Melanie Rubin is director of senior services at the Lawrence Family JCC. She also supervises the Astor Judaica Library. One of her hobbies is finding Jewish-interest license plates.
In the video below, Melanie is interviewed about her job working with seniors at the Lawrence Family JCC.
SAN DIEGO– Our number-one license plate spotter Melanie Rubin has done it again. In Hebrew, raz means “secret” or “mystery” and 18 is the numeric value of the word “chai” or life. So one might read this clever license plate as “the secret of life.”
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO–Well, of course, no single group can claim to know God’s Will, but among those who forever are inquiring about it are us Jews. So our license plate maven Melanie Rubin recorded this one as of Jewish interest.
Jewish-interest license plates: ‘GDS WLL’ Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO–When something is a Mekhaye, it is wonderful — like diving into a nice swimming pool on a hot day, or in the case of the whale on this license plate, perhaps, surfacing and diving with perfect form. Perhaps the driver was referring to his or her car, which is fun to
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin has spotted another interesting Jewish license plate. “Galim” in Hebrew means “waves,” and so one assumes that the owner of the car on which this license plate appears is a person who loves the ocean. Perhaps the owner is a surfer. On the other hand, the background design of
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin found it, and no matter how you spell it, it means “To Life!”
Jewish-interest license plate ‘l’haim’ Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — License plate maven Melanie Rubin found this gem — “Rov n I” — which suggests that the owners of the car are a rabbi (rov) and a rebbitzin (I). They should live together in health, happiness, prosperity and the spirit of Torah!
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Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — License plate maven found this plate bearing a beautiful, feminine Hebrew name, derived from the same word root as “Shalom.”
Jewish-interest license plate: ‘Shlomit’ Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO– This license plate find by Melanie Rubin makes many people smile with pleasure. The license plate tells us that its owner is a doctor, who also is a Jewish grandma. We infer that whoever she is, she keeps the traditions, and she is a modern woman. We’ve got to admire her!
Jewish-interest license plate: ‘Dr. Bubbe’ Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, found someone who rates a 10 (esser), or perhaps it is the owner’s car that gets a perfect score.
Jewish-interest license plate: ‘Esser’ Read More »
Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin says it was a matter of crazy good luck that she spotted this Jewish-interest license plate: att
Jewish-interest license plate: Mshgnah Read More »
Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin
SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven Melanie Rubin has no idea whose initials CES are, but she figures that the owner of the license plate has a very lucky number: 18, which, of course, is the numeric value of the Hebrew word for life, “Chai.” So mazal tov, CES, and L’Chaim!
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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin
SAN DIEGO — Our Jewish-interest license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, has done it again, finding a famous toast “to life” spelled unusually but nevertheless one which we fervently hope will apply to all the good people in this world, whatever their religion, race, national origin, gender, sexual identity, political party — or what have you.
Jewish-interest license plate: ‘LeChyim’ Read More »
Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin
SAN DIEGO –Melanie Rubin, who remembers her Israeli geography, spotted this license plate. It doesn’t exactly say “Beit She’an” but it is close enough. According to the Bible, that was the area in Israel where the Philistines hung the body of King Saul from a wall. Now, we don’t know this is what the car’s
Jewish license plate: Bet Shan Read More »
Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin, the queen of Jewish license plate hunters, found this one, which means repentance. Perhaps the driver is a ba’al tshuvah, which means a person who has embraced Orthodox Jewish ways after a life that was more secular. Or perhaps, the driver wants the people in cars following too closely to
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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin