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LARGO'S

"The Tradition Continues"

SINCE

Some Jokes from the Rabbi

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making lots and is of money,
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being surrounded by kinds of
beautiful adoring women. But then I
realized that would never work
becauie I'm Jewish and I could
never be a TV evangelist."

We get our cable from a satellite
dish. We have some Orthodox
neighbors, so they, of course, have
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My daughter is a militant teen-
aged feminist, Her boyfriend is a
competitive bike racer. She doesn't
shave her legs, but he shaves his."

in 15 seconds, and I prefer it with-
in eight seconds of when the joke
starts."
So the rabbi's jokes are fast-
paced, clean and brief. Some ex-
amples:
"We follow Jewish tradition in
our family. When our son was
born, we named him after my
grandfather. We call him 'Grand-
pa."
And "We found that with a
satellite dish you can pick up
some pretty obscure stations. Not
many people know about this, but
there's actually a Jewish cable
news network. Every hour a guy
meanders across the screen and
says, 'You don't want to know
about it.' "
Although his audiences' belly
laughs make him feel good, Rabbi
Alper gets the most nachas from
sick people's responses to his rou-
tines, which are available on tape.
No one has claimed to be cured
by hearing his jokes, but dozens
of people have told him their con-
ditions improved after listening
to his humor.
This joke, he said, has been a
big hit:
"I was taking a hike the other
day, thinking about the fact
there's just a handful of Jews in
our little town, feeling isolated
and a little lonely. Suddenly a
wind came across the valley and
through the mountains, and I
heard a voice saying, 'Build a deli
and they will come.' "
Rabbi Alper hasn't opened a
deli in East Dorset yet. But he
is one of the first to open up the
field of stand-up comedy to men
of the cloth. And, judging from
the success of his tapes and his
packed tour schedule, audiences
are pining for the Alper style of
Jewish humor.

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Rabbi Alper will perform
7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 11, at
Congregation Beth Achim.
Tickets are $25 in advance, $30
at the door, and include hors
d'oeuvres, wine and a dessert
bar. For information, call the
synagogue. 352 8670.

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