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Lawrence (Laurie) Baron, now retired, served as the Nasatir Professor of Modern Jewish History at San Diego State University. He served from 1988 to 2006 as director of SDSU’s Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies. He was the founder in 1995 of the Western Jewish Studies Association.
He writes two satire columns for San Diego Jewish World: “Humoring the Headlines” under his byline, and “Hounding the Headlines,” under the byline of his dog Elona.
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Books to his credit, available on Amazon, include:
Projecting the Holocaust into the Present: The Changing Focus of Contemporary Holocaust Cinema
The Modern Jewish Experience in World Cinema
The eclectic anarchism of Erich Muhsam (Men & movements in the history & philosophy of anarchism)
His most recent articles are:
“Making Room for the Jews: The House I Live In (1945),” AJS Perspectives, Summer 2023, 86-88.
“The Revolt of Job: Salvaging the Lost World of Rural Hungarian Hasidim,” Journal of Jewish Identities, 16:1-2 (January/July 2023), 181-198.
“Persistent Parallels, Resistant Particularities: Holocaust Analogies and Avoidance in Armenian Genocide Centennial Cinema, in Armenian and Jewish Experience between Expulsion and Destruction, ed. Sarah M. Ross and Regina Randhofer (Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2021), 267-296.
“The Pioneering American Jewish Women Directors from Elaine May to Claudia Weill,” Jews and Gender (Studies in Jewish Civilization), ed. Leonard Greenspoon (W. Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2021), 217-243.
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I can’t get no Ivermectin, I can’t get no Ivermectin.
‘Cause I search and I search and I search and I search.
I can’t get no, I can’t get no … [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireLike most Martians, I live beneath the planet because it is too hot or cold. When I occasionally venture up to the top to catch some sun or see the stars, I have been angered by how littered the landscape has become with metal vehicles from earth which are collecting samples of our soil and rocks or hovering above the surface. Since most of them bear the insignia of a place called the USA, I’ve decided to lodge a complaint with its leader. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron, Ph.D SAN DIEGO — Donald Trump castigated Joe Biden for abandoning Afghans who helped U.S. forces: “I would never have done such a thing. It’s un-Kurd of.” Most Americans were appalled by the photograph of over six hundred Afghans sitting on the floor of a C-17 Globemaster III except for the owners
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireThose who forget their history are condemned to ignore race as a factor in it.” George Santayana … “The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by blocking anything political rivals propose with filibusters.” Otto Von Bismarck [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireTo mask or not to mask, that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The coughs and dangers of contagious Covid,
Rather than cover nose and mouth, suffocating.
Or by opposing mandates to die—to infect,
Tethered to ventilators, bereft of breath,
The long haul and virulent spikes
That flesh succumbs to, like consumption. … {Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USADelta strain, why is Covid still our bane?
Could it be we will return to a lockdown?
And if I have my shots, can I go maskless inside spots?
Or will there be a mandate in my town? [Laurie Baron, PhD]
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Lawrence Baron, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA…–Judge Grants Trump Another Continuance in Trial for Incitement
–Jeff Bezos Purchases USA-Renames It Unfettered Sales of Amazon … [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireSigns the earth is experiencing severe climate change: … The power company shuts off your electricity due to heavy usage caused by high temperatures, but you have no trouble reading at night because the forest fire outside your house casts enough light. … [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireVirgin Galactic succeeded in launching its owner Richard Branson into a sub-orbit to demonstrate the potential for future space tourism. Immediately thereafter, many corporations filed papers to open businesses in space to serve the anticipated spate of rich people who already consider themselves out of this world and plan to flaunt their space vacations at cocktail parties. You can expect to see these advertisements for the following enterprises soon. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireWhen in the course of viral events, it becomes necessary for a nation to overcome the political polarization which divides it and respond to the pandemic infecting it by heeding the findings of science and favoring the common interest over unrestrained individualism to prevent further contagion for the sake of mankind. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USADonald Trump reemerged this past weekend to reiterate that he remains president because he never lost the election. Although the lame stream media has refused to cover him, he has been governing the country from Mar-a-Lago since January. Here are some highpoints of his second term. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABoth Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin gave press conferences and issued readouts after their summit meeting this week. Did these reflect what they really said behind closed doors? Fortunately, I had access to a transcript of the meeting recorded by devices planted by the same Jewish cabal in charge of the Space Laser program. Here are a few snippets from the meeting. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
have been receiving many Barks (the dog equivalent to Tweets) from curious dogs (cats don’t have a monopoly on curiosity!) who wonder why I haven’t written a column since December. Like my human companions, I have been confined at home except for my daily walks. Now that we can return to a semblance of normality, here’s how my life will be different. [Elona Baron as told to Laurie Baron]
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Lawrence Baron, Lifestyles, San Diego County, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & SatireLast week a US District judge declared California’s ban on semi-automatic assault rifles unconstitutional by declaring, “Like the Swiss Army knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment. Good for both home and battle.” The more I think about it, the two are almost identical in their uses. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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