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.
SAN DIEGO — A friend of license plate maven Melanie Rubin found this specimen, obviously a variant on L’Chaim. We can speculate that the 4 in the middle of the word may mean “for” rather than “four,” suggesting that the owner supports all life forms. Another reading might be that there are four people (perhaps […]
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Melanie Rubin, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & Satire
A friend of our license-plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted this plate, and snapped a picture. The friend was impressed by Melanie’s teachings inspired by Mt. Sinai.
1) Thou shalt scan every personalized license plate for words of Jewish interest.
2) Thou shalt note if the plate has a biblical reference.
(and more)
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Donald H. Harrison, Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven Melanie Rubin noticed this license plate, which prompts us to speculate about where Queen Esther lived before she married King Ahashuerus. Did she live in central Shushan, west Shushan, or maybe as this license plate might be suggesting, East Shushan.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — The license plate belongs to a mother who lives in San Diego. Following in the footsteps of license plate maven Melanie Rubin, San Diego Jewish World editor Donald H. Harrison couldn’t resist photographing this one!
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Donald H. Harrison, Melanie Rubin, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, spotted another license plate demonstrating Jewish pride. This one, we know, belongs to a Chabad rabbi.
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Melanie Rubin, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO– Another Jewish-interest license plate spotted by our maven in such matters, Melanie Rubin. “Dorot” in Hebrew means generations. It is also the name of a kibbutz in the Sha’ar Hanegev municipality of Israel, with which the Jewish Federation of San Diego has a long standing partnership arrangement.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted this gem, which is Hebrew for “despite expectations.” We don’t know how “dafka” fits in with the license plate frame’s message about chemists, but there must be some formula.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO _- Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, spotted this plate. Esser in Hebrew is ten, indicating the owner of the car gives it the highest score.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin, our license plate maven, found this combination of the lucky 18 (for Chai , life ) and a driver’s initials.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — In Hebrew, the name ‘Ileana’ is the feminine version of ‘Elijah.’ Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, gets the credit for spotting this license plate.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, caught a glimpse of this plate on a Prius, which is a hybrid car, while riding through neighboring Orange County. GR8R Tov, or “greater good” may well refer to using less gasoline, and thus causing less pollution, than a standard automobile.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin, our Jewish license plate sleuth, found this Yiddish gem. As she tells it, the driver of this vehicle is really using his or her head.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — “Hineni,” Abraham answered to God. “Here I am.” And Melanie Rubin found in San Diego where someone else was. “Hineni1 reads the license plate.”
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
License plate maven Melanie Rubin found this variant of L’Chaim. Any way you spell it, it is a toast to life.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire