And the winner of Yiddish for Babies is... @ReizaM!
You can, of course, go out and get your own copy.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Winner of Yiddish for Babies
Gender Roles
Yael, to her brother: Sam, will you change the baby's diaper? I have to go to work.
Sam: Okay.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
My Kids Say the Darndest Things...
A Grown-up Friend to Yael: Why do you have that bandaid on your finger?
Yael: Well, Sammy got an owie and I got a bandaid too.
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Sam, eating a chocolate covered pretzel, after one bite, in surprise:
Oh! Did you know there was a pretzel inside?
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Anyone: Yael, what's your favorite song?
Yael: We Will Rock You
Anyone: Who sings it?
Yael: The Queen
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Winner of the Reunion CD
And the winner of the Reunion CD by Julie Silver is catdfox - Adrienne, I know you will enjoy it!
Thanks, everyone, for entering the giveaway!
Thanks, Julie, for the great CD!
Don't forget that I'm also giving away Yiddish for Babies, ends on Thursday.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Don't Let the Light Go Out
See more Chanukah Shots over at Batya's place.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Yiddish for Babies - Review and Giveaway
Oy gevalt, stop kvetching and take a look at this hilarious and adorable book!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Reunion by Julie Silver - Review & Giveaway
I just want to start off by saying that I earned this CD.
Julie Silver, a sweet-voiced gem of a singer, is also pretty lively on Twitter and Facebook these days. And during a presenation I made at the recent URJ Biennial, she dared me to pinch the cheek of one of my co-presenters. She told me she'd give me a CD if I did it. How could I refuse!? After all, it was for you, my dear readers, so I could offer up this giveaway. So, in the spirit of full disclosure: I earned this CD and now I'm giving it away to one of you, lucky readers. See below for how to be entered to win.
Julie's CD is lovely. It's a pleasant and heart-warming mixture of liturgical music and what other reviews call "story-songs" (I just love the sound of that phrase....I want to tell story-songs!).
My favorite track is Halleluyah, a rendering of Psalm 150, is singable and lively - definitely a new favorite for me! I love how she mixes personal words in English with the prayerful words of Yih'yu l'ratzon and looks for shelter in a re-telling of part of the Hashkivenu prayer.
One of the most interesting songs on the album is Where Am I? This song puts into words the struggle that so many women feel when they read Torah - how can I find myself in these stories that for generations have left me out? How can I respond to statements that the Torah makes like "If a man should make a promise, his word must never fail/if a woman makes a vow to God, the same does not hold true/Her husband or her father must decide what she should do..."? Julie asks the question but doesn't really give an answer - and as she says at the end of the song - "surely this is what our tradition's all about" - we seek answers that we haven't yet found.
Each time I listen to the album, I find a new treasure in Julie's words and music.
It's available to buy here at SoundsWrite but it's a smidge less expensive to download from Amazon.
So...you know you want this CD. Of course you can buy it somewhere else, but you can also WIN IT here!
Extra entry for tweeting but YOU MUST LEAVE A SEPARATE COMMENT to tell me about your tweets, pretty please?
Wouldn't it be nice if you shared it on Facebook too? I'd appreciate it. You know you love me. Thanks, y'all!















