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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–License plate maven Melanie Rubin found this combination of the popular X and O abbreviations for kisses and hugs, and the Hebrew word “Krav” for battle. So together they suggest “battling” with kisses and hugs. According to the license plate frame, this is a prescription for “making your journey thru life easier.”
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
“Leba” is a Yiddish name meaning “beloved.” It could refer to the car or the driver, or possibly to both. Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, spotted it.
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SAN DIEGO — Stacie Bresler-Reinstein, a friend of our license plate maven Melanie Rubin, spotted this license plate telling of a car that’s just right for a grandpa!
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireSAN DIEGO — San Diego Jewish World thanks and would like to acknowledge those writers whose works appeared on this news publication during the month of November. They were: David Amos Kenneth Bandler Laurie Baron Jeremy Ben-Ami Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Stephen Bryen Dane Chapin Tamara Isaacs Ciocci Cynthia Citron Richard L. Cravatts Steve Diamond Joe
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Barry Shaw, Cynthia Citron, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eric George Tauber, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Lloyd Levy, Mark D. Zimmerman, Melanie Rubin, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Natasha Josefowitz, San Diego County, Sheryl Rowling, Shoshana Bryen, Steve KramerSAN DIEGO (SDJW) – San Diego Jewish World acknowledges and thanks those writers whose works appeared on our daily news website during the month of October. They were: Yael Aires Laurie Baron Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Morris Casuto Ben Cohen Richard L. Cravatts Toby Klein Greenwald Donald H. Harrison Natasha Josefowitz Rabbi Ben Kamin Steve
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Barry Shaw, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eva Trieger, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Melanie Rubin, Michael Ordman, San Diego County, Shoshana Bryen, Steve Kramer
SAN DIEGO (SDJW)– We don’t know who Tamara5 is and even if we did, it is not the policy of San Diego Jewish World to identify the drivers of cars whose license plates intrigue us. But we do know that Tamara is a name derived from “Tamar” which in Hebrew means date palm tree. In
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SAN DIEGO (SDJW) – During the month of August, San Diego Jewish World was privileged to publish works by the following writers and photographers. We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you and to publicly express our appreciation. To access works by these contributors on San Diego Jewish World, type or copy their name into the
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Barry Shaw, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eric George Tauber, Fred Reiss, EdD, Lawrence Baron, Lloyd Levy, Mark D. Zimmerman, Melanie Rubin, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Michael Ordman, Mimi Pollack, Natasha Josefowitz, Sheryl Rowling, Shoshana Bryen, Steve Kramer
SAN DIEGO– Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, spotted this one. Pronounced “Cassia,” it’s a woman’s first name, but it also is Hebrew for a cassia tree, which produces an oil that the ancient Israelites used for anointing. (See Exodus 30:24)
Jewish – interest license plate: Kazia Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireSAN DIEGO (SDJW)—San Diego Jewish World acknowledges and thanks those writers and photographers whose bylines appeared during the month of May on its website. They were: David Amos Laurie Baron Caren Besner Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Stephen Bryen Garry Fabian Abraham Foxman Donald H. Harrison Natasha Josefowitz Rabbi Ben Kamin Tony Klug Steve Kramer Lloyd
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Barry Shaw, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eric George Tauber, Eva Trieger, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Melanie Rubin, Michael Ordman, Mimi Pollack, Natasha Josefowitz, Sheryl Rowling, Shoshana Bryen, Steve Kramer
SAN DIEGO– Melanie Rubin, our license plate maven, caught this plate, which appears to be an abbreviation for the Hebrew word hemshech, which means “continuation.” Given that this plate also indicates that the car’s owner is a military veteran, we may conclude that he or she is continuing to provide service to the country.
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SAN DIEGO — Ah, the joys of transliteration. Earlier we published a photo of a license plate saying “Mindele” — an endearing term for someone named Mindy. Now, Melanie Rubin, our license plate maven, has received from a friend named Mindy another license-plate version of that affectionate, Yiddish-inflected, first name.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO–In Yiddish, an ending with ‘le” means “little,” so Melanie Rubin snapped this photo, on the theory that it refers to “little Mindy.” This doesn’t always refer to size, but also is used as a term of friendship or endearment. Isn’t that right, Melaniele?
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SAN DIEGO–Melanie Rubin, with seder plates of matzoh, charoseth, Pascal lamb shank, karpas and the like still on her mind, spotted this license plate, which seems to be an abbreviation for Pesach. __________________________________________________________________ Care to comment? We require the following information on any letter for publication: 1) Your full name 2) Your city and state (or
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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO–For some, the phrase in God’s hands might recall an old movie title, or a song, or perhaps a line of street wear. But when license plate maven Melanie Rubin sent this into San Diego Jewish World, it brought to mind a poignant moment from the play Fiddler on the Roof. “Papa, God alone knows when we
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