Lawrence Baron

Laurie Baron

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.

The Wandering Review: ‘Walking with the Enemy’

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Walking with the Enemy belongs to a cycle of recent movies like Black Book, Army of Crime, Defiance, Inglourious Basterds, and Süskind which portray Jews actively resisting the Holocaust.  With the exception of Tarantino’s counterfactual picture, these films are docudramas inspired by real events.  Walking with the Enemy chronicles the German […]

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Jewish History, Lawrence Baron

Humoring the Headlines; April 24, 2014

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Georgia’s governor signed the “Guns Everywhere Law” which allows people with concealed weapons permits to bring guns into airports, bars, churches, schools, government buildings and parts of airports.  Although he heralded it as a victory for Second Amendment rights, Catholic Priests have expressed concern that their altar boys will be packing

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

‘Music to Madness’ film to debut at SDSU April 22

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) —Music to Madness, the story of Komitas will premiere at San Diego State University.  This documentary focuses on the career of Komitas (1869-1935), a brilliant Armenian composer, gifted singer, and tireless musicologist whose research preserved over 3,000 Armenian folk songs. He was arrested along with other Armenian intellectuals and leaders on April

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International, Lawrence Baron

Humoring the Headlines: March 20, 2014

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The Israeli Knesset approved a first reading of a law to sanctioning conversions performed by local rabbis instead of keeping them subject only to rabbis and courts requiring conversions meet Orthodox criteria. The Israeli Chief Rabbis condemned the law noting ““Promoting a law of this type without broad agreement is liable

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire