Melanie Rubin

SAN DIEGO–Now here is a license plate rife with possible interpretations.  Eran is a Hebrew name, which comes from the word meaning “awake.”   So one possible interpretation of this license plate spotted by our maven, Melanie Rubin, is that someone named Eran “ate” — and we’re glad he did because we wouldn’t want him […]

SAN DIEGO– With Purim coming up March 4-5, our license plate Melanie Rubin couldn’t help but notice this plate, which reminded her of Vashti in the Book of Esther, who some credit as being among the first women’s liberation advocates for refusing to dance in front of King Ahashuerus and his guests.

SAN DIEGO–Melanie Rubin, our license plate maven and spotter-in-chief, describes this one, appropriately, as “the mother of all license plates.”

SAN DIEGO–License plate maven Melanie Rubin found herself another intriguing one.  Sara, we know, was the wife of Abram — before Hashem gave them both an ‘h’ in their names to become Sarah and Abraham.  F1?– well that is known only by the driver of this car and his/her friends.  But we can imagine that

SAN DIEGO — Hmmm, the vagaries of abbreviations.  The person who owns this license plate may be a purveyor of fine rings, watches, bracelets and such, or perhaps not interested in jewelry at all.  Melanie Rubin, our license plate maven who spotted the plate, says it’s possible the lady is interested in world Jewry. Or

SAN DIEGO (SDJW)– This license plate introduces the vehicle owner as an aunt.  “Tante” means aunt in Yiddish.  Whose aunt we can’t say, because IM could mean I’m, as in I am, or it might be the initials of someone to whom the driver is an aunt.  Regardless, score another interesting Yiddish-influenced license plate to

San Diego Jewish World staff report SAN DIEGO  (SDJW)– Like many of us, Melanie Rubin enjoys decoding personalized license plates.  CA 18,  she has decided, is double code.  CA is the Post Office abbreviation for California.  And 18 is the numeric value of the Hebrew word ‘Chai,” meaning “Life.”  Ergo, this license plate would appear

SAN DIEGO– We’re happy to say that the hobby of Jewish-interest license plate collecting is catching on.  Stacie Bresler Reinstein, a friend of our license plate maven Melanie Rubin, contributed this one.  In Hebrew, Lazuz means “to move” and we imagine some variant of the word is occasionally shouted on Israel’s crowded freeways.

SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, was en route to one of her appointments when she spotted this “crazy” plate.  For those who don’t know Yiddish, meschugenah is how one Jewish person might describe to another person someone whose ideas or actions clearly are far beyond the bounds of reality.

  SAN DIEGO (SDJW) –Our super license plate sleuth, Melanie Rubin, spotted this plate, which minus the “i” between the “m” and the “t” is the Hebrew girl’s name, “Shulamit,”  derived from the Hebrew root signifying “peace.”

  SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin, our license plate maven, was out with her camera again, and this time it wasn’t the plate, but its frame that attracted her attention. “Shalom, Have a Nice Day,” was the message on the frame. Rubin decided she’d do just that.   Click! went her camera’s shutter

    SAN DIEGO– Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, believes it was possibly fated that she should find a Jewish-interest license plate in a parking lot for the Israel Festival on Sunday, May 18.  Or as the license plate, puts it, it was “behshrt.”  Perhaps the plate indicates a strong bond between the driver and

SAN DIEGO– License plate maven Melanie Rubin informs us that this license plate — abbreviating the Yiddish word shlepping — was spotted on the back of a mini-van, driven no doubt by a busy parent. Shlepping means to carry, to haul, to drag behind you.  However you want to define it, this California plate indicates that it

SAN DIEGO–As read by Melanie Rubin, our maven of license plate-speak, this one means something to the effect that we are loved in God’s eye.  And the field of flowers in the background of the message tend to reinforce that idea.  Have you smelled the flowers today?