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 […]
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
JERUSALEM (Press Release) – The world has certainly seen its share of Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball parody songs, but nothing as creative or unusual as that of a Hassidic Man swinging on a Matzah Ball in a miniature set made of real pieces of Matzah. To complement the video, a mock fan site was created
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Trivia, Humor & Satire
A: Who’s asking? SAN DIEGO (Press Release)- The off-Broadway hit show Old Jews Telling Jokes comes to San Diego for a five week run at the Lyceum Theatre downtown and is sure to make audiences laugh ’til they plotz. Performances run April 23 – May 25. Opening night is Wednesday, April 30. Co-created by Peter
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San Diego Calendar, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-A report commissioned by Chris Christie and authored by lawyers he appointed has found that the New Jersey governor had no advance knowledge about the closing of the Fort Lee lanes on the George Washington Bridge. The lawyers belong to the prestigious legal firm Simian, Simian, and Simian. * Pope Francis
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Media pundits have noted that CNN has become obsessed with the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 filling the 24 hour news cycle with various theories about what happened to the airplane in lieu of any news to report. People tired of the CNN coverage can turn to Rachel Maddow who
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Jeremy Ogul Mission Publishing Group, LLC LA MESA, California — Seventy-six years after they tied the knot, Phil and Sylvia Borkat – both 101 – are still holding hands like teenage lovebirds. “When we walk, we do that, and people say, ‘Why are you holding hands?’” Sylvia says. “And he tells them, ‘Well, to keep from
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San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The Israeli Knesset approved a first reading of a law to sanctioning conversions performed by local rabbis instead of keeping them subject only to rabbis and courts requiring conversions meet Orthodox criteria. The Israeli Chief Rabbis condemned the law noting ““Promoting a law of this type without broad agreement is liable
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Ninety-seven percent of the voters in the referendum held in Crimea this weekend voted to join the Russian Federation. Today the 3 % who voted against joining the Russian Federation were expelled from the province. * The Boston and New York St. Patrick Day parades barred openly gay groups from marching
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Conservative commentators have chided President Obama for appearing on Zach Galifianakis’ on-line talk show “Between Two Ferns” to plug the Affordable Health Care Act and encourage young adults to apply for it on healthcare.gov. They charged it was beneath the dignity of his office, but their real reason seems to be
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The Conservative Political Action Conference is meeting in Washington D.C. though it is unclear whether it is 2014 or the 1980s since the speakers appear to believe Ronald Reagan is still president. There is so much red meat being served up the conservative base that Omaha Steaks is catering the conference
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
