The coronavirus has introduced new phrases into the American lexicon. At first I didn’t understand what they meant because I had heard (or misheard) these terms in a different context. Below you will see why I was confused: [Laurie Baron, PhD]
Well, first we had climate change angst, with dozens of cli-fi novels and movies about runaway global warming and all the nightmares that issue evokes. Now, cli-fi, of course, is on the back burner, replaced by the current coronavirus global pandemic which is really something to start worrying about. [Dan Bloom]
We have cli-fi fiction; is corona-fi the next genre? Read More »
Lifestyles, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Editor’s Note: Humorist Jerry Klinger is in the process of bringing to market Boynton Beach Memoirs, a collection of stories about life in the retirement community of Boynton Beach, which has an ever-growing population of Jewish seniors. With that book going to publication, he decided to write a sequel and below is a chapter he penned for it about the coronavirus pandemic. His fictional protagonist is named William Rabinowitz, who is married to Sheila.
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Jerry Klinger, Trivia, Humor & Satire
It had been the healthiest of times, but then it became the sickest of times. One day the rabies vaccine stopped working. There was a new virulent strain of distemper transmitted by wolves to their domesticated relatives. Dogs frothed at the mouth and bit humans and other dogs. Those who became infected suffered terribly and some died. [Satire by Elona Baron as told to Laurie Baron]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
When you yearn for the facts
To know how to react,
Call on Fauci! [Satire column by Laurie Baron]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
In times of crisis, especially one of the magnitude we’re currently experiencing, Jews naturally take their religious questions and concerns to their rabbi. They might also consider another resource: President Trump President Trump!!? Yes. [Just Kidding column by Joel H. Cohen]
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireWhether Donald Trump holds his daily coronavirus press conferences to calm and inform the public or as a social distance substitute for his campaign rallies, the disinformation he disseminates through them is dangerous. Since he doesn’t read, I am encouraging his closest advisors to have him listen to these cautionary songs before he utters a word. [Satire column by Laurie Baron]
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Lawrence Baron, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Imagine there’s no virus
To keep us all inside.
No news of it spreading
Or numbers who have died.
(Parody by Laurie Baron, Ph.D.)
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireAs was evident in my last column, I know all about the coronavirus. Ever since my owners have sequestered themselves in the house, I have observed them exhibiting odd behaviors which I fear are symptoms of the illness. Their eyes have become glazed from watching too much television. They even listen for extended periods to what the Golden Retriever is spouting on screen, a clinically proven cause of anxiety and high blood pressure. They previously turned the television off or switched channels whenever he appeared and spoke. [Humor by Elona Baron as told to Lawrence Baron]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireThou shalt not covid thy neighbor’s wife or anyone else in your neighborhood. … The early bird fetches the toilet paper. … [Humor column by Lawrence Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
What were the circumstances a number of years ago when Bernie Sanders said the following?–“All in all, it’s not so bad. When it’s good, it’s good. If it doesn’t feel right, just say no. There’s always tomorrow. There’s always tomorrow. It could be worse. Now, let’s just thank God you have your arms, you have your legs, let’s eat.” [Jewish trivia quiz by Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Somewhere in Eastern Europe, in a little Jewish village, a woman who had been preparing to burn the last pieces of collected chometz in anticipation of that evening’s Passover seder, was startled to see a white mouse jump up on her table, steal a piece of bread, and leave crumbs behind as it ran away. [Book review by Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & Satire
A parent of three San Diego Jewish Academy students has tested positive for coronavirus, according to Chaim Heller, the retiring head of the school. In a letter to other parents sent on Saturday (Shabbat) , he wrote, “The parent was at school during the past week. Their children, who are in grades, 1, 3, and 6, were in many rooms, including the Ulam (Auditorium), many times during the past week as well. They were with their friends acting in a regular, non-distance manner during that time. Effectively, they could have been with anyone from the school, from ECC [Early Childhood Center] to high school.” [Our Shtetl San Diego County column by Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Jerry Klinger, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Science, Medicine, & Education, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAOther dogs in the neighborhood have been asking me what precautions they should take to avoid catching the coronavirus. That is why I have formed the Canines Defy Coronavirus (CDC) taskforce. Here are its first recommendations: [Hounding the headlines humor column by Elona Baron, as told to Lawrence Baron]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire