Melanie Rubin

SAN DIEGO –When words are transliterated from one alphabet to another, a variety of spellings occur — for example “Chanukah” and “Hannukah.” While the most common translation for the Hebrew word for “the land” is “eretz,” this spelling too works.  And so our Jewish license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, gets one more notch on her […]

SAN DIEGO–Here’s a license plate that makes us think of matzoh, charoset, and hiding the afikomen.  Melanie Rubin, SDJW’s license-plate super sleuth, found this one.  As a child, no doubt, she was the first one to find the afikomen too!

SAN DIEGO — Just in case anyone isn’t familiar with the argot, adding “ela” to almost any name is an affectionate way for a friend or an older relative to say “oooh, you’re such a cutey, I could pinch your cheeks, such a beautiful punim you have.” It is not recommended, however, when addressing Latin

SAN DIEGO– Our number-one license plate spotter Melanie Rubin has done it again.  In Hebrew, raz means “secret” or “mystery” and 18 is the numeric value of the word “chai” or life.  So one might read this clever license plate as “the secret of life.”

SAN DIEGO–Well, of course, no single group can claim to know God’s Will, but among those who forever are inquiring about it  are us Jews.  So our license plate maven Melanie Rubin recorded this one as of Jewish interest.

    SAN DIEGO–When something is a Mekhaye, it is wonderful — like diving into a nice swimming pool on a hot day, or in the case of the whale on this license plate, perhaps, surfacing and diving with perfect form.  Perhaps the driver was referring to his or her car, which is fun to

  SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin has spotted another interesting Jewish license plate.  “Galim” in Hebrew means “waves,” and so one assumes that the owner of the car on which this license plate appears is a person who loves the ocean.  Perhaps the owner is a surfer.   On the other hand, the background design of

  SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin found it, and no matter how you spell it, it means “To Life!”

SAN DIEGO — License plate maven Melanie Rubin found this gem — “Rov n I” — which suggests that the owners of the car are a rabbi (rov) and a rebbitzin (I). They should live together in health, happiness, prosperity and the spirit of Torah!

  SAN DIEGO — License plate maven found this plate bearing a beautiful, feminine Hebrew name, derived from the same word root as “Shalom.”

SAN DIEGO– This license plate find by Melanie Rubin makes many people smile with pleasure.  The license plate tells us that its owner is a doctor, who also is a Jewish grandma.   We infer that whoever she is, she keeps the traditions, and she is a modern woman.  We’ve got to admire her!