A Taste of Cool Jew on Sirius

If you’ve never listened to XM/Sirius Satellite Radio, you can get a free trial here. Why would you bother? Because they have awesome programming, including a certain segment tomorrow you may find worth your time. It’s a conversation between a poet laureate and a daughter of Jewish immigrants... The topic? American Jewish identity… just in time for the 4th of July.

The show airs tomorrow, Wednesday, July 1st, at 1 pm or 7 pm EST at XMRadio.com. Tune in to Channel 156, Oprah Radio, and hear Dr. Maya Angelou discuss how she appreciates and identifies with the tragedies and triumphs of the Jewish people in her own inimitable way.

FYI: The show lasts about an hour and this Jewie segment comes on about 20 minutes before the close.

If you’d like to hear a sample or have only five minutes to spare, check out this snippet of the program online. There’s no XM subscription required for this sample.

Again, if you want a free trial, you can sign up here. Best of all, it’s economic downturn-worthy. No credit card required.

A Slice of Cool Jew on Satellite Radio

If you’ve never listened to XM/Sirius Satellite Radio, you can get a free trial here. Why would you bother? Because they have awesome programming, including a certain segment tomorrow you may find worth your time. It’s a conversation between a poet laureate and a daughter of Jewish immigrants... The topic? American Jewish identity… just in time for the 4th of July.

The show airs tomorrow, Wednesday, July 1st, at 1 pm or 7 pm EST at XMRadio.com. Tune in to Channel 156, Oprah Radio, and hear Dr. Maya Angelou discuss how she appreciates and identifies with the tragedies and triumphs of the Jewish people in her own inimitable way.

FYI: The show lasts about an hour and this Jewie segment comes on about 20 minutes before the close.

If you’d like to hear a sample or have only five minutes to spare, check out this snippet of the program online. There’s no XM subscription required for this sample.

Again, if you want a free trial, you can sign up here. Best of all, it’s economic downturn-worthy. No credit card required.

Listen In!

This Wednesday, July 1st, please tune in for a chat with a certain nobel laureate at 1 pm and 7 pm EST on Oprah Radio XM 156 and Sirius Radio 195.

Sign up for a free 7-day trial at XM

Can't make it? Send me your email and I'll send you a link to a snippet!

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And we're back!

...In Amazon's Top Ten: Books > Entertainment > Humor > Religion Yeehaw!

Summer Reading Giveaway

Win Cool Jew, a schlep tote and $100 worth of loot in this Summer Reading Giveaway!

PopJudaica.com is celebrating summer with a Summer Reading Giveaway and a prize package valued at over $100.00, all tucked into a “Schlep” tote bag! To enter to win, tell us your favorite Jewish author or Jewish themed book. Leave your answer in the comments section at http://popjudaica.blogspot.com by midnight Pacific time by this Thursday, June 25th. Be sure to also leave your email or twitter handle so Pop Judaica can contact you if you are the winner! Note: This contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada.

Cool Jew by Lisa Alcalay Klug — a must read for every member of the Tribe! The book covers everything Hebraic from womb to tomb, finally putting an end to Christmas tree envy. Short essays, lists, instructional guides, photographs, and original illustrations celebrate Jewish cultural pride with love, enthusiasm, and irreverence.

Bar Mitzvah Disco -- Remember the year when you turned Lucky 13? The authors of Bar Mitzvah Disco take you on a journey to a parallel universe, where tall girls slow-danced with short boys at arm’s length, suburban break-dance pioneers vied with Lionel Richie fanatics for dance-floor space, and Aunt Edna came ready to mount an assault on the dessert buffet.

Modern Jewish Mom’s Guide to Shabbat by Meredith Jacobs.
Written in conversational style from one modern Jewish mom to another, the MJM’s Guide is funny and warm, brightly colored and easy to read book, filled with delicious, easy recipes and family art projects, suggested family discussion topics. No matter your level of religious observance, this book appeals to all.

Yom Kippur A Go-Go by Matthue Roth. Yom Kippur A Go-Go is a mind-blowing meeting of pop culture, Orthodox faith, and hipster poetics. With humor and insight, Roth describes the tension between contemporary life and the demands of his Orthodox faith.

My Jesus Year by Benyamin Cohen. Raised as an Orthodox Jew and the son of a rabbi, Benyamin Cohen grew up fascinated by the church across the street from his childhood home. Struck by a crisis of faith, and not long after marrying the converted daughter of a Baptist minister, he decided to see if Jesus could lead him back to Judaism by embarking on an Oz-like journey on which he visited a myriad of denominational churches. In the end, Cohen found that his yarmulke had similar powers as Dorothy’s red shoes.

Enter to win here!

Cool Jew Papa’s Day Giveaway

Only three days left to enter! Seven Mensches and two Mamalahs — including Sam Apple, author of American Parent, Matthue Roth, author of Losers, and me, Lisa Alcalay Klug, author of Cool Jew–-have contributed over $240 worth of gifts to giveaway to one lucky guy.

Enter to win the Cool Jew Papa’s Day Giveaway by answering this question: “What makes your dad, brother, cousin, friend or husband a cool Jew?” A winner will be chosen from the answers and announced on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 21.

There is no catch. No purchase. This giveaway is just for fun and to let you know about all of us and our work!

Enter to win at www.tinyurl.com/cooldad!

June Cool Jew Newsletter

Dear Friends, Heebsters and Honoraries:

It's been a phenomenal year with lots of amazing Cool Jew News. Last summer's sneak previews segued beautifully into my massive fall tour, which stormed on into winter and unexpectedly avalanched right on into spring! After nine months of parties, signings, festivals, tv/radio appearances and newspaper and magazine articles, I am in a bit of a daze that I survived this snowball of a book tour without more casualties. True, my car, cell phone, suitcase and laptop all gave up at some point (!) but now that I'm at least partially back among the plugged-in, here are a few recent highlights...

Shalom TV broadcast an in-depth interview at cable stations around the country. For a bisseleh clip, click here: 204.186.93.178/video/LisaKlug.flv

The Conney Conference on Jewish Arts & Identity invited me to present at at U-W Madison: http://conneyproject.wisc.edu/videos-2009/cool-jews/

This Sunday, you can catch me on JLTV in an interview with Phil Blazer at 9 am on Channel 18 in LA. On June 21st, the program will air nationally at the channels listed below. And--this is where a drum roll would come in handy--I had the distinct honor of appearing on a certain Nobel Laureate's radio program on XM Radio. We spoke about my family's unique history and it was an fascinating cultural exchange!

The full program will re-air Wednesday, July 1st on XM Radio 156 and Sirius Radio 195 at 5 am, 1 pm and 7 pm EST. The show airs again Sundays at 7am EST. If the program runs like it did last time, I'm on about 20 minutes before the end of the hour. If you don't have a subscription to XM Radio, you can and listen online with a free 3-day trial: http://www.xmradio.com/oprah/index.xmc

What's next? I'm plunging ahead now on Cool Jew Two and booking speaking engagements through winter, so please drop me a line directly on that score to lisa (at) cooljewbook (dot) com. For more updates between newsletters, please friend me on Facebook, invite your friends to join the FB Group (http://tinyurl.com/cooljewbookgroup) and follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/lisaklug) where we'll be doing plenty more giveaways as we approach the one-year anniversary of the debut of Cool Jew this fall.

Remember, these 250 lighthearted pages make great summer reading and terrific gifts for bar/bat mitzvahs, graduations and summer care packages. To win a free copy of Cool Jew, along with a bunch of other books, CDs, tees and more, take a minute to enter the largest Cool Jew Giveaway ever. Seven Mensches and two Mamalahs have teamed up to celebrate Jewish guys this Father's Day. We've all contributed over $240 worth of gifts to giveaway to one lucky guy. To enter to win the Cool Jew Papa's Day Gift Box, go to http://tinyurl.com/cooldad and submit your answer to this question:

"What makes your dad, brother, cousin, friend or husband a cool Jew?"

A winner will be chosen from the answers and announced on Father's Day, Sunday, June 21. (No purchase is required to enter. This contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada.) Enter here.

The Cool Jew Papa's Day Gift Box contains:

* Author Sam Apple's book American Parent: My Strange and Surprising Adventures in Modern Babyland

* Author Ron Arons' Jews of Sing Sing book and t-shirt

* Stand-up comedian Yisrael Campbell's "Circumcise Me" DVD

* Comedy writer Seth Front's set of four Jewish Zodiac placemats

* My book, Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe

* Author Matthue Roth’s novels, Never Mind the Goldbergs and Losers

* Entrepreneur Jennie Rivlin Roberts' ModernTribe.com products "Can!!Can" CD and Punk Torah t-shirt and "No Limit Texas Dreidel" Game

* Artist Ben Schachter's "Treif" stickers

* Singer/Songwriter Rav Shmuel's "Protocols" and "B'yameinu" music CDs and two t-shirts

Take a Moment for Fun and Enter Now

REMEMBER: Jewish Life TV will air its interview with Lisa on June 21st in these locations around the country:

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Baltimore 1:00 PM 77

Boston 1:00 PM 56

Cleveland 1:00 PM 21

Connecticut 1:00 PM 51

Detroit 1:00 PM 18

Miami/ So. Florida 1:00 PM 46/19

Milwaukee Noon 95

Minneapolis Noon 98 & 16

New Jersey 1:00 PM 31

New York City 1:00 PM 31 and

New York City 4:30 PM 45

Palm Springs 10:00 AM 18

St. Louis, MO Noon 16

Washington DC suburbs 1:00 PM 77
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Cool Jew Papa's Day Giveaway

Seven Mensches and two Mamalahs have contributed over $240 worth of gifts to giveaway to one lucky guy. Comment on this post and answer this question:

"What makes your dad, brother, cousin, friend or husband a cool Jew?"

A winner will be chosen from the answers and announced on Father's Day, Sunday, June 21.

The Cool Jew Papa's Day Gift Box contains:

* Author Sam Apple's book American Parent: My Strange and Surprising Adventures in Modern Babyland

* Author Ron Arons' Jews of Sing Sing book and t-shirt

* Stand-up comedian Yisrael Campbell's "Circumcise Me" DVD

* Comedy writer Seth Front's set of four Jewish Zodiac placemats

* My book Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe

* Author Matthue Roth’s novels, Never Mind the Goldbergs and Losers

* Entrepreneur Jennie Rivlin Roberts' ModernTribe.com products "Can!!Can" CD and Punk Torah t-shirt and "No Limit Texas Dreidel" Game

* Artist Ben Schachter's "Treif" stickers

* Singer/Songwriter Rav Shmuel's "Protocols" and "B'yameinu" music CDs and two t-shirts

Comment to win here!

Check back here or sign up for our Newsletter to be notified of the winner on June 21! (No purchase is required to enter. This contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada.)

More about the Cool Jew Papa's Day Giveaway!

Meet the nine Mensches and Mamalahs that are bringing you the Cool Jew Papa's Day Giveaway

Sam Apple is the author of the new book, American Parent: My Strange and Surprising Adventures in Modern Babyland, and the memoir, Shlepping Through the Alps: My Search for Austria's Jewish Past with Its Last Wandering Shepherd. www.samapple.com

Ron Arons and Bugs Bunny both spent time, albeit briefly, inside Sing Sing Prison. Born and reared as a “goodie-two-shoes”, when Ron learned his great-grandfather served time at the federal penitentiary, he devoted ten years to writing Jews of Sing Sing, a book about New York's Jewish criminals. www.jewsofsingsing.com

American-born Yisrael Campbell performs stand-up comedy throughout the English-speaking world and Israel, his adopted home. Yisrael is currently creating a production of his one-man show, "Circumcise Me," to open off-Broadway in November, 2009. He trained for the stage at Circle in the Square. www.yisraelcampbell.com

Comedy writer and rabbi's son Seth Front is the creator of "The Jewish Zodiac," a parody of its Chinese cousin. As Seth explains, “G-d spoke to Moses at Mt. Sinai; he spoke to me at a Chinese restaurant." The Jewish Zodiac adorns placemats, mugs, magnets and more at www.jewzo.com

Award-winning journalist Lisa Alcalay Klug is the author of Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe, a 2008 National Jewish Book Awards Finalist. A contributor to the New York Times, Forward and many other publications, Lisa also edits the multicultural blog, Tolerant Nation. www.cooljewbook.com http://tolerantnation.wordpress.com

Jennie Rivlin Roberts is the founder of ModernTribe.com, an online Judaica and Jewish gifts store for progressive minds, spirits, and style, and the co-inventor of No Limit Texas Dreidel (NLTD), which crosses dreidel with Texas Hold'em poker. NLTD has received national recognition in media outlets such as NPR and Newsweek. www.TexasDreidel.com

Matthue Roth is the author of three novels, Losers, Never Mind the Goldbergs, and Candy in Action, as well as a memoir, Yom Kippur a Go-Go. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter, and he keeps a secret diary at www.matthue.com.

Artist Ben Schachter explores Jewish law in his work. His "eruv paintings" have exhibited at the Hebrew Union College and The American Jewish Museum in Pittsburgh. He is currently curating “Tzit Tzit: Fiber Art and Jewish Identity,” opening Spring 2010 at St. Vincent College. www.benschachter.com

Rav Shmuel is a hasidic rabbi who hangs out in Greenwich Village and plays original compositions on his guitar. Billboard described his acclaimed debut CD as "immediately likeable... good humored anti-folk." Views of his animated video, "Protocols," have surpassed 125,000 on YouTube. www.ravshmuel.com

Yay!

It's always great to land in Amazon's top ten list!

#10 in Books > Entertainment > Humor > Religion

It's even better after a night of watching Dick Van Dyke on stage at Disney Hall in LA. That man can still bring down the house!

Mazal tov all around!