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    May 4, 2012

    Funny Jokes About Getting Old!

    At a taping of The Barry Z Show, a group of actors did a scene from a play about hypochondriacs called Sick Bastids, written by Charles Messina. In the middle of it, an octogenarian barrels out and starts cataloguing some of the most memorable jokes about being old, in order to give the hypochondri ... More >>

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    April 18, 2012

    Free Will Astrology: April 18-24, 2012

    At a taping of The Barry Z Show, a group of actors did a scene from a play about hypochondriacs called Sick Bastids, written by Charles Messina. In the middle of it, an octogenarian barrels out and starts cataloguing some of the most memorable jokes about being old, in order to give the hypochondri ... More >>

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    November 15, 2011

    Scientology in Israel: Arson, Attempted Murder, Foreclosure, General Paranoia -- And a Visit by the Voice!

    Scientology's unopened building in Jaffa​Here at the Voice we've reported this year on some pretty hard to believe worldwide developments in the ongoing Scientology saga -- from allegations of lying about child molestation in Australia, to splitting up families in California, to a months long ... More >>

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    October 2, 2011

    Dead Sea Actually Teeming With Life

    The Dead Sea is a lie. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute found that the body of water, once thought to be barren, is actually "a fantastic hot spot for life." They discovered this after a series of dive missions last year. National Geographic reports the dive teams discovered craters at the bot ... More >>

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    May 19, 2011

    In the Desert with "Jesus Christ Superstar"

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 16, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 33 Son of Son of God? by Cynthia Grenier EN BOQEQ, Israel -- We're 1286 feet below sea level. Total night, with a paring of a new moon and a sprinkle of fiercely bright stars. Suddenly day happens as if ... More >>

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    August 5, 2009

    When Parents Won't Let You Grow Up

    ​What do you do when I--I mean you--have a parent who stubbornly refuses to treat you like an adult, even though you're practically of AARP age? How do you react when--though you're so old you can remember the Dead Sea when it was just sick--my mama, I mean your mama, says stuff like "Did you ... More >>

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    March 5, 2009

    Morgy's Great Dead Sea Scrolls Bust

    Attention all would-be Manhattan District Attorneys: Forget for the moment about seizing or destroying the mantle of the now retiring Robert Morgenthau and declare yourself on the latest arrest by his office of one Raphael Haim Golb -- a brand new case that reminds us that not just anyone can be Man ... More >>

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