HUMOR COLUMNS

If The Pilgrims Had Been Jewish (and tolerant of sea sickness)

Saffron and Football: How Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews Celebrate Thanksgiving (you stuffed the turkey with what?!)

Raisi v. Satan: The Case for Relocation (A Satire-Part I)

Haniyeh Meets Satan (and Reunites with Raisi)—Another Satire-Part II)

Hezbollah Learns That Having Pagers Is a Blast (Still Another Satire-Part III)

The Satan Series (Part IV): Sinwar and Nasrallah Can’t Believe They’re in Hell (Yet Another Satire Part IV)

Total Recall (not the cucumbers!)

Let’s Play ‘Name That Tyrant!’ (A Quiz)

How To Plant Seeds of Hate This Spring (A Satire)

Ten Must-Read Books in 2023-A Satire (who knew George Santos’s grandmother served in the Irgun?)

If Only the Ancient Jews Knew About Jamie Foxx (and why Matthew was so sensitive about his name)

“Go To Hell”: What Yemeni Jews in Israel Want the Houthis to Know (also, their Jachnun is better)

The Commencement Address No One Asked Me to Deliver (and probably never will)

Tapas and Tents (A Satire)

An Interview with Myself (my favorite subject)

Let’s Play ‘Name That Tyrant!’ (A Quiz)

The Miraculous Lapel Pin (and Other Tales of Wonder from the Israel-Hamas War)

How to Plan a Successful Anti-Israel Rally (satire)

For All the Girls Who Could Only Afford One Barbie (But Enjoyed the Heck Out of It)

Eight Smart AI Devices that Promise to Help You Spend More Time at Work and Less Time with Loved Ones

California Prayin’ (and what’s that smell around the palm tree?)

For Father’s Day, I’m Interviewing My Iranian Father (thanks, Dad)

Machines, Machines Everywhere (an ode to human cashiers)

Husband Divorces Wife After Disturbing Passover Revelation (he did what with the comb?!)

An Open Letter to Mel Brooks (and why he owes me $11.95)

How to Drive in LA When It Rains (the worse, the better)

The Anxious and the Pious (the comedic intersection of being anxious AND religious)

Yes, Dear. Your Mother’s an Illiterate (no, really)

The Teddy Bears of Redemption (reflections on my first year of school in America)

Twenty-Five Head-Scratching Questions About Jews, Israel and the Middle East (Canada did what?!)

A Day in Jewish Los Angeles (you want me to pay $17.99 for what?!)

An Interview With My Iranian Mother (enough said)

Low Times at Beverly High (going public with depression-related struggles in high school)

With a Little Xanax From My Friends (the 2020 presidential elections)

Trick or Treat or Stale Pita Bread (on Tabby’s first Halloween in this gloriously confusing country)

There Are No Atheists on the Fault Line (satire)

How Jews Who Keep Strictly Kosher Pack for Vacations (hint: it involves frying pans and colanders)

How to Survive the Effects of Daylight Savings on Shabbat (and why so much falls on the shoulders of women)

“Mrs. Maisel” is Making Me Marvelous (one less sweatpant at a time)

Why Do Persian Jews Beat Each Other With Scallions During the Passover Seder? (yes, it’s okay to wish you were Persian)

Meet Georgie, Our Guinea Pig (I never knew a guinea pig could be so emotionally demanding)

How I Spent My Summer Vacation (and the joys of being a corn farmer)

How I Spent My Summer Vacation, Again (and who took my mini watermelon?)

How I Spent My Summer Vacation III (on growing nothing but a healthy mustache)

Beverly Hills, What a Thrill (yes, nearly 25% of the city is comprised of Iranian Jews)

Meet the Jewish Writer Who Created “I Love Lucy” (and also served as its head writer and producer)

Back to the Future: 2092 (the time I was 110 years old and spoke to middle school students)

How to Celebrate Mother’s Day If You Don’t Get Along with Your Mother (self-explanatory)

What It’s Like to Have Forefathers (can I really identify with a bunch of old, white men in wigs? Yes, yes I can.)

Why Did God Create Mosquitos? (a Jewish perspective)

How Can I Be So In Love with a Non-Jewish Holiday (an ode to Nowruz/Persian New Year)

The Case for Boredom (in praise of just sitting there)

It’s Time You Met My Mother (mom, if you’re reading this, click on the underlined title, called a “hyperlink”)

It’s Time You Met My Father (what not to offer police officers who’ve pulled you over for speeding)

Can a Mom-Approved Minivan Be a Ride for High Rollers (lamentations on the minivan life)

My Favorite Mothers (in praise of difficult Persian grandmothers)

Your Son Should Have Come with a Warning Label (why cleaning up after a man is so unsexy)

Its Only Human Creatures Who Are Sweating the Pandemic (on the debauchery Tabby witnessed on her balcony)

I Want a Friday Kind of Love (warnings about a woman scorned)

1989: Putin, The Professor, and Prejudice (marking 30 years since Tabby came to the U.S.)

The Crispy Wonder of the Persian Cucumber (and how to pick out the “perfect” one)

When Things Really Heat Up, Go Persian with These Modest Recipes (why bread, cheese, and herbs are politically volatile)

Homeland vs. Homeland (how an Iranian Jew processes the nightmarish hate of Iran towards Israel)

Angry Persian Grandmas (what Tabby learned from being publicly yelled at by elderly women during a speech)

Why Does Christmas Start in October? (hint: it’s not exactly due to good will)

Three Chances to Break Your Resolutions (Reflections on the Persian, Jewish and Gregorian-calendar)

The Day After: An Interview with the Owner of a Kosher Chinese Restaurant (after he survived Christmas Eve 2020)