Lawrence (Laurie) Baron, now retired, served as the Nasatir Professor of Modern Jewish History at San Diego State University. He served from 1988 to 2006 as director of SDSU’s Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies. He was the founder in 1995 of the Western Jewish Studies Association.
He writes two satire columns for San Diego Jewish World: “Humoring the Headlines” under his byline, and “Hounding the Headlines,” under the byline of his dog Elona.
Laurie Baron, Ph.D., rounds up opportunities for diverse Jewish studies via the Internet.
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Lifestyles, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USATo the melody of ‘Smoke Gets in Your Eyes’
Flames that engulf the trees,
Smoke that makes us wheeze.
“Rake the forest floor!
Climate’s not the cause, I won’t pass more laws.” …
[Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireLaurie Baron, Ph.D, has rounded up internet programs from Sunday, Sept. 13 through Thursday, Sept. 17 of direct Jewish interest.
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Business & Finance, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAAs reported in Bob Woodward’s new book Rage, Donald Trump confided that he downplayed the danger posed to the United States by the coronavirus because he didn’t want to panic Americans. Let’s look at how this leadership strategy has worked in the past. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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On my walks again
Twice a day I’m on my walks again.
My owners’ home confines us like a pen.
I need to get us out of the house again … [Elona Baron as Sung to Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireTell-all books about Donald Trump keep getting published. We have heard from Mary Trump that the president suffers from a narcissistic personality disorder, from John Bolton that he has no guiding principles in formulating foreign policy, and from Michael Cohen that he is a corporate criminal with a mafia mentality. Still 40 % of the American public considers him God’s gift to the United States. To discredit this belief, God has authored a book called This Is a Test: Why I Created Donald Trump. Here’s an advance excerpt. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireLaurie Baron, Ph.D, rounds up streaming programs of Jewish interest for scholars and lay people, from Sunday, Sept. 6 through Friday, Sept. 11
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Lifestyles, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, Travel and Food, USADuring an interview with Laura Ingraham, President Trump compared the actions of the Kenosha policeman who shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times to a professional golfer who chokes when trying to make 3-foot putt in a tournament. Though leftwing commentators thought this was an insensitive analogy, Trump views politics from the lens of golf as the following comments edited out of the Ingraham interview indicate. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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The contempt that is showered on our people has been unremitting, not just here in San Diego but around the country. It is part of a process, conspired in by right-wing and left-wing extremists, to normalize Jew-hatred. Our community really needs to be on guard. [Our Shtetl San Diego County column by Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Lawrence Baron, Middle East, San Diego County, USAWhen I retired from teaching at San Diego State University in 2012, Don Harrison asked me to write a weekly column. I agreed to occasionally review Jewish- themed films in a column titled “The Wandering Review.” A year later I offered to write a weekly political satire column called “Humoring the Headlines.” Familiar with “The Wandering Review,” Don thought I said that I was willing to write a column weakly. Nevertheless Don approved and all three of the fans of “The Wandering Review” were disappointed that it would appear less frequently. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Donald H. Harrison, Lawrence Baron, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & SatireLaurie Baron, Ph.D., has combed through Internet listings for programs of direct Jewish interest from Sunday, Aug. 30 through Thursday, Sept. 3.
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastIn lieu of a platform, the Republican National Committee built an altar. My deep state sources furnished me with the original draft. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAMail boxes disappearing
As election season is nearing.
If we’re gonna beat him
And soundly defeat him,
Then we all have to cast our votes early. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAI have been busy organizing this week’s Zoom convention for the DEMs (Dogs Elect Mensch). From my earliest columns I have expressed my distrust for the Golden Deceiver, a man with the temperament of a Tasmanian devil and the intelligence of an invertebrate. How could he empathize with the plight of people when he never has owned one of man’s best friends? Dogs always understood the real meaning of MAGA, Make America Growl Again. [Satire by Elona Baron as told to Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
Satire: The Canine Convention Read More »
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