By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — A Brooklyn man was convicted of robbing a matzah factory. He was sentenced to eight years in Unleavenworth. Donald Trump denied charges that he had read Mein Kampf or plagiarized from Hitler when he declared that migrants were poisoning the blood of the United States. He reminded his MAGA […]
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Wandering in my neighborhood, I sometimes wonder what the meaning of the Christmas lawn and house decorations I pass is. One family in my neighborhood erected a 12-foot-tall menacing-looking skeleton for Halloween. Rather than dismantle it, they placed a Santa’s hat on its skull for Christmas. If I were
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — It is considered a mitzvah to place a menorah in a home’s window to publicize the miracle of the oil burning for 8 days. In the wake of the October 7th massacres and kidnappings, Jewish organizations advocate doing this to indicate support for Israel. Given the current polarization over
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By Mark D. Zimmerman Norman Lear died last week at the age of 101. Lear was a writer and producer who created dozens of television sitcoms, including All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, The Jeffersons, and One Day at a Time, among others. He received numerous awards for his work, including 6 Emmys,
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By Mark D. Zimmerman Henry Kissinger died last week at the age of 100. Born in 1923 in Germany, Kissinger and his family fled the country in 1938 to escape increasing antisemitism, including beatings he suffered by Hitler Youth gang members. He went to college in New York, studying accounting, until he was drafted into
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By Elona Baron as Barked to Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — When your human is Jewish, you observe Hanukkah. Most Jews don’t know about the Book of Maccabeagles who attacked the Seleucids. They were the first to coin the acronym MAGA (Maccabeagles Against Greek Aggressors). Jewish dogs love latkes being tossed at them because they
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Food-consumption plays a big role, some would say -“too big” — in the Jewish experience. Think about it. For example, the rules of kashrut — what can and can’t be eaten, and in what order or combination — can sometimes perplexing, [Joel H. Cohen]
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By Mark D. Zimmerman Javier Milei was just elected president of Argentina. Milei, an economist, author, politician, former tantric sex coach, and self-described “anarcho-capitalist,” is a right-wing libertarian and populist who supports freedom of choice on issues such as drugs, guns, prostitution, and LGBTQ issues, while opposing abortion. He believes that global warming is a
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Thanksgiving brings families together, but arguments about current events break them up. This year Jewish families will face this combustible situation as relatives sympathetic with the plight of Gazan civilians come face to face with their Stand With Us kin. Here are some suggestions to avoid the meal from
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By Mark D. Zimmerman President John F. Kennedy was assassinated 60 years ago this week in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the son of Joseph Kennedy, Sr., a wealthy businessman and philanthropist. Joseph Kennedy was a known antisemite who, while he was serving as the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom in 1938, told the
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The House Ethics Committee has determined that there is “overwhelming evidence” that George Santos is guilty of lawbreaking and “cannot be trusted.” His offenses include improper use of campaign donations for personal luxury purchases and reporting fictitious loans to attract more donations. It did not help his case that
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Debates traditionally provide the opportunity for candidates to puff up their public reputations. This year the Republican Presidential Debates have deflated their stature. This partly stems from Donald Trump sucking up all the oxygen in the news cycle, but also from his opponents pathetically trying to be Trump without
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By Mark D. Zimmerman Dr. Ruth was just named New York State’s Ambassador to Loneliness, with a charge to help New Yorkers cope with the loneliness epidemic. Dr. Ruth, the Holocaust survivor who gained fame as a sex therapist, says that she began focusing on this issue when she was isolated during the COVID lockdown,
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By Mark D. Zimmerman Actor Matthew Perry died tragically at the age of 54. Perry was best known for playing Chandler Bing on the sitcom Friends. Bing was not one of the Jewish characters on the show–among the six friends, Ross, Monica and Rachel were Jewish. Which Friends episode featured Chandler Bing with a Jewish
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