie Rubin never fails to spot a Jewish-interest license plate. As “18” is the numeric equivalent of the Hebrew word “chai” (life), we can think of this license plate as reading “Chai David!”
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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin
The Rubin family search for Jewish-interest license plates is expanding. Melanie Rubin, our prime spotter in San Diego, has recruited her mother, Penni, as a license plate sleuth. She found BSIMCHA in her home state of Ohio.
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SAN DIEGO–This license plate was spotted in San Diego County by Melanie Rubin. The extra ES at the end of the name? A matter for speculation.
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SAN DIEGO — We’re always pleased when we see Hebrew names on personalized license plates. Recently our license-plate-spotter-in-chief, Melanie Rubin, noticed two on California plates: Aryeh 1 and Avivaa. The latter also incorporates a heart.
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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin
SAN DIEGO — Our friend Melanie Rubin spotted another Jewish-interest license plate. So to her a mazel tov.
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SAN DIEGO — Our champion Jewish-interest license plate spotter, Melanie Rubin, found one that wishes good health for five!
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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin
SAN DIEGO — License plate spotter Melanie Rubin found one from California that reminds us that God has given us commandments to follow.
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Melanie Rubin
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin, our Jewish license plate sleuth, has found this alternate spelling of “chutzpah,” a Yiddish word meaning “colossal nerve.” Eventually, it will be added to our on-line collection of Jewish-interest license plates, but we are having technical difficulties linking this website to that colle tion. * Rubin may be reached at
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