Trivia, Humor & Satire

Jewish interest license plate: Pzach

SAN DIEGO–Melanie Rubin, with seder plates of matzoh, charoseth, Pascal lamb shank, karpas and the like still on her mind, spotted this license plate, which seems to be an abbreviation for Pesach. __________________________________________________________________ Care to comment?  We require the following information on any letter for publication: 1) Your full name 2) Your city and state (or […]

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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Jewish trivia: Iran and Israel

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — In 1998, despite the fact that Israel was called an “illegal state” and a “parasite” by Iranian president Mohammad Khatami, there was a controversy when it was reported that Israel and Iran were in fact involved in some type of business dealings. What was the controversy? (1)California pistachio growers were unhappy

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Humoring the headlines: March 30, 2015

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act which permits business owners to discriminate against any customer whose lifestyle offends their religious sensibilities.  Although critics believe the law sanctions discrimination against the LGBT community, it already is having unintended consequences with Christian Scientists barring doctors from reading rooms,

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

A Rube Goldberg Pesach from Technion to you

HAIFA (SDJW)– Imaginative students at the Technion in Haifa found a Rube Goldberg way of retelling the Passover story, using various forms of mechanical force to illustrate the highlights that we Jews retell when we read our Haggadahs.  Our thanks to our frequent contributor and book reviewer, Dr. Fred Reiss of Winchester, California, for spotting

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Jewish Trivia: Haggadah Titles

MELVILLE, New York — This week’s question comes from RASHI, RAMBAM and HAGGADAH-LAMADINGDONG: A Quiz Haggadah of Jewish Trivia Facts & Fun. Readers may obtain a free copy by visiting http://rrrjewishtrivia.com/rashi-rambam-and-haggadah.html. Which of the following are all real Haggadot? A. Sixty-Minute Seder, Reudor’s the Doodled Family Haggadah, and Fifty Shades of Haggadah. B. Sammy Spider’s First Haggadah, Haggadah in Another Dimension, and The Celebrated

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Humoring the headlines: March 18, 2015

“Israeli Election Roundup” By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ It’s March Madness time in Israel.  Pundits are crunching numbers and filling out brackets, trying to figure out what the composition of the next Israeli coalition government will be. * Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Likud had a “great victory.”  This bolsters his claim that he speaks for

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Jewish Trivia: Rabbi Samuel Freuder

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — (With a shout-out to our new followers in the San Diego Jewish World) In San Diego in 1888, Congregation Beth Israel hired its first rabbi, Samuel Freuder. What career move did Rabbi Freuder subsequently make that he later considered a mistake? A.  In 1889, Rabbi Freuder converted to Christianity

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Mark D. Zimmerman, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & Satire