Monday: "Cool Jew" JICNY class in Manhattan
Tuesday: Israeli Independence Day Celebration with Coolooloosh aboard the Intrepid, sponsored by Dor Chadash, with remarks by Mayor Bloomberg
Wednesday: Meetings with editors. Evening Yom HaAtzmaut program at the Museum of Living Heritage in Lower Manhattan
Thursday: More meetings with editors and at UJC, whose speakers bureau I've now joined. Evening: Billion Dollar Bail-Out Casino Night Fundraiser to benefit kid's writing program at 826nyc.org In a spectacular streak at the roulette table, I won about $400 billion, which I cashed in for VIP passes to the Colbert Report! Naturally, we couldn't leave without posing in costumes at the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. and picked up our own pair of x-ray vision glasses. "Ever vigilant, ever true."
Friday: Blogging galore at TolerantNation, Jewlicious and more. "Cool Jew" session at the Beit Rabban Writer's Workshop in Manhattan. Target audience? Fourth graders!
Tonight/tomorrow: Shabbos at Carlebach... Shabbat Shalomie, homies!
Sunday: off to DC, Baltimore, Allentown and more!
Don't miss the Call-Your-Mother Gift Box Giveaway for Mamalah's Day, May 10th!
Friday, May 1, 2009
An Amazing Week of Spring Touring
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Announcing the Cool Mamalah's Giveaway!
I'm happy to announce the formation of "Cool Mamalahs." No, we're not a roller derby team. Or a girl band. We're just six Sheebsters crazy about being Jewish! And we've teamed up to give away the mother of all Mother’s Day Gift Boxes.
United under the tag “Cool Mamalahs,” each of us are contributing to our prize package valued at $150: the Call-Your-Mother Gift Box Giveaway. 
* A Fistful of Lentils: Syrian-Jewish Recipes from Grandma’s Fritzie’s Kitchen (Harvard Common Press) by Jennifer Felicia Abadi, retail value $24.95
* The Mama Doni Band’s “I Love Herring (& Other Fish Shticks for Kids)”, “I Love Chanukah” and “I Love Purim” music CDs, total value $25
* “Shomer Negiah Panties” designed by artist Maya Escobar, gift certificate valued at $50
* The Modern Jewish Mom’s Guide To Shabbat: Connect and Celebrate-Bring Your Family Together with the Friday Night Meal (Harper Paperbacks) by Meredith Jacobs, retail value $16.95
* Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe (Andrews McMeel Publishing) by Lisa Alcalay Klug, retail value $12.99
* Pomegranate vases/candle holders by Israeli artist Racheli Peretz provided by Jennie Rivlin Roberts, ModernTribe.com, retail value $36
To enter to win the Call-Your-Mother Gift Box Giveaway, visit the ModernTribe.com blog (http://blog.moderntribe.com) at http://tinyurl.com/callmom and submit your answer to this question: “Why does your mom, grandmother, sister, friend, cousin or you deserve the ‘Call-Your-Mother Gift Box?’” On this page, visitors can also click through to purchase elements of the Gift Box. (No purchase is required to win. This contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada.)
The winner will be announced here on Mamalah's Day, May 10th, 2009, on the websites of the “Cool Mamalahs” and at Jewlicious.com, Facebook, Twitter and other online outlets.