Numbers Game

In the ongoing numbers game of book sales, Cool Jew's ranking has risen among Top Sellers at Virgin Mega Stores.

Cool Jew now ranks No. 24 among all books at VirginMega.com.

How awesome is that?

And a happy 2009 to you!

The Ninth Day of Chanukah

Today is the Ninth Day of Chanukah. Well, only if you're on drugs or your oil pulled another miracle. And if it did, try selling that story to the National Enquirer!

Wouldn't it be cool if there were a ninth day, an Isru Chanukah if you will? There's an Isru Chag, an extra day, for Passover, Sukkot and Shavuot to connect, Rabbi Isaac Luria taught, to the ongoing light of the holiday. Well then, why not an Isru for the holiday of lights?

Are you going through Chanukah withdrawals? Are you celebrating your Erev 2009 in some awesome way? Are you up for creating a new sort of Isru Chanukah? We want to hear about. We especially want to hear about it if means making 2009 more meaningful and more tolerant. Yep, it's true... we're dreaming of a more tolerant America. And we're looking for partners to reach across your/our culture and promote cross-cultural dialogue around the upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20th. Is that you? Your blog? Your website? Your radio show? Newspaper? Oprah? Ellen? Colbert? The Daily Show? Okay, so we're dreaming big here.

And there's no reason not to. We've already got a growing coalition of groups promoting tolerance and cross-cultural dialogue around the inauguration and leading this discussion online at various sites. And that includes Jewlicious.com, ModernTribe.com, Bookopolis and more... We're also doing more giveaways of that hilarious book I keep shamelessly plugging, Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe, to celebrate the inauguration as part of this effort. We're looking for additional partners and street teams to further the discussion online and elsewhere. I'll also be in DC inauguration week and am looking to see what we can create that week to help spread the message online, to the media, and...

Got ideas? Click on CONTACT or e-me: lisa (at) cooljewbook (dot) com.

Today is the Eighth Day of Chanukah

The Eighth Night, Photo (c) Lisa Alcalay Klug

It's the last day of Chanukah. Mazal tov to the winners of EIGHT DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS!

Day 1: Yoni Reinharz

Day 2: MRose24

Day 3: Daisy Lov

Day 4: Shirani87

Day 5: JewInaCanoe

Day 6: Meyer Fremder

Day 7: Audrey Bloomberg

AND, drum roll please, TODAY'S WINNERS ARE

Day 8: Atira4Art

AND THE WINNER OF THE

Shamash Bonus Round: Russell Smith

We also congratulate our winners at Jewlicious.com: Avishai Weiss and Irena Shakhnovich.

Guests to Lisa's Chanukah book reading at Book Passage in Corte Madera on Dec. 23rd also received a free Chanukah gift with purchase.

All winners receive an autographed copy of Cool Jew. They also snagged a Chanukah goodie bag filled with treats (dreidel, temporary tattoos and discount cards) from ModernTribe.com, CDs with tunes by musicians Saul Kaye and Hip Hop Shabbat, a kosher snack and more.

A big giant thank you shout out to our sponsors: Jennie Rivlin at ModernTribe.com, Saul Kaye, Yonatan Gutstadt and Hip Hop Shabbat, Motti Kalifa at Certified Kosher of Oakland, and my publisher, Andrews McMeel. Thanks also to David Abitbol and Jewlicious.com for participating in EIGHT DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS!

Stay tuned for more winners during the inauguration in Washington, D.C. next month, when Barack Obama becomes president on January 20th. We'll be marking the inauguration with a celebration of multiculturalism in America together with a coalition of Jewish organizations launched by CoolJewBook.com. And Lisa will be in DC and environs for radio interview on InterfaithRadio.org, a reading at Breathe Books and more. So sign up to win on the home page and we'll keep the giveaways coming atcha!

Meanwhile, mazal tov all around and happy holidays everyone!

The Seventh Day

On the seventh day, the Ultimate Heebster in Heaven rested. L'havdil, on this seventh day, Hanukah 2009/5769, this mortal Sheebster is still plugging her book!

That you already knew! But what you didn't know is that today's winner of an autographed copy of Cool Jew and a "No Limit Texas Dreidel" bag filled with Heebster goodies is the one and only Audrey Bloomberg. Well, okay, there very well be more than one Audrey Bloomberg out there but we know for certain that there is only one who is receiving an email from us announcing she's won.

Nu, Audrey, you out there? Open up that email, girlfrieeeeeeend and let us know where we can send your prize!

Meanwhile, don't forget to sign up for one more day of Eight Days of Giveaways plus the Shamash bonus round... coming to you live, tomorrow from cooljewbook.com. Register on the home page, homies, and mazal tov all around!

Erev Shabbat Chanukah Winners

Today is the fifth day of Chanukah. And tonight is a triple header: the Sixth Night of Chanukah, Shabbat and Rosh Chodesh, the new month. So today brings a double portion of winners as we announce the Day Five winner and tomorrow's Day Six winner.

Day Five's winner is "jewinacanoe"

and

Day Six's winner is Meyer Fremder.

There are two more Days to win plus the "Shamash" bonus round, in honor of the ninth helper candle. (How could we leave out Candle No. 9?) Register to win now!

Mazal tov to our winners!

Be sure to respond to your winning email and send us your snail address so we can ship out your prize.

KING & QUEEN OF SWAG

Congrats to the Jewlicious.com winners of EIGHT DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS! In a virtual “Christmas Day Matzoh Ball,” on December 25th, we crowned a King and Queen O’ Heebster Swag from the Jewlicious Facebook Group.

The loot? Every winner in EIGHT DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS receives an autographed copy of Cool Jew. Each prize also comes with a “No Limit Texas Dreidel” goodie bag filled with a dreidel and temporary tattoos from ModernTribe.com, CDs from the rappers at Hip Hop Shabbat and singer/songwriter Saul Kaye, kosher nosh from Oakland’s Certified Kosher and samplers of organic EcoTeas. Tonight's Jewlicious winners also receive Jewlicious swag! Abundant props to our generous sponsors for these awesome gifts.

The envelope please. Our Jewlicious winners–either divinely inspired or randomly chosen, depending on your spiritual beliefs–are Irena Shakhnovich (Boston, MA, Tufts Alum ‘05) and Avishai Weiss (New York, NY, UChicago Alum ‘05, Microsoft). Ain’t no Burger King paper crowns for our royalty. Instead, they’re getting insta “snap n’ glow” specs to hip hop their Chanukah. (Or just look like a dork.) Mazal tov!

But that’s not all… Everyone’s a winner at the next Jewlicious Festival. Or almost. A select number of early arrivals to the festival will receive a free copy of Cool Jew. So get yourself to Long Beach and celebrate you, Jew. Until then, check out the rest of CoolJewBook.com for videos, press, tour sked, four more sets of prizes in EIGHT DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS plus a new "Shamash" bonus round winner on the last day of Chanukah and then some… And throw some more happy in your Chanukah.

The Fourth Day of Chanukah

On the Fourth Day of Chanukah, which coincides this year with Christmas, we're enjoying, in the words (and video) of Saturday Night Live, "Christmas Time for the Jews."

Lest we forget: today's winner of EIGHT DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS of an autographed copy of Cool Jew is Shirani87.

Shirani, whether you're 87, 21, or somewhere in, between please respond to the announcement we emailed you and send us your address so we can send you your prize.

Chanukah is not over yet so there are still chances to win. Not only will you get an autographed copy of Cool Jew. You'll also snag a Chanukah goodie bag filled with treats (dreidl, temporary tattoos and discount cards) from ModernTribe.com, CDs with tunes by musicians Saul Kaye and Hip Hop Shabbat, a kosher snack and more. Sign up to win here.

Meanwhile, mazal tov all around and happy holidays everyone!