Coronavirus Light

By Allan Lieberman

Coronavirus Light/Tales From A Kosher Cop Volume II, will thoroughly amuse & entertain you. Read the author's account of this topsy turvy world turned upside down by Covid-19. Discover to what extremes a shopper will go to grab that last roll of toilet paper on the shelf. Learn about the different catego

• Language: English
• Publisher: Allan Lieberman
• Release date: Jun 19, 2020
• ISBN: 9781087893839

Allan Lieberman

Best known as a composer/writer of children's music, Allan won the prestigious Parent's Choice Award for "It's The Miracle", Chanukah Songs for the Family. He had produced 7 recordings in all, some of which are comedic parodies including "Thank G-d I'm A Jewish Boy" which continues to receive national airplay. "Coronavirus Light" is Allan's 2nd book.

Book preview

The Great Masquerade

Hand over all the sweet potato kugel*  and nobody will get hurt I demanded. Okay?

The young lady behind the counter at the Supermarket’s Kosher Deli didn’t know what to make of this masked man whose face was covered with an orange bandana.  Her co-workers, 2 guys who know me, were trying to keep a straight face.  I am employed as the Mashgiach* in this Supermarket’s Kosher Meat Department.

Today was her first day.  She was trying very hard to maintain her composure.

Here you are sir, can I get you anything else?

Yes I responded, what’s that right next to the chicken wings?

She informed me that the zucchini/carrot kugel was a new addition to their Passover line.

Would you like a taste? she asked.

Nodding my consent she served me a sizable sample.

Pulling down my mask to eat the sample, I realized what just transpired.  I was duped, busted.   The charade was over, the jig was up, it’s all over buster, you’re naked! I was undraped, exposed, uncovered, unveiled.  My true identity was revealed. The perpetrator of the great kugel heist was no longer veiled in secrecy…it was me, the Mashgiach from the Kosher Meat Department.  I was just having a little fun during the Age of Corona.

A month ago only a few people were covering their faces in public places. At that time  we were celebrating the holiday of Purim*, a day of pure, unmitigated joy.  On Purim many people wear masks  to conceal their identity.  Today we’re wearing them for protection. 

Less than a week ago the Governor of Florida issued an emergency order which states all persons working in, patronizing, or otherwise physically present in grocery stores…….and locations where social distancing measures are not possible should wear facial coverings.   It seems as though surgical face masks have become the emblem of this era.

The evolution of these face coverings looks something like this:  In the beginning, when Covid 19 reared its ugly head, only a few people donned surgical masks.  As the numbers of victims increased across the country the demand for masks increased and in a short time they were hard to come by.  That’s when human ingenuity kicked in.

People started coming up with great ideas for making protective face coverings.  YouTube was full of instructional videos showing us how to turn old tee shirts, towels, ties, etc into mask-like shields.  One man converted old yarmulkes (Jewish skull caps) he had collected from various Bar and Bat Mitzvahs into potential life saving masks.  Who could have ever imagined that this inscription inside one such yarmulkeh would  one day be covering someone’s mouth and nose, shielding them from airborne droplets which could cause them harm.

Today I Am A Man

Jonathan Nussbaum’s Bar Mitzvah

September 19, 1983

My personal favorite creation was conceived by a woman who devised a method for converting her old brassieres into face masks. As a member of the male persuasion, I can’t fathom why a woman would save her old bras.  Perhaps  she  intuited that they may be useful some day.  I wonder how successful she was. I would have loved to have been able to contact this entrepreneur so I would be able to keep abreast of the situation.

It was a matter of time before the world of fashion established its presence  in the booming face mask market.    Devoted followers of