By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump is planning an “updated” seder, whose ancient writings will be modernized, and in which journalists and present and former staff members will play key roles Among those slated to ask the Four Questions are correspondents from Fox News, Breitbart, Tass, and syndicated radio host Sean Hannity. When […]
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireWhat Trump Really Thinks about his Budget Blueprint By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Mick Mulvaney, who plays Mr. Burns on The Simpsons, unveiled President Trump’s budget blueprint shortly before St. Patrick’s Day so that most Americans would be drunk when they read it the first time. Since Obama bequeathed his successor a desk that secretly functions
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman Is one answer correct? More than one? None? Make your guess and click on the link at the bottom to find the real answer. MELVILLE, New York — With St. Patrick’s Day having just been celebrated, we are reminded of the long history of Jews in Ireland, going back as far as
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireThe Obama Conspiracy against Trump By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Donald Trump was visiting Jared and Ivanka. As he walked past the bedroom of his granddaughter, he overheard Ivanka reading The Borrowers to his granddaughter. He immediately tweeted, “Just found out that Obama dispatched tiny people to live in the walls and under the floors of
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump, channeling Samson, has concluded that his own hair — “along with my inborn smarts and great deal-making ability” — is a main source of his strength. And, remembering that the Biblical champion lost his physical power when Delilah conspired to have his hair shaved off, the
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireThe American Wealth Care Act By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−The Congressional Budget Office projects that 14,000,000 people currently covered under Obamacare will lose their health care under the American Health Care Act by 2018. Given the priorities of Paul Ryan and his House colleagues who crafted the bill, this is a good thing. After all,
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Israel’s ranking in the World Baseball Confederation currently stands at #41, just behind Poland and just ahead of Peru. And yet Israel has had great success in the initial rounds of the 2017 World Baseball Classic, going undefeated in their first round matches against the Netherlands, South Korea
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SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin, our Jewish license plate sleuth, found this Yiddish gem. As she tells it, the driver of this vehicle is really using his or her head.
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — There may be more pressing reasons for concern out there, but right now we’re grappling with what to wear Purim night. If you think of the Megillah-reading as the Academy Awards, then you can logically regard the stairs or the pathway leading to the shul as the
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Jewish Religion, Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireTrump’s Ten Commandments By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO− I am the President who liberated you from Obama and brought you out of the house of losing. * You shall neither worship the President before me nor like the new host of the “Apprentice.” * You shall not take my name in vain because I am
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The Republican Jewish Coalition held their annual convention last week at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas. Among the speakers was Elliot Lauer, RJC board member and lawyer for Jonathan Pollard. In a d’var Torah which he offered to the attendees, to what did Lauer compare Donald
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — A secret report of an Israeli archeological team, just uncovered by our investigative reporters, reveals that Haman wore an oval-shaped hat, not a three-cornered one. Consequently, hamantashen, the three-cornered pastry named for the tyrant and enjoyed for centuries by Jews and non-Jews alike, can no longer be considered authentic
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-What’s the difference between the Oscars and Donald Trump? Although both love publicity and self-praise, the Oscars can admit when it made a mistake. * After Faye Dunaway erroneously
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman Is one answer correct? More than one? None? Make your guess and click on the link at the bottom to find the real answer. MELVILLE, New York — Sweden is in the news, with President Trump’s false claim of a terrorist attack there recently. With a Jewish population of fewer than 20,000, there
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