By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Donald Trump likes the phrase Fake Press to discredit the media, but since people are getting tired of it, he’s working on variations that sound similar but are more issue specific. * Ache News: Cutting taxes on the rich and funding for Medicaid won’t hurt anyone. * Bake News: Global warming […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — MSNBC’s Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski found herself in the middle of a media controversy last week, as President Trump attacked her and her co-host (and fiancé) Joe Scarborough in a Twitter storm that has brought much criticism of Trump for his insulting and misogynistic words. What Jewish-related controversy has
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — For months, President Trump has railed against what he alleges is “fake news.” Now, angered by criticism from synagogue pulpits of his immigration, climate and health care policies, he has a new target: rabbis and others he calls “fake Jews.” “They should know tax cuts for the rich
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SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin, our license plate maven, found this combination of the lucky 18 (for Chai , life ) and a driver’s initials.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO–The CBO report on the Senate healthcare bill predicts that it will result in twenty-two million Americans eventually losing their health insurance. In the GOP scramble to make the bill more palatable, Mitch McConnell is exploring the possibility of outsourcing the medical care of seriously ill people to North Korea which
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Uber founder Travis Kalanick (whose mother is Jewish, but whose own religious identity is not known) resigned as CEO of the company last week, under pressure from major shareholders following a number of scandals, including reports of sexual harassment and other workplace discrimination, intellectual property lawsuits, and controversy over
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Ever since our patriarch Abraham dispatched a servant to find a wife for his son Isaac, arranged marriages have been a staple of Jewish life. (Isaac’s son Jacob did it on his own, and got two wives for just the price of 14 years of labor). From Biblical
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireA game of Clue: Who killed Obamacare? By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-To coincide with the release of the Senate version of Trumpcare, the makers of the game Clue have issued an updated version: “The Mystery of Who Killed Obamacare.” What follows is a list of the suspects, the weapons they used, and the rooms in
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — It was just announced that grocery store chain Whole Foods is being acquired by Amazon for $13.4 billion. Whole Foods once found themselves in the middle of which of the following Jewish-related controversies? A. In 2015, charges were leveled against the Whole Foods store at Columbus Circle in New York
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Congress held its annual baseball game to symbolize its unity in the wake of the mass shooting at the Republicans’ practice the day before. Although members of both parties urged each other to be more civil towards each other, undercurrents of the political polarization in the Washington were still palpable in
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump, often criticized for failing to act “presidential,” has reluctantly taken the advice of his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner and convened a telephone conference of five shul presidents for their suggestions. The presidents, four men and a woman, are from various parts of the nation
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Bette Midler won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, for her starring role as Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly!. Midler, who is Jewish and first performed on Broadway in 1966 as Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof, has had
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireLimericks from the Headlines By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — There once was a POTUS named Trump Who incited the crowds on the
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen (A Shavuot highlight is the reading of the Book of Ruth, a remarkable widow who, rather than return to her native Moab and her own family, chose to stay with her mother-in-law and accompany her on her spiritual and physical journey, adopting her people and religion. How Ruth’s family reacted to that
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