Tuesday Nov 30 is Buy Israel Day!

Check out the cool Israeli designed goods we have on ModernTribe.com and get 20% off today with code BUYISRAEL for "Buy Israel Day" -- November 30th, 2010.

Below is from "Buy Israel Goods"

On Tuesday, November 30, anti-Israel activists in New York City plan to demonstrate and call for boycotts of stores that sell Israeli products. Their specific target is a store that carries Ahava goods, but this action in New York is just one of many. Boycotters have been energetically lobbying other stores across the country to drop Israeli products, from local co-ops to Costco and Trader Joe's.

The pro-Israel, pro-peace community urges you to join a counter campaign. We are making November 30 a BIG (Buy Israeli Goods) Day. Let us show anyone that calls for boycotts of even one or two stores, that it will always be met with a much larger counter-movement to buy Israeli goods.

The very date, November 30th, should encourage us. It comes the day after the 53rd anniversary of the UN Partition Resolution when the effort, against all odds, to restore the Jewish State was endorsed and recognized by the international community. It also comes just as Hannukah is approaching when we celebrate the Maccabees who also restored Jewish independence, and who were a few who triumphed over the many. We can do the same, and shine a light on Israel for all people of good will.

When you go holiday shopping, choose presents from the wonderful array of Israeli-made items, from fine Israeli wines to the high quality Ahava beauty products, Israeli jewelry, shoes and clothing lines, and of course. Consider foods such as Sabra or Tribe hummus and Osem cookies to grace your holiday party.

On November 30th, go shopping for Israel no matter where you live. Buy for Israel. Buy for peace. Be a big part of this BIG (Buy Israeli Goods) Day.

For more information, visit this website: www.BuyIsraelGoods.org --- The site includes a locator so that you can find stores in your area that carry Israeli products. The BIG campaign is a partnership between StandWithUs and the America-Israel Chambers of Commerce and like-minded organizations.

Hanukkah Gifts For Kids -- 2010 Hanukkah Gift Guide

Adam Sandler summed up Hanukkah the best when he belted out “Instead of one day of presents, we have eight crazy nights.”  Any one of these presents will guarantee that your Jewish kid is not wishing for a Christmas tree:

While one little piggy went to market and another stayed home, this piggy named Baxter decided he wanted to become Kosher. Now that’s certainly a story to get tickled over. The Kosher Piggy Gift Set ($39.00) includes the hardcover copy of Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher, signed by author Laurel Snyder; Baxter Juggling Kosher Pickles T-Shirt; and a Baxter Shabbat coloring page

Shalom Sesame T-Shirts ($26.00) are the perfect gift for any tot that’s a triple threat - Funny, Cute and Jewish. Choose between Cookie Monster "Nosh", Oscar The Grouch "Oy Vey", Elmo "Mini Mensch", and Zoe "B is For Bubelah,"

Even if on the 6th night you give your child a pair of socks, a pack of Hanukkah Jewish Silly Bands ($5.95 for 24 100% silicone bands that are well-made unlike others we have seen) will insure that it is “fun-akkah.”

Visit ModernTribe for Hanukkah gifts for all the Miracles in your life.

20 For 20 : 20% of Music CD Sales Goes to Atlanta Jewish Music Festival

20 For 20: For the next 20 days, now through the end of Hanukkah, December 9th, 20% of ModernTribe.com's music CD sales goes to Atlanta Jewish Music Festival (AJMF).

Plus, you can donate to AJMF through ModernTribe: 100% of proceeds goes to support the new and totally awesome Atlanta Jewish Music Festival.

So -- try some new music! and help bring Atlanta the festival our fabulous city deserves.

ABOUT AJMF

Lead by ModernTribe friend Russell Gottschalk and launched last year with bands: 4th Ward Afro-Klemzer Orchestra, Girls In Trouble, DeLeon, and Moshav, the burgeoning Atlanta Jewish Music Festival (AJMF) is on its way to rock Atlanta with progressive contemporary Jewish music. Our next festival is May 19-21!

Full disclosure: I'm on the steering committee for AJMF.

So, try some new -- great -- music + help bring AJMF -- coming MAY 19-21 2011 -- with an $18 --  $36 -- $54 donation. Shop Now!

My Favorite New Menorahs -- 2010 Hanukkah Gift Guide

Taking an innovative approach to Hanukkah doesn’t mean downloading a menorah-lighting-app to your iPhone. Keep tradition burning with these modern interpretations of menorahs for your home:

Areaware improves an ancient design by integrating a tray to their Wrought Iron Menorah ($150) that catches the candle drippings. I love this menorah because the lines are sleek, simple and modern but the heaftiness makes it feel like a barn-shed tool in your hand. Very manly.

Peacocks are a hot motif this year. Jonathan Adler’s Peacock Menorah ($120) will give you something to strut about: either you’ve given the best gift at the party or you’ve got the finest menorah on the block. (Pictured with our candles.)

Designed in Israel, handmade from resin in a Bulgarian fair-trade women's work group, the Funky Menorah by Lalo Treasures ($98) will fill all eight crazy nights with sparkle and flair.

Upgrade your menorah lighting experience. Use modern, tubular, drip-less candles like these above that we gifted to Jonathan Adler ($14). Lose the free matches from the diner, light up with a bang with Pistolight by Sooda Mayer ($10) or go old style but in style with Jonathan Adler's Pipe Match Holder and Strike!

See our entire 2010 Hanukkah Gift Guide for unique Hanukkah gifts for everyone. Even your non-Jewish friends will want this stuff it's so fab.

Hanukkah Gifts For Dad -- 2010 Hanukkah Gift Guide

For Hanukkah this year we're focusing on the rebel in the family . . . Dear Old Dad. While he may seem to be under Mom's thumb, deep down he has a heart of a Maccabee, the Jewish army whose victorious revolt led to the Festival of Lights.


Whether it's the first night or the last, the Hammer Bottle Opener ($10) and Union of Jewish Handymen T-Shirt ($24.95) are perfect gifts to honor Dad's hammer like ways. Add a Set of 4 He'Brew Beer Pint Glasses ($26.95) to keep smashing the stereotype that Jews don’t drink.


Artori Design Studio's Action Bookends ($46) will certainly recognize Pop's 007 style. Of course, if Dad is really the kind of guy who likes to run with scissors, then the Butter Dish by Jonathan Adler ($58) will let him dine with his shoe on the table.


With a pair of Sterling Half-Shekel Cufflinks ($99) and a Yiddish Proverb Money Clip ($16.99) in his pocket, your dad will be as gangster as Arnold Rothstein as he slips you some gambling gelt to play No Limit Texas Dreidel.

Visit ModernTribe for Hanukkah gifts for all the miracles in your life.