Announcing the Cool Jew Love Day Giveaway

The Cool Jew Love Day Giveaway Celebrates Tu B'Av With Sweet and Sexy Gifts

Nine cool Jews and Jewish businesses have donated $175 worth of gifts in celebration of "Tu B'Av," a day on the Jewish calendar for Jewish sweethearts. In ancient times, Tu B'Av was celebrated by young single women dressing in white and shaking their groove things in vineyards; young men from all 12 tribes would sneek-a-peek, hoping to find their future wives. Today, many Jews will be celebrating in a similar fashion -- at parties rather than vineyards -- on August 5th.

There are two ways to win the Cool Jew Love Day Gift Box:

(1) Enter to win at http://tinyurl.com/lovedaygiveaway by submiting your answer to this question:"What Do You Love About Being Jewish?"

Or

(2) If you are in LA, celebrate at LoveFest 2009, organized by JConnectLA and featuring live performances by Moshav, Rav Shmuel, DJ Eric Rosen and more. One lucky guest will be chosen to win the Cool Jew Love Day Gift Box. Join LoveFest at 8 pm, August 5th, at the Bungalo Club in Los Angeles. CoolJewBook.com and ModernTribe.com are co-sponsors of this event! For more information, visit jconnectla.com.

(No purchase is required to enterhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif. This contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada 18 years old and older.)

The Cool Jew Love Day Gift Box contains:

* Ladino chanteuse Sarah Aroeste's "Puertas" CD ($15)
* Heeb magazine's "Night of the Living Jews" DVD
with the uncut version of "Strip Dreidel" ($12.50)
* Jewcy.com's signature thong ($12)
* Author Lisa Alcalay Klug's book
Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe ($13)
* Naomi Less' "Meshuga'at" CD, Jewish Chicks Rock
women's tank top and temporary tattoos ($30)
* Mashuga Nuts - kosher dairy sweets - from TornRanch.com ($15)
* Moshav's "Higher & Higher: The Best of the Moshav Band" CD ($18)
* Jennie Rivlin Roberts' "No Limit Texas Dreidel" game
from ModernTribe.com ($20)
* Threaded Heritage's "Ahava" Love t-shirt ($39)

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One Day

Mazal tov to Matisyahu on his new single. Check it out and his tour here!

One Day (new single)

We Are The World

I was touched by MJ's heartfelt memorial today and the integration of the symbols of the worlds' religions near the close.

We Are The World

Mazal Tov!

Cool Jew hits #7 again in Amazon's humor/religion Top Ten.

http://tinyurl.com/66uljk

Mazal tov all around!

Mazal Tov "La Jewminicana"

Big phat congrats to "La Jewminicana," winner of the Cool Jew 4th of July Giveaway!


The Cool Jew 4th of July Gift Box contains $100 in prizes:

* Diversity t-shirt that reads, "It takes all of us to make the land bloom," from Jean Roth of Rotem Gear
* Alan Orich's latest Jewish Hero Corps comic book
* We Can Rise CD by Chana Rothman
* Cool Jew book by Lisa Alcalay Klug
* "No Limit Texas Dreidel" game invented by Jennie Rivlin Roberts and Webb Roberts
* "Salud!" Dreidel Drinking Game from ModernTribe.com

In response to the contest question, "Are you an American Jew or a Jewish American," Aliza "La Jewminicana" Hausman answered:

What do you mean are you a Jewish American or an American Jew? Of course, I am both. My identities are not mutually exclusive. On Shabbat, I am always a Jew at rest. But when, like this year, the 4th of July falls on Shabbat, I don’t want kugel or gefilte fish. I demand already-been-barbecued-before-Shabbat hamburgers, fries and chicken wings. It is here in America with its astounding religious freedom that I can be both fully Jewish and fully American. I can be a child of immigrants, strolling towards my kosher stores on every corner listening to Michael Jackson classics from the IPod earbuds in my ear.

Thanks so much to everyone who entered! Read all the thoughtful awesome answers here.

In other headlines, if you missed Wednesday's chat on XM Oprah Radio, in which Lisa Alcalay Klug and a certain poet laureate discuss Lisa's identity as an American, a Jew and the daughter of immigrants, as well as the tragedies and triumphs of all people in honor of the 4th of July, please drop a line to lisa (at) cooljewbook (dot) com for the link.

Meanwhile, stay tuned for our next big giveaway on Tu B'Av, August 5th. Tu B'Av can be loosely translated to Jewish sweetheart's day and we have a real sweetheart of a gift package coming your way!

Shabbat Shalom, happy 3rd and happy 4th!

Announcing the Cool Jew 4th of July Giveaway

Are you a Jewish American or an American Jew?

Tell us why @ http://tinyurl.com/cool4th and enter to win $100 in prizes.

The Cool Jew 4th of July Gift Box contains:

* Diversity t-shirt that reads, "It takes all of us to make the land bloom," from Jean Roth of Rotem Gear
* Alan Orich's latest Jewish Hero Corps comic book
* We Can Rise CD by Chana Rothman
* Cool Jew book from Lisa Alcalay Klug
* "No Limit Texas Dreidel" game invented by Jennie Rivlin Roberts and Webb Roberts
* "Salud!" Dreidel Drinking Game from ModernTribe.com
A winner will be chosen from the answers and announced on Friday July 3rd. (No purchase is required to enter. This contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada.)

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