Another Jewish license plate
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin, our Jewish license plate sleuth, has found this alternate spelling of “chutzpah,” a Yiddish word meaning “colossal nerve.” Eventually, it will be added to our on-line...
View ArticleJewish license plate: Mitsvos
SAN DIEGO — License plate spotter Melanie Rubin found one from California that reminds us that God has given us commandments to follow.
View ArticleJewish-interest license plate: 5L’Chaim
SAN DIEGO — Our champion Jewish-interest license plate spotter, Melanie Rubin, found one that wishes good health for five!
View ArticleJewish-interest license plate: Mzel Tov
SAN DIEGO — Our friend Melanie Rubin spotted another Jewish-interest license plate. So to her a mazel tov.
View ArticleTwo travelling Hebrew names
SAN DIEGO — We’re always pleased when we see Hebrew names on personalized license plates. Recently our license-plate-spotter-in-chief, Melanie Rubin, noticed two on California plates: Aryeh 1 and...
View ArticleJewish interest license plate
SAN DIEGO–This license plate was spotted in San Diego County by Melanie Rubin. The extra ES at the end of the name? A matter for speculation.
View ArticleJewish license plates: Reason to celebrate
The Rubin family search for Jewish-interest license plates is expanding. Melanie Rubin, our prime spotter in San Diego, has recruited her mother, Penni, as a license plate sleuth. She found BSIMCHA in...
View ArticleJewish-interest license plate: 18 David
Melanie Rubin never fails to spot a Jewish-interest license plate. As “18” is the numeric equivalent of the Hebrew word “chai” (life), we can think of this license plate as reading “Chai David!”
View ArticleJewish-interest license plate
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin is a collector of Jewish-interest license plate images. And she has found another two. “A Mensh” (for those who don’t know) is someone who is a good person, a humanitarian....
View ArticleJewish license plates~titled grandparents
SAN DIEGO — Our chief license plate spotter, Melanie Rubin, saw these two license plates for titled grandparents. Dr. Bubbe evidently refers to a grandmother who has a doctorate, whereas HonZady,...
View ArticleDouble-interest license plate
SAN DIEGO — Our thanks to Melanie Rubin, who has spotted a license plate with double Jewish interest. MAZLTAV, of course, means good luck in both Yiddish and Hebrew. But there is also the specialty...
View ArticleJewish-interest license plate Ch Babka
SAN DIEGO — Mmmm. Mmmm. Our mouths are watering already, if this license means what we suspect it does. CHocolate Babka, a well-known, well-loved Eastern European Jewish pastry. Melanie Rubin...
View ArticleA Jewish plate? FRMIDOC
SAN DIEGO — We think Melanie Rubin put a hand over one eye when she read this license plate. She spotted it near one of our local Jewish institutions and interpreted FRMIDOC to mean “frum eye doctor,”...
View ArticleJewish-interest license plate: ‘Nifrah’
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin found this transliterated Hebrew license plate. Nifrah means “we will blossom.”
View ArticleJewish-interest license plate: G-ldis
SAN DIEGO–Our license plate spotter-in-chief, Melanie Rubin, clearly loves Fiddler on the Roof , so when she saw this ambiguous license plate, she read it as if the heart substituted for an “O” in...
View ArticleJewish-interest license: Harran
SAN DIEGO — Eagle-eyed Melanie Rubin, remembering her Book of Genesis, spotted this Jewish-interest license plate, which recalls the name of the patriarch Abraham’s brother.
View ArticleJewish-interest license plate: Safa
SAN DIEGO– In Hebrew, “safa” means “language,” which prompted license plate spotter Melanie Rubin to wonder whether the driver wanted those behind him to “watch their language.”
View ArticleJewish-interest license plate: Safta L
SAN DIEGO– Melanie Rubin, our license plate maven, spotted this vanity plate, owned by Safta L, who no doubt is very proud of all her grandchildren. Whatever else the “L” stands for, it stands for...
View ArticleJewish-interest license plate: Kal Ram
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin, license-plate spotter extraordinaire, found it, and Shahar Masori, Israeli-born son in law of the publishers, translated it: “Kal means light as in lighter than air. And...
View ArticleJewish license plate: Chutzpa
SAN DIEGO — Melanie Rubin, who spotted this gem, asks: “Does it take chutzpa to put chutzpa on your license plate?” In our opinion, not at all. Just a sense of humor.
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