Why does your mom, grandmother, sister, friend, cousin, aunt (any special woman in your life) or you deserve the Call-Your-Mother Gift Box?
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The Call-Your-Mother Gift Box contains over $150 worth of gifts:
A Fistful of Lentils Sephardic cookbook by Jennifer Felicia Abadi
Three-CD set of original "Funky music with a Jewish Twist" by Mama Doni
Gift certificate for customized "Shomer Negiah Panties" by artist Maya Escobar
The Modern Jewish Mom's Guide to Shabbat by Meredith L. Jacobs
Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe by Lisa Alcalay Klug
Pomegranate vases/candle holders by Israeli artist Racheli Peretz
provided by Jennie Rivlin Roberts
A Fistful of Lentils Sephardic cookbook by Jennifer Felicia Abadi
Three-CD set of original "Funky music with a Jewish Twist" by Mama Doni
Gift certificate for customized "Shomer Negiah Panties" by artist Maya Escobar
The Modern Jewish Mom's Guide to Shabbat by Meredith L. Jacobs
Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe by Lisa Alcalay Klug
Pomegranate vases/candle holders by Israeli artist Racheli Peretz
provided by Jennie Rivlin Roberts
- The Call-Your-Mother Gift Box is presented by the Cool Mamalahs.
- You can purchase items from the Call-Your-Mother Gift Box on ModernTribe.com.
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83 comments:
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The "Lentils" book looks great.
Recipe books....mmmmmm :-)
Is there a way to purchase the gift box to send to someone for mothers day?
Why does my mom deserve this? Well, because she's not Jewish and every day is an entertaining learning process with her. In fact, she just sent me an email asking me if she should click on the "Date Jews Now!" icon in her ad toolbar. What a hoot :) My "adoptive" Jewish mother, Judy, deserves it alternatively because she puts Tuvia and I up every week, without question, feeds us everything challah, halts crying babies, and schleps all over the place without a car. She needs a laugh, she needs a break!
This is an AWESOME giveaway -- you rock!!!
My mom deserves this set because she has put up with more crap from her kids and husband for the past 27 years and STILL chooses to remain in our lives. Seriously, she's an amazing woman with a great spirit. Plus, if she gets this basket, the first words out of her mouth with be "How much did you pa for this" followed by "you shouldn't have spent this money on me. you should be saving, we are in a recession. Also don't eat pork and wear this mask, stay safe from the swine flu." See what I am talking about? Totally deserves it for being a kick-ass Jew and mom.
The mother I need to call is not my mom, exactly, but she's the glue that holds our world at school together. With guilt. And good food. And more guilt.
So if you can give this prize to a gentile so she can give this to a Levey, it'll get into good hands.
Mom deserves the call-your-mother gift box because she made Passover possible for all her grown children by cooking for weeks and providing a sedar for 31 people on the first night all by herself since Dad passed away a little over a year ago. She also drives an hour to visit her grandkids often. She's the force of our Jewish family.
It looks great... I already got my mom gifts ages ago, but she certainly would deserve more!
My mother deserves to be honored right now. She's helping her mother and father through their ailments, her husband (my step-dad) through his many ailments. I live too far away for me to be there for her. The least I could do is send her a cool-a$$ gift like this one. Hope I win. Happy Mother's Day Jennie!
Yossi (Joshua)
My mother deserves this gift because she is a Holocaust survivor who just suffered through telling her story AGAIN for the Yom HaShoah documentary my students and I produced. She has been my best buddy since I became an adult and I know that, as she ages, it is harder for her to recover. The gift box would be the perfect pick me up. Toda raba
My mom deserves this because she's the best mom! She has been through so much in her life (losing my dad 19 years and my grandparents 12 and 10 years ago, respectively.) She works for AIG (not as an executive) and she's had a rough year with that, alone. Throughout this all, she has always been there for my sister and I, and she's the cutest, coolest mom!
My mother deserves the Gift Box!
She is a completely loving and giving mother, grandmother and friend. She has very little (if any) judaica. Her parents died when she was a very young newly married mother. Because of this she never received the type of "motherly" judaica a mother deserves. As her daughter I'd like to see her get something that I know she would treasure...Thank you for considering my mom for your gifts.
My mother would truly love this gift box tremendously - I would love to even purchase one for her for Mother's Day. My mother was only able to have one natural child (my oldest sister) and adopted three others, and treated all four kids like they were their very own blood and none differently than the others. My mother has stuck by me and supported me all my life, albeit in times when she may have found it difficult to hold her tongue, she allowed me to fail in a way that got me to straighten up and fly right. She treats my wife like a true daughter and member of the family - and puts up with all the guff and never says a bad word about it. I remember as a young boy growing up in a reform jewish home, that whenever her father would come to visit from Chicago, all the pork products would have to be hidden so he wouldnt find them. And she was such an excellent cook and baker, and even had a lock on her freezer door to keep her children from eating all the goodies she would make in advance for parties and such. She is still a trip, I am glad she is still with us, and miss her dearly between visits.
She deserves to be remember every day, not just on Mother's Day :)
My Mom is gone, but my mother in law is one special person. She inspired me to be the Jew I am today.
I don't have a mom, my mother-in-law doesn't identify as a Jew, and as a recent convert myself, I am trying very hard to be a good Jewish mamela to my baby girls. But I don't have many role models in my life. I totally deserve this, so I can rock Mom's Day in full Jew-style!
I deserve this because I'm a single mom who is now working three jobs just to make sure my daughter is in a good school district. I can't give her much in the way of materials things, but I can make sure she has a good education. And with little resources I have, joined a temple so that she has a Jewish education as well.
Because Judaism is important to me - enough so that even though I'm over 50, I still want to find a Jewish man to date (and someday marry).
Because all the gifts I get these days are ones I buy myself.
There are a lot of unsung moms here, I'm sure. And I hate to blow my own horn. But if I dont' do it, no-one else will.
My mother-in-law deserves this because she is a mensch. She always thinks of everyone else before herself. My father-in-law passed away a year ago after many years of illness. My mother-in-law was there for him every day. She if finally learning to live for herself.
The Modern Jewish Mom's Guide to Shabbat—my family needs it! We never seem to get it together. We usually forget.... I want to start somewhere.
Amongst many other reasons, she deserves it for not saying A SINGLE WORD when I married a goy, and being reservedly overjoyed when my husband told her we would raise our children to be jews. She also tought me how to make a mwan brisket.
This is a fantastic giveaway! Thank you, yentas!!
My mother would love this gift box. She is a Jew by choice and has an incredible passion for the Jewish faith and the Jewish community. She works hard to make her life an example, and that example has been an inspiration to her daughters (and her granddaughter) in ways she might not have expected. Yet, she always rolls with it. We love you Mom!
My cousin Nina deserves to win this Fabulous give away for many reasons, !st of all she has battled breat cancer twice and won, while she continued to run her husband's business, while mothering her 3 son's, 2 from her 1st husband who is a jerk and rarely pays child support, and one with her current husband. She also helps to raise her step son who is at their house most of the time. She is the only female in the home, including her new puppy.
Her mom converted to Catholicism when she married her husband.
Her family celebrated the Jewish Holidays with our family and our grandparents, but they never celebrated them in her home.
Since becoming a mother she and her son have had the desire to explore Judiisim. Last Hannukah I sent them a Menorah and candles, their very 1st.
I live in Ca. and she lives in New york, our relationship has grown every day for the past 20 years when Imoved away, we talk almosr every day. This gift would be perfect for her so she can keep exploring her Jewishness!
My cousin Nina deserves to win this Fabulous give away for many reasons, !st of all she has battled breat cancer twice and won, while she continued to run her husband's business, while mothering her 3 son's, 2 from her 1st husband who is a jerk and rarely pays child support, and one with her current husband. She also helps to raise her step son who is at their house most of the time. She is the only female in the home, including her new puppy.
Her mom converted to Catholicism when she married her husband.
Her family celebrated the Jewish Holidays with our family and our grandparents, but they never celebrated them in her home.
Since becoming a mother she and her son have had the desire to explore Judiisim. Last Hannukah I sent them a Menorah and candles, their very 1st.
I live in Ca. and she lives in New york, our relationship has grown every day for the past 20 years when Imoved away, we talk almosr every day. This gift would be perfect for her so she can keep exploring her Jewishness!
Hi - what a fantastic gift and mazel tov for organizing this! I am really feeling the loss of that great US Jewish magazine that went under in the fall - this helps to fill the gap. My mother would love this as she is not Jewish, but always trying to learn and educate herself about all things Jewish and participate in our Jewish family life. Plus she's an awesome mother! Living in a small community, we have little access to al things Jewish, so this is so wonderful even to read about! thanks and shabbat shalom - happy mother's day to all the mothers! Peggy
I'd love this to give to my Jewish mother!
I deserve this awesome basket because this is my very first mother's day!! I quit my job to stay home and dedicate myself to raising my son. He is a blessing and is truly the greatest gift of all...but it would be so great to actually get these super cool Mothers' Day gifts!! So pick me and make me too cool for shul!! :)
Any one of the MJMs (including me) deserve it because we are striggling to raise kids with Jewish values and traditions in a secular country.
My Mom would have loved this box. Because she "got it." She understood. She gave us some wonderful Jewish opportunities and made sure we were comfortable in our lives. (And she also put us through Jewish Day school where I participated in some theatrical productions with Mama Doni herself.)
But I think my six-year old son could possibly say the same about his mom. Unfortunately, he's not that great at perusing blogs, so I'm answering on his behalf. :)
My mom deserves this because she raised me through murder of my father, death of my younger brother, immigration to a new and different country and her own cancer without ever taking her eye off the ball and always giving me first priority in her life. Thanks Mom.
My mom deserves the Call-Your-Mother gift box because she is an angel from God, I truly believe that. She gives of herself so completely to me and my family. We recently moved 4 blocks away from her so that she can help us even more than usual. I can rely on her like nobody else. I am a working mother with two small children, and I have learned so much about being a mom and having unconditional love through her. I feel blessed every day that she is my mother. She is truly amazing.
Although we have not started a family yet, I would love to surprise my wife with these amazing items which I know she will enjoy.
She is the love of my life.
I would love to win this wonderful gift box as I am alone in my Jewish life and practice.I learned about my Jewish Heritage late in life and have pursued Judaism for 29 years, and I love it. I am self taught in my Hebrew prayers and I was a memver of my Shul now for 15 years.I love Judaism and would like to have this to encourage my walk in Jewish life.
I would love for my wife to win this gift box! She is wonderful in her Jewish life and faith. Of her entire family she is the only one who is practicing,her family are Christian converts. She serves her Temple with faithfulness in all things and loves me and our family and honors our home and Jewish faith. She is an Angel and deserves this.
Gosh...I am going to go out on a limb here and nominate myself. I would love this!! I am a SAHM to 3 wonderful children and volunteer my time in more than one organization for them plus I do work part-time as our office assistant in our Religious School and am the Youth Group Leader. Since I typically purchase my own mother's day gift it would be so much cooler to win something this year!!
This is a great one! I know Meredith Jacobs book and site well, and have just had a Mama Doni concert here in Rochester. I would donate the box to a local mom that does not have the means to get all of these great things on her own.
Why does my mom deserve this gift box? Well for one she's my mom. Her life has definitely not been the easiest or the happiest that's for sure. But she's always been there for us and our friends. She's the neighborhood mom. She was who our friends went to when they're parents locked them out of the house when it was blizzarding. She was the one who confronted parents because they couldn't or wouldn't understand why their kids were in pain.
No matter what phase we were going through she always stuck by us. She never criticized. If it made us happy at the time she accepted it. When we were each trying to find ourselves she was there encouraging us. When we decided to explore other religions she encouraged it because she didn't want us to obligated to Judaism because that's what we were born into and I think because the allowed us that freedom to choose, it's what makes me love Judaism more each day.
She's the one constant in my life and I thank G-D everyday for her.
Well that's just part of why my mom deserves this gift box and so much more.
My mom sacrifices so much of her own convenience to make my life and the lives of my siblings that much easier.
Why does my mom deserve this gift box? Because she kept on teaching at our local Jewish Day school after being diagnosed with a nasty case of breast cancer. Through chemo and radiation, she showed up at school every day with a smile on her face. She didn't want her students to be scared by any sudden absence. Her kids were important to her - she showed all of us the value of a phenomenal teacher. Thank G-d she came through it - her will to push through everything was a terrific example to all.
She expected my sister and me to achieve. I have a law degree and my sister has her masters degree because of her relentless refrain - "Always be able to take care of yourself." She's modeled a good marriage for us - being married to my father for 42 years. Her extreme closeness to her own sister is a great example for us.
So, yeah. She deserves it!
My mom deserves this because she is always right! No matter how crazy what she says might be, in the end, she's always right!
My mother became widowed for the second time this past year. She has always instilled a pride in our Judaism and jewishness.
My wife (a Jewish mother) would love this gift package and I would love the recipe book since *I* do all the cooking :)
I sadly think that it wouldn't be my mother that needs the call , but if my mother ever thought to call me that would be insanely special. I Hadn't spoken to my mother is 7yrs and then I called her on a mother's day and then 6mnths later, acting like she is 5 again, got upset, hung up on me and that was a year and a half ago. I wish I had a mother who cared. I will call my step mom on mother's day because she is the closest thing to a what I feel a real mother should be. She loves me no matter what, she calls just to say hi, she offers her jewish guilt when deemed needed. And without her and her family I may not have ever known the goodness the judaism can bring to mine and my family's home. She is just there and she cares. It doesn't seem that is too hard. And yet my own mother fails to understand the concept. I am grateful that I am not going through life completely motherless and that I have my step mom. I hope that someday I will find the words to tell her how much she means to me for what she offers to my life.
My mother is the BEST and definity is a "Call your Mother" kinda of Mom. I am blessed to have my Mother who had a brain tumor, breast cancer and kidney troubles; she is a spouse of a Holocaust survivor. With no family and all her aliments, she is strong and never complains, she is an inspiration to all. I say I am blessed to have my Mom, I am blessed to have her many phone calls, her love, understanding and worrrying!! She is my friend and my support. Thanks Mom for making everyone feel special, and I hope you get these special gifts. Happy Mother's Day to all!
If you have a mother who deserves this, you are so fortunate. I lost mine to Alzheimer's shortly after Mother's Day last year and nothing can ever fill that empty spot. So if you still have a Mom, go call her right away and tell her you love her while you still can.
Call Your Mother? Uh uh ...
No longer available / not answering.
Call Out to My Wife - mother of our children !
My mom has been teaching Sunday school for longer than I can remember, and is an excellent cook. This would certainly amuse her.
My mother deserves the Call-Your-Mother ift Box because even though I put her through hell when I was growing up, when I had my children, she was there for me and forgave me for all that I put her through. (Although she did tell me that what goes around, comes around. What else could I expect from a Jewish mother?)
My mom has never asked for any gift. She is the ultimate selfless person I know. She moved in with us when my father died (her husband of 34 years) and has been a god send. She has provided childcare for my two toddlers and has cooked, cleaned, and shopped for us. She not only was a stay at home mom for my brother and I, now she is a stay at home grandmother. I could never repay her all the love and caring she provides. She wants nothing in return and that is why I think she deserves the gift box.
why does my mother deserve this? simply because she has five children all ranging from the ages 12-16, one who has bipolar disorder, one with Aspberger's and high-functioning Autisum, one who is OCD and bipolar, and one with developmental delays. why does she deserve it? because she takes four kids to school in the morning and home schools one, because she runs around taking us to performances, appointments and our numerous activities. because she has had to deal with a school district that is forever scheduling major events on high holidays and passover, because she is a recovering alcoholic and because somewhere in between it all she somehow manages to celebrate the sabbath, and make it to saturday services. because she loves each one of us, and has managed to always be in our lives, having gone through one divorce, two custody battles and having a second troubled marriage, my mother has somehow managed to keep us together and raise us as nice jewish children. therefore as the second oldest who has had to stand by and watch her sibilings struggle, i believe that my mother, the one who has lovingly cared for me deserves this basket.
My mother is long gone, but as a mother-in-law who adores her "daughter", I think this would be an absolutely awesome gift to give. Any chance this would ever be available just for a simple purchase? Wonderful idea!
My mother is long gone, but as a mother-in-law to a wonderful daughter this would make an awesome gift. Any chance this would ever be made available just for a regular sale? Great idea!
My mother was born Lutheran and raised WASP in Los Angeles, California. Her father, an industrial robber-baron, routinely brought Gregory Peck, the Monkees, the Nixons, the Reagans, and other luminaries to dinner (at a moment's notice.) She went to prep schools where there were no blacks, no Jews and no boys.
In 1968 she was crowned University of Arizona's Homecoming Queen, duly graduated magna cum laude with her bachelor's in ancient languages, promptly married a handsome young version of her father and produced my sister, a honey-blonde, whip-smart Barbie doll like Mom, at the Air Force hospital in Alamogordo, New Mexico. She worked as a cocktail waitress, a secretary, a show model and a high school teacher through the '70s. Then her husband moved the family to Schaumburg, Illinois for his new management job, and my mother met my father at a dinner party.
I was born in 1984, six months after my parents' wedding. Mom wanted for nothing. A gleaming black-cherry Cadillac was Dad's baby shower gift to her. He brought his sons from his first marriage, and she her daughter from hers, to the bustling new Eighties Brady Bunch household. He travelled incessantly selling silverware, as a good Levite should, and set her up with a hip little jewelry store in a suburban mall, where I spent my small years. She taught me to spot the difference between a diamond and a cubic zirconia before my first teeth had come in.
Dad was diagnosed with hepatitis B in 1987, when I was three. Mom's dad fell to an ischemic stroke later that year. Mom took to the bottle while Dad's disease progressed into stage 4 hepatocellular carcinoma. I, who had started preschool and discovered books, was perfectly oblivious. Dad died at home in the summer of 1989. His company sued my mother right out of her still-new St. John's suits. My sister went to live with her father, and my brothers with their mother. Mom now had nothing but a mountain of debt and a lonely, scared, precocious daughter to feed. We moved from the stately townhome my father had refurnished twice a year to a one-story ranch house in a more modest part of town.
Between drinking bouts, dates, retail jobs and manicures, mom found time to raise me right. She also managed to put her elder daughter through rehab and fend off the horny young men who were starting to sniff around my beautiful sister. She remarried a Sicilian contractor in 1992, proceeded to get her commercial real estate license, bought a house that put our old townhome to shame, invested what she had, dealt with my suicide attempts, helped me get into Northwestern, always looked drop-dead gorgeous, finally learned to cook, visited London and Paris with her husband who had never left central Iowa, started to use the Internet, and was nominated to run for mayor of her town.
At some point she also wrote me a check for $250 so I could attend conversion classes at Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago. I dropped out after two weeks; it was too conservative a temple for me, and I shul-hopped for a while, learning to daven and to kvetch and to kvell and to make gefilte fish on my own terms, in dribs and drabs, all over the place, as my father's gypsy-Ashkenaz parents had. She watched me become a baal teshuvah - this woman who knew Jews but wondered, for instance, "why do they always complain about their health?" - and smiled and purchased about a dozen menorahs, exquisite seder plates, and other Jewish miscellanea for her abruptly Jewish daughter.
She'll be 62 in October and her life is an unending, unfurling light to mine. I am proud to have come from Christina Adams. She is my only family that matters and my only anchor in the chopping waves of this world. She would shrug to hear it, and suggest we go shopping, and I would gratefully comply.
I really think any mother deserves this basket. Bringing a child into the world and raising it - what an amazing accomplishment! My mother has helped me become a better Mother to my young son. She has showed me how to be unselfish, patient, and caring. She was my doctor,my nurse, my psychologist, my best friend, my critic, etc.
Where would I be without her???
I really think any mother deserves this basket. Bringing a child into the world and raising it - what an amazing accomplishment! My mother has helped me become a better Mother to my young son. She has showed me how to be unselfish, patient, and caring. She was my doctor,my nurse, my psychologist, my best friend, my critic, etc.
Where would I be without her???
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It's very hard to be a deaf Jew. My husband and I have to thank our mothers for their perseverance in making sure we had jewish education. They arranged tutors for us to learn Hebrew and my husband had a Bar Mitzvah. My rabbi thought it would be too hard for me to have a Bat Mitzvah so I didn't have one and my mother was very angry about it. My wonderful mother passed away 2 1/2 years ago but she left a legacy for me and my daughters. Many deaf jews tend to convert to Christianity b/c it's easier to get interpreters for christian services than for jewish ones. We thank our mothers for giving us strong background to pass on to our children and our deaf friends enjoy our Shabbat and holidays. I am always trying to educate them and tell them to do what they can do and they do not have to be orthodox to keep the traditions, shabbat and holidays. Since today is Friday, I wish everyone a gut shabbas :-D
What a great idea. I would love my sister to receive this package because she has always been like a second mother to me (through the good, the bad, and the ugly). She has a also inspired me to start blogging and going viral with my musings. I am a stay at home, baale teshuva, and mother of 3 neshamelas, blogging has brought an entire bloggosphere to me, and I don't even need to get a babysitter. My sister is also a stay at home mom with big kids (20, 18, and 16 yr old twins). She's always been the mom that takes her kids everywhere, and they've grown up to be such mensches! She would love these books!
Kol HaKavod!! This is a fabulous idea -- the real prize is giving your readers the impetus to start thinking about the special women in their lives. I would love to win this for my mother -- she will be 93 this year. She has an amazing attitude -- always cheerful and positive. Everyone calls her "the sunshine lady." When the Jewish Family Service of San Diego wanted a photo for a mailing to represent their 2009 senior programming, they published a picture of my smiling, happy mom. Winning the Call-Your-Mother gift box would make her smile even more!!!
my mom deserves it because she is amazing and gives so much love to everyone!!
The Mamalahs are so touched by all the heart-felt comments people are making about your moms. Thank you so very much!
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my mother deserves this prize because she is an Amazing woman who loves so large. She loves her family and friends and opens her home and heart to so many others.
thanks for giving me the opportunity to win this for her.
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I would love to win this gift box, because I would share it between the 3 fabulous jewish women in my family - myself, my mother, and my sister - who are all going through some kind of struggle. My mother has been out of work for 3 years now, and can't find anything, and is stuck relying on a lot of financial support from her partner, which is a challenge for her (she's a super strong lady!) - I'd like to gift her with some of these lovely items, to remind her she is strong, valued and honored.
My sister is pregnant with her first child, and I want to remind her and honor her with the gifts that acknowledge that because she is the mother, our jewish family will continue through the new little one that is coming into our lives soon.
And I would love to win a gift for myself, my partner lost his job 6 months ago, and I have been the "head of the household" while trying to hold him up through this time - nice things often get passed by in order to make ends meet.
If I could win, and give honor to three strong jewish women through one gift, I would feel very blessed. But if not, I am blessed still, to have my beautiful mother and sister in my life.
I would have this sent to my friend Ora, whose husband moved to hospice last week for end of life care for cancer that has spread from his colon/rectum to his liver, lungs, brain and now bones. Ora is a breast cancer survivor herself, dealing with her own cancer whilst her husband was stage 4 of his own. They have an autistic son who is 18 and therefore no longer in care from the state and they are trying to deal with his frequent violent outbursts at the same time. Ora is working full time, dealing with her kids, her husband, the entire household and I can think of no person who would enjoy this Gift Box more than she.
give this to Ora! absolutely what a dear woman.Angela Miller
My friend Jennifer has 3 kids under the age of 4. Her husband works very long hours, so she is basically alone with them for all their waking hours during the week.
Her kids each have some speech difficulties, and her littlest one has some potential developmental disabilities, although he continues to develop, albeit more slowly than other kids his age. I tell this to demonstrate that she faces some challenges that most moms I know do not have to face.
She puts a lot of effort into caring for her children, each according to their needs and personalities. And she always maintains such a positive attitude!! So many of us in her situation complain and kvetch more than we count our blessings. My dear friend Jen's deep love of her kids and great attitude about caring for them always inspires me!
There is no question that many, many mothers deserve everything wonderful! I am the lucky mother who has Jennifer Rivlin Roberts, the innovateur and originator of Moderntribe.com, for a daughter. So I do not need the wonderful basket of goodies. The truth is, we have the best gift that any mother could have...our granddaughter, Isabel Rose Roberts!!!
Happy Mom's Day! Your Mom
There are many deserving moms out there who would delight in winning such a gift package! Since I am the Mom of Jennifer Rivlin Roberts, I do not need to win this prize. I have already won the greatest prize: my granddaughter, Isabel Rose Roberts.
Happy Mom's Day. Love, Mom
Because my mom taught me to think independently, which led me to choosing Judaism as my religion and way of life.
My Mom deserves this lovely prize pack because she didn't blink when her 17 year-old Black daughter declared "I'm converting to Judaism, then marrying a nice Jewish boy." Then her daughter did just that. And she supported the marriage, shared in every mitzvah including a bris and proudly introduced her Jewish daughter to all relatives and friends. Not bad for a traditional Christian Barbadian woman eh? She's my hero!
My daughter Leia deserves your consideration for the gift. She is a young woman of honor, integrity,and compassion. She canceled her plans to move to another city when I was diagnosed with BC. It's been 4 years now and B'H I am healthy. I will never forget the personal sacrifice she made me for me. I would like to honor her with your gifts on Mother's Day.
I'd love to get this box to share with my sister in law, who is a new mom!
Oh, it would be so nice to have these books! I'll share them with my mom and sister in law. My sister in law just had a baby girl, so I need to share these kind of resources with them so Sophie can grow up to be a strong Jewish woman!
I have been so very blessed in my life because of my mother, grandmothers and great-grandmother.
On my mother's side, at one time, we had five (5) generations, all living under one roof, including my first-born daughter.
I learned the power of love and the power of women as did my daughter. Hard-working, determined, intelligent and caring women, all. G-d has been good to us! We are now four generations. My mother, Irma Fuentes Brinton, Cuban, Catholic and a pharmacist for 30 years, has been an enduring, consistant example of what a real woman can be. She has been supportive and involved in all the stages of her children's lives, including mine, especially when I chose to convert to orthodox Judaism.
She deserves this wonderful gift.
My mom moved us with my dad to his jobs in rural Idaho and rural WAshington State. We were the only Jewish family in Idaho Falls and one of 50 in Richland, WA. No holiday was ever missed. She taught us Hebrew at home and then took over the pitiful 'Sunday School' they had there and turned it into a thriving school. On top of all of that, she kept a Kosher home! She would order meat from Chicago every six months and it would be delivered to us frozen. She would then partition it and put it in bags so we had meat to last the six months. Because they required I only date Jews, my mother, bless her soul, would drive me to Seattle (four hours each way) every other Friday so I could be part of a Jewish youth group. She would drop me off and then drive home. She'd drive up to get me on Sunday or Monday again. She always made sure I had every Jewish opportunity and now does the same for my children. She's even becoming a certified trope teacher so she can tutor my kids for their Bnai Mitzvot. She's the last of the true Yiddisha mama's. She deserves so much!
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My aunt deserves this because she is a woman of valour. She has inspired me to embrace Judaism. Because of her I joined BBYO and Hillel. I spent 2 months studying abroad in Israel. I became a leader in my Jewish community and planned Jewish events for young adults to meet each other for 5 years. I made it a priority in my life to marry a Jewish man and go to Mikvah. I embrace Judaism with such a passion to her credit. This is the perfect way to tell her what she means to me.
She is divorced and frum. Her husband was abusive. She has been raising a 6 year old on her own. she struggles greatly. If anyone out there deserves this special gift- it's her!
The year was 1979. I had just turned 10. I spent the first 10 years of my life in New York...Brooklyn and Long Island to be exact. I never had to give being Jewish a thought...it was who I was and what I was surrounded with. Two years earlier, my mother suffered a stroke. It was a hard time for our family but we survived. However, we needed to, upon doctors' orders, leave the cold of the northeast. So in August of 1979, we moved to Savannah, Georgia. What was to come is still considered, to this very day, the very worst part of my childhood.
My parents immediately registered me for school and Hebrew school. Herein lied the problem. I was the ONLY Jewish student in the entire school. I learned this when I was expelled, 4 months after our arrival. But more on that later. The kids hated me. I had 2 friends -- an African-American girl and a "poor white-trash" girl, the other social outcasts of the school. I was grateful for friends, but had a very difficult time. To make matters worse, the girls in my Hebrew school class hated me too....because I was a "Yankee". I cried every day. I begged my grandparents to take me back to New York. I cursed my mother's being ill.
We only lasted in Savannah for 4 months. At holiday time, my class was chosed to do the decorations for the Principal's office door. So, I took my paper and markers and made a beautiful Hanukkah card complete with Stars of David and 9 flaming candles nestled in their Menorah. My mother volunteered at my school, in my class, so when I was called down to the Principal's office, she came with me. I sat in that office, listening to this woman use words I didn't understand. Blasphemy and Expulsion were words that were unfamiliar to me. I sat quietly, obediently, as I had never been in this kind of trouble before. But I knew it was bad because my mother was crying and calling my father. When my father walked in, minutes later, red-faced, I began crying, fearing his wrath for this mess I had gotten myself into. Instead, he hugged and kissed me and told my mother to take me to collect all of my belongings and go to the car. I can still hear his slamming of the Principal's office door and the booming bass of his voice as he raised it and called this educated woman "ignorant". I never returned to that school. 5 days later, we moved to Florida.
After that, my life was normal. I grew up, had a beautiful Bat Mitzvah and fabulous Jewish wedding. But that day stuck with me. And 2 years ago, when my husband announced we'd be leaving Florida for Denver, Colorado, I was terrified. Those 4 months came flooding back and I spend a lot of time hyperventilating.
And we've been here 21 months now, half of my beautiful son's life. And where it's not NY or FL in terms of "Jewishness", I have spent every day of those 21 months making sure my son has a solid Jewish foundation that nothing anyone ever says or does will ever put so much as a crack in!! How? Not only did I join a Temple, as my own parents did, but I researched it. And I joined not only a Temple, but a home. My son attends Preschool there and I'm active in the PTO. I'm running for the Presidency of the Sisterhood. And, because there wasn't one to be found when I got here, I went on Meetup.com and started a Jewish Moms Group. I made the life I wanted...I didn't sit around and let anyone else dictate how things would be done. I took those 4 horrid months that almost kept me from here and I turned them into strength. And that's why I feel that I deserve this wonderful gift. And although I've seen many other worthy candidates, I know this gift would be put to great use in my home and more importantly, in my community. The one I created for myself.
My Mother should win becasue she's the best Mother and Grandmother in the world and she's Jewish!
My mother should win because she has been a caregiver, and now she is a caregiver as well. She has sacrificed so much for her children, and continues to do so. She continues to light Shabbath candles every Friday, no matter what, and makes sure that a dinner is prepared, even if she has been working the entire day. Self-less and loving are her qualities.
Why I think I deserve this....Being not only a military wife and dealing with just the day to day of the life of a Marine wife but I deal with a lot of other things as well. I converted 9 years ago and would really like to enjoy any new items to learn and make me a better wife and mother. My son has ADHD and possible autism, that itself is a challenge. My best friend just moved and am now alone with just my husband in a new place. I am now going through a lot of physical problems that doctors are just not sure of what could have caused them. A distration, a gift, something would just make things easier for me and make things in my life a little better. I am not trying to be selfish cause I am sure there are those that deserve it more but I am hoping someone can see how much I could use the help right now. Thank you. Melissa Shapiro
My mom deserves this because even though her family is Jewish her knowledge of Judaism is mostly limited to food. Her friends were all Catholic and that was a greater influence on her. My own Jewish education was one year in Hebrew school when I was 5 and whatever I picked up in grade school. As I've learned more I've told her and she's interested but still thinks I'll be struck by lightening when I joke about Christmas. She could use some more help to learn about our faith and culture. And if she won't dig into the package, I'll do it and share.
What a fantastic contest. I hope I win. I have a young Jewish mom friend who is struggling and really could use this wonderful present
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