Melanie Rubin is director of senior services at the Lawrence Family JCC. She also supervises the Astor Judaica Library. One of her hobbies is finding Jewish-interest license plates.
In the video below, Melanie is interviewed about her job working with seniors at the Lawrence Family JCC.
SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted this license plate which utilized the Hebrew word “nahag” meaning “to drive” or “to guide.” Noting that the number following the word is 10, which denotes a perfect score, Rubin surmised that the person who owns the car must be a good driver, indeed.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — San Diego’s foremost license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, has found another Jewish-interest license plate to add to our collection: an abbreviation for zai gezunt — be healthy. If any of you readers out there have seen other plates with Yiddish or Hebrew expressions, or other references to Jewish culture, please send them in
Jewish- interest license plate: Zygesnt Read More »
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SAN DIEGO — License plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted this plate bearing the Yiddish word for “belly button.” Not only is San Diego a naval town; it’s a navel town apparently.
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SAN DIEGO — License plate maven Melanie Rubin has come through again, finding this Jewish interest license plate indicating that a grandmother (Safta in Hebrew) loves 6 grandchildren. Mazel tov to her! And mazel tov to Melanie for spotting this gem.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireSAN DIEGO — San Diego Jewish World expresses its appreciation to the byliners and staff photographers whose works appeared in March 2016 editions. They included: David Amos Eitan Arom Judy Lash Balint Kenneth Bandler Laurie Baron Amber Bartlett Jeremy Ben-Ami Boaz Bismuth Ronnie Blair Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Stephen Bryen Cynthia Citron Richard L. Cravatts Jack Forman
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Barry Shaw, Cynthia Citron, 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 Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Michael Ordman, Natasha Josefowitz, Sheryl Rowling, Shor M. Masori, Shoshana Bryen, Steve Kramer
SAN DIEGO — License plate maven Melanie Rubin thinks we may have run this before, many years ago. But no matter. The message on the plate is good advice no matter when you come across it!
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireSAN DIEGO — This publication would like to thank and express appreciation to the writers and photographers whose works appeared during February 2016 in San Diego Jewish World. They include: Judy Lash Balint Kenneth Bandler Laurie Baron Boaz Bismuth Dan Bloom Shoshana Bryen Stephen Bryen Cynthia Citron Richard L. Cravtts Jack Forman Donald H. Harrison
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Barry Shaw, Cynthia Citron, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eric George Tauber, Eva Trieger, Fred Reiss, EdD, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Melanie Rubin, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Mimi Pollack, Natasha Josefowitz, San Diego County, Sheryl Rowling, Shoshana Bryen, Steve Kramer
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.”
Jewish- interest license plate: XO KRAV Read More »
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!
Jewish – interest license plate: Sabafit Read More »
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