By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Israel is holding parliamentary elections this Tuesday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu running neck and neck with Benny Gantz of the Blue and White Party. Whoever wins will have the challenge of putting together a coalition government in a country whose electoral system makes it very easy […]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireQuestions By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−If Joe Biden kissing a woman on the back of her head and smelling her hair disqualifies him from running for president, then why did Trump bragging about grabbing women’s genitals on the Access Hollywood tape not result in the postponement of the 2016 election until he was replaced by
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By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey is running for president. At a CNN Town Hall meeting last week, he spoke of the importance of his Christian upbringing, but he then went on to say, “Can I quote some Hebrew to you? I studied the Torah, too. There’s
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Declaring “they love me there,” and generally warmed by positive reaction to his pro-Israel moves and remarks, President Trump is having his lawyers explore how to make Israel a U.S. territory. At the same time, angered by what critics say was his lack of compassion and failure to
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Exoneration (to the tune of Anticipation) He and the angry Dems tried to take me down. But I claimed it was all fake news grist. And if you were one of those who slandered me, Then welcome to my enemies list. Exoneration, exoneration! Should be making me glad, But I’m seething
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York –Alex Trebek, the longtime host of Jeopardy, recently announced that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. At the time, he noted that he welcomed the prayers of his viewers, which led Rabbi Geoffrey Mitelman, a former Jeopardy contestant, to organize a digital interfaith prayer service for Trebek. The
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire“Fake News, True Jews, Phony Clues” By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump has started writing a memoir of his presidency, tentatively titled: “Fake News, True Jews, Phony Clues: Told You I’d Make America Great”. He said he’d expected the memoir would wait until after his second term “but with the wild witch-hunt
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireTweetin’ Donald (tune: Rockin’ Robin) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO− He tweets from his cell phone all day long, Dissing and venting, calling everyone wrong. All his petty fears flow from his little brain Trying to inflict the maximum pain. Tweetin’ Donald, (tweet-tweet-tweet) Tweeting’ Donald, (tweet-tweedilly-tweet) Go Tweetin’ Donald ’cause you can’t let go of
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(c) By Leba Lieder and Israel Drazin Page 1 The Purim holiday was around the corner and kids and mice everywhere were preparing their costumes and getting ready to give Purim gifts. Moti, a special mouse, wondered if he could find a Purim gift to give to someone. Page 2 As much as it was
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Last week saw the indictment of celebrities, financiers, coaching and admissions personnel, entrance exam administrators, and others, all of whom participated in a college admissions cheating and bribery scandal led by William “Rick” Singer. This is by no means the first time that college admissions has been shown to
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — “Ivanka would be a perfect Queen Esther on screen and on the Broadway stage,” President Trump tweeted. “She’s gorgeous, built like a statuesque statue, almost as smart as I am, and she didn’t come out as Jewish until she was in her 20’s. A BONUS – with a
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire“Always Something There to Remind Me” By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — This week I returned from several weeks of travel in Germany, Israel, and the United Kingdom. I was busy seeing old friends and giving lectures. I hoped my trip would be a respite from the anxiety and dismay that have plagued me since
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International, Lawrence Baron, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The Academy Award for Best Movie went to Green Book, a film about black musician Don Shirley, who toured through the Jim Crow South in the 1940’s, and his relationship with his bodyguard/driver, a white Italian from New York named Tony Vallelonga. The movie title refers to
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Where will it end? When will there be a halt to the shattering of beloved institutions? Prompting this concern is a just-released report of a respected Israeli archaeological team, Alt Zackhn Gefunen (Yiddish, meaning “old things found”). The report asserts that Haman wore an oval-shaped hat, not
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