A Joke to Start the Week - "Kosher Supervision: Is it Ever Good Enough?

Summer has been good to us, and thanks to some new friendships and lecture tour contacts, we've been able to collect enough jokes to start the next few weeks. The jokes may be old, but the retellings are new.

Today we're posting another joke by Bob Epstein, who holds forth every summer as recreation specialist at the Berkshire Hills Eisenberg Adult Vacation Center in Copake, New York. Bob is an 88-year-old retired Assistant Principal in the New York school system. His summer duties include joke telling sessions with the seniors who come to the mountains for a summer vacation.

Here's the setup for today's short joke: A very observant guy gets to heaven and sees a big spread of food. And then...

Enjoy!


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A Joke to Start the Week - "Prime Minister and President at the Western Wall"

During our week of Jewish humor lectures and comedy programs at the Berkshire Hills Eisenberg Adult Vacation Center, we shared the role of guest lecturer with Mark Levy, a California-based performer and teacher of Jewish music for 30 years at temples, synagogues, JCCs, elder hostels and other Jewish groups.

Mark's classes and lecture topics include Fiddlers on the Stage! - Ten Jewish Violinists, Music of the Bible, Klezmer 101, The Classics from Rossi to Bernstein, Songs of the Jewish Labor Movement, and A Century of Jewish Humor in America.

We got Mark to sit on the lawn next to Lake Copake and tell us some of his favorite jokes. We captured a few and will share them with you over the coming weeks. 

Here's the setup for today's joke: Barack Obama goes to Israel and he's greeted by Bibi Netanyahu. And then...

Enjoy!

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A Joke to Start the Week - "How to Treat Flucky"

It's Monday morning and time for another Joke to Start the Week. Today we're introducing a new joke teller -- Freyda Kolinsky, a retired teacher. 

We met Freyda when we were doing a Jewish humor program at a synagogue on Long Island last week. We always ask the audience if there are any joke tellers who would like to be featured in our Monday "Joke to Start the Week" slot, and we're delighted when we get a positive response.

Here's the setup for today's joke: On Friday my husband and me we were crossing the street and Boom! he gets hit by a car. He falls down, gets up, and says "I'm all right." And then...

Enjoy!

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