Mark D. Zimmerman

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — When Noel Biderman, CEO of the recently hacked adultery dating website Ashley Madison, introduced the site in Israel last year, what did he say?   A. “Before the launch of Ashley Madison in Israel, people had affairs, and when I leave, they’ll have affairs. So why not give them […]

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — In April 2015, Donald Trump tweeted that “Nobody but Donald Trump will” do what?   A. “…build a wall between the United States and Mexico that will put the Israeli West Bank security wall to shame.”B. “…personally pay to kosher the White House kitchen when the Israeli prime minister visits.”C. “…convince

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — What was unusual about Jon Stewart’s bar mitzvah?   A. Actress Bebe Neuwirth (known for her role as Frasier Crane’s wife Lilith) grew up in Princeton near Jon Stewart (then known as Jonathan Leibowitz). She is four years older than Stewart, and actually worked as his bar mitzvah tutor

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — From 1969 through 1971, Bill Cosby starred in a sitcom entitled The Bill Cosby Show, in which he played Chet Kincaid, a high school physical education teacher. The final episode of the series featured a Jewish character. What was the premise of that episode? A. A new student, Sarah, entered the

  By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York –As New York’s Gay Pride Parade celebrated the Supreme Court decision on same sex marriage, many groups attended the parade in support or in protest. What was unusual about the Jewish Political Action Committee, whose members were at the parade? This organization is a gay Orthodox group that was

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — When South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860, a new “South Carolina Sovereignty Flag” was created under the leadership of William Porcher Miles, a member of the state secession convention. That flag included an upright blue cross which included 15 white stars, plus a crescent moon and palm

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Pope Francis just issued a papal encyclical on the climate change crisis in which he states, “The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth.” This follows a recent letter on the same topic which was initiated by Rabbi Arthur Waskow

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Jamal Michael Barrow, a rapper from Belize who performed using the name Shyne, served 8 years at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York for attempted murder, assault, and reckless endangerment. His time there overlapped that of escaped killers Richard Matt and David Sweat. Unlike them, however, Shyne