– In these days of the coronavirus pandemic, we now ask five questions at our Passover seders. [Humor column by Jerry Klinger]
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & Satire
It was obvious by the detached and halting delivery of President Trump’s Oval Office speech that it was composed by someone else and read off the teleprompter. Since I am close friends with the Oval Office custodian, I obtained the draft that Trump wrote, but reluctantly tossed in the trash can. Here is the short version of it. [Satire by Lawrence Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
If President Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday night had a gathering for Purim, it would been a party “the likes of which has never been seen before.” Following is how we imagine the news media might have covered the event: [Satire by Joel H. Cohen]
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire
South by Southwest (SxSW) is an annual conference and festival held in Austin, Texas since 1987. The 10-day event includes a film festival, concerts, workshops, a trade show, speaker panels, and many other activities, attracting tens of thousands of people. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, SxSW organizers have decided to cancel this year’s event, which was scheduled to begin this week. In the past, there has been a large Jewish presence at SxSW, not only in the number of Jewish attendees, but in terms of the specific activities taking place. Films on Jewish themes, panels on topics of interest to Jews, and Shabbat activities are among the many programs with a Jewish theme. Which of the following was a 2018 Jewish-themed SxSW event? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireI always have heeded the advice to make lemonade if life gives me lemons. How can I do this in the face of the current pandemic? If I try, should I wear a surgical mask? The following fantasies help lift my spirits. [Satire by Lawrence Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatirePresident Trump has been so impressed by the popularity and taste of hamantashen (the three-cornered pastry based on the hat worn by Haman, the Jew-hating Persian bad guy of yesteryear), that he’s contracted with a national bakers organization to produce pastries in his own image. [Satire by Joel H. Cohen]
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireJoe Biden’s campaign for the Democratic party presidential nomination received a huge boost with his big win in the South Carolina primary. Biden has a long history of support for Israel. At the 2013 AIPAC conference, Joe Biden spoke of his love for Israel and described the moment years earlier when he first realized that Israel mattered to him. As a child in 1948, he sat at his dinner table listening to his father speak about the debate over the establishment of a Jewish state, and it greatly impacted him. How did he describe what his father told him? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
2020 is the year American canines elect a top dog. The preliminary matches are dog fights. Normally, the competitors aren’t so aggressive, but the humans who stage these contests prefer that they bite, growl, and scratch each other. After all, it improves the television ratings. St. Bernard, Amy Komodor, Elizabeth Westie, Tom Skye Terrier, Pete Boxerdoodle, Joe Bichon, and Miniature Mike are battling in the pit. Since Elizabeth Westie goes for Mike’s jugular, the human commentators dismiss her as a bitch, but she doesn’t want anyone to forget that Mike ordered dogcatchers to pick up any mutt who seemed dangerous and joked about spaying pregnant females. Many dogs will never forgive him for that. [Satire from Elona Baron as told to Laurie Baron}
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — License plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted this one. Kepele is a Yiddish expression for a little head, so we figure this license plate belongs to a pediatric psychiatrist. Clearly, it also belongs to a person who loves animals.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireFilmmaker Quentin Tarantino and his Israeli wife (singer and model Daniella Pick) just welcomed their first child. The couple have a home in the affluent Tel Aviv neighborhood of Ramat Aviv Gimel, and Tarantino, who plans to learn Hebrew, says that Israel is now his home. Tarantino recently won the Golden Globe award for Best Screenplay for the film Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, and in his speech, he addressed his wife who was at home awaiting the birth of their child, saying, “todah, geveret,” meaning, “thank you, ma’am.” How did Tarantino and his wife spend Christmas/Chanukkah at their Israeli home this past December? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, knows that “Mora” in Hebrew means teacher. But what about RS? Could it mean “Religious School?” Should we interpret the message on the plate as meaning Religious School Teacher? You decide.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireNo one I know attended the recent Stephen Miller-Katie Waldman wedding at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., but, from all accounts, it was definitely an affair to remember. I can just picture it. [Satire by Joel H. Cohen]
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireStop in the name of law
Before you crown him king!
Stop in the name of law
Before you crown him king!
Overrule him.
Overrule him.
[Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireDuring the 2016 campaign, President Trump declared: “We must maintain law and order at the highest level or we will cease to have a country, 100 percent. I am the law and order candidate.” His record of commutations and pardons suggests the enforcement of law and order is selective and only applies to poor common criminals and not white (white) collar criminals, particularly if they are cronies of the President. [Satire by Laurie Baron]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire