Mama Doni
Our Next Show Is...
08//01/10 - Camp Louemma (Sussex, NJ) 2:00pm
Upcoming Shows...
- 08/05/10 - JCC of Northern Virginia (Fairfax, VA) 6:00pm
- 08/06/10 - Camp JCC at JCC of Greater Washington (Rockville, MD) 1:00pm
- 08/29/10 - Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Texas) 10:15am
- 09/05/10 - Jewish Federation Sarasota-Manatee (Sarasota, Florida) 4:00pm
- 09/19/10 - Congregation Adath Israel (Middletown, CT) 2:00pm
- 09/26/10 - Congregation Beth Or (Maple Glen, PA) 1:30pm
- 10/03/10 - Temple Beth Ahm Yisrael (Springfield, NJ ) 1:00pm
- 10/24/10 - Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York, NY ) 2:30pm
- 11/21/10 - JCC of Worcester (Worcester, MA) 3:00pm
- 11/28/10 - Bergen Performing Arts Center (Englewood, NJ) 1:00pm and 4:00pm
- 12/02/10 - JCC of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) 6:30pm
- 12/05/10 - Temple Israel (West Bloomfield, MI) 1:00pm
- 12/12/10 - United Jewish Communities of Metrowest New Jersey SUPER SUNDAY - UJC Metrowest (Whippany, NJ) 3:00pm
- 12/29/10 - Suffolk YJCC (Commack, NY) 11:00am
- 05/22/11 - JCC of Greater New Haven (Woodbridge, CT) 4:00pm
- 12/11/11 - JCC Rockland (West Nyack, NY) 4:00pm
Past Shows...
Jewish Community Centers & Y’s:
- Mid-Island YJCC - Plainview, NY
- Mandell JCC of Greater Hartford - JCC Swim and Tennis Club - West Hartford, CT
- JCC Manhattan - New York, NY
- JCC on The Hudson - Tarrytown, NY
- JCC Commack - Commack, NY
- Stamford JCC - Stamford, CT
- Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County - Newburgh, NY
- YMHA - Wayne, NJ
- JCC Albany - Albany, NY
- JCC Houston - Houston, TX
- JCC of Middlesex County - Edison, NJ
- Bergen County YJCC - Washington Township, NJ
- Katz JCC - Cherry Hill, NJ
- Rosenthal JCC - Camp Discovery - Croton-on-Hudson, NY
- Suffolk Y and JCC - Commack, NY
- Milton & Betty Katz JCC - Margate NJ
- Worcester JCC - Worcester, MA
- JCC of Bensonhurst - Brooklyn, NY
- JCC MetroWest - West Orange, NJ
- JCC of Kansas City - Kansas City, KA
- Mayerson JCC - Shalom Family - Cincinatti, OH
- JCC of Staten Island - Staten Island, NY
- JCC of Allentown - Allentown, PA
- JCC Wyoming Valley - Wilkes-Barre, PA
Museums, Festivals & Fairs
- The International Jewish Music Festival 2008 - Amsterdam, Holland
- REJOICE 2008– The South Brunswick Jewish Music festival - South Brunswick, NJ
- JCC Toledo - Hanukkah Palooza & Latkefest - Toledo, OH
- YM-YWHA of North Jersey’s Children’s Theater Series - Wayne, NJ
- The Jewish Museum of New York - New York, NY
- REJOICE 2009– The South Brunswick Jewish Music Festival, South Brunswick, NJ
- The International Jewish Music Festival 2009 - Amsterdam, Holland
- JCC Houston - Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair - Houston, TX
- The Museum of Jewish Heritage - New York, NY
- Bucks County Jewish Festival - Yardley, PA
Synagogue Programming – Preschools, Religious Schools (K-5), Youth Groups
- Marlboro Jewish Center - Marlboro, NJ
- Pine Brook Jewish Center Nursery School - Montville, NJ
- Congregation Oheb Shalom - South Orange, NJ
- Adath Shalom - Morris Plains, NJ
- Temple B’nai Abraham - Livingston, NJ
- Shomrei Emunah - Montclair, NJ
- Temple Emanu-El - Closter, NJ
- Maplewood Jewish Center - Maplewood, NJ
- Kol Ami - White Plains, NY
- Temple Sha'arey Shalom - Springfield, NJ
- B’nai Tikvah - North Brunswick, NJ
- Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel - South Orange, NJ
- Westchester Jewish Center - Mamaroneck, NY
- Temple Beth El - Rochester, NY
- Temple B'Nai Or - Morristown, NJ
- Temple Beth Rishon - The Andrew Friedland Preschool, Wyckoff, NJ
- Adat Shalom - Los Angeles, CA
- The Shirley & Paul Pintel Nursery School of Fair Lawn Jewish Center - Fair Lawn, NJ
- Woodlands Community Temple - White Plains, NY
- Congregation Tikvat Israel - Rockville, MD
- Kol Ami - White Plains, NY
- Congregation Agudath Israel - Caldwell, NJ
- Temple Sha’arey Shalom - Springfield, NJ
- B’nai Keshet - Montclair, NJ
- Shir Ami - Newton, PA
- Congregation B ’nai Israel - Millburn, NJ
- Kaplan Preschool – United Synagogue of Hoboken - Hoboken, NJ
Camps & Day Schools
- Friedberg JCC - Summer Camp - Wheatley Heights, NY
- JCC of Staten Island - Lillian Schwartz Day Camp - Staten Island, NY
- Hillcrest Jewish Center - Summer Camp Program - Flushing, NY
- Mandell JCC of Greater Hartford - Camp Shalom - West Hartford, CT
- Central Queens YM-YWHA - Summer Camp Program - Wheatley Heights, NY
- Samuel Field Y - Summer Camp Program - Wheatley Heights, NY
- JCC Princeton Mercer Bucks - Abrams Day Camp - Lawrenceville, NJ
- JCC Bridgewater - Camp Ruach - Bridgewater, NJ
- Gesher Summer Camp - Livingston, NJ
- The Rosenthal JCC of Northern Westchester
- Camp Discovery - Croton-on-Hudson, NY - Solomon Schechter - Queens, NY
- Henry Kaufman Campgrounds - Wheatley Heights, NY
- Camp Louemma - Sussex, NJ
- Westchester Summer Day - Mamaroneck, NY
- Mid-Island Y-JCC - Oceanside, NY
- Friedberg JCC - Oceanside, NY
- The Rosenthal JCC of Northern Westchester - Camp Discovery - Croton-on-Hudson, NY
- Solomon Schechter School - West Orange, NJ
- Hebrew Academy of Morris County - Randolph, NJ
Benefits, Country Clubs & Senior Centers
- Benefit Concert for American Cancer Society - Relay For Life - Montville, NJ
- United Jewish Council of Greater Toledo - Sylvania, Ohio
- "Little Kids Rock" Concert - Montclair, NJ
- Parents Who Rock - Montclair, NJ
- Children's Winter Holiday Party - Orange Lawn Tennis Club - South Orange, NJ
- Help Haiti Heal Benefit Concert - NY, NY
- Miriam Apartments - Clifton, NJ
- Miriam Apartments II - Clifton, NJ
- Fox Hills Chaverim - Rockaway, NJ
MAMA DONI'S OFFICIAL NATIONAL BAGEL DAY PRESS RELEASE
MAMA DONI declares…
“MAY 30 IS NATIONAL BAGEL DAY!”
(May 24, 2010) - Montclair, New Jersey based musician, mother, and yiddishe rock star Doni Zasloff Thomas AKA, Mama Doni, has a passion for bagels, and has declared MAY 30th to be National Bagel Day! In order to pay tribute to the classic coffee companion and commemorate this exciting new holiday, MAMA DONI is releasing a brand-new free music video for her family-friendly reggaeton song, "Bagel-Time". The video features all generations coming together to celebrate this breakfast bonanza and dance the "bagel bounce", from 3-month-old Shepard to 93-year-old Gertrude. She hopes this video will “SPREAD” bagel appreciation!
In collaboration with her favorite local bagel shop, Beyond the Bagel, at 219 Bellevue Ave Montclair, NJ, Mama Doni created the Bagel-Time Contest, which you can enter at www.mamadoni.com or at Beyond the Bagel. The three lucky winners will receive a Mama Doni CD, T-Shirt, a dozen bagels and a pound of cream cheese, and a chance to be in Mama Doni’s next music video. (No purchase is required to win. This contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada.) Winner will be announced on May 30th, National Bagel Day, on MamaDoni.com and at the bagel shop. The owners of Beyond the Bagel are especially excited about this well-needed holiday and they themselves (and their bagels) are featured in Mama Doni’s new music video.
Since their creation in Vienna, Austria in 1683, bagels have migrated around the world, first arriving in America with Jewish Austrian immigrants in the early part of the century. Their satisfying texture and flavor helped them rise to popularity in the 1920's, and the first pre-packaged bagels were introduced in the 1950's. Now, bagels are synonymous with breakfast: Americans spent well over $430,000,000 on fresh supermarket bagels alone in 2008, and they are the breakfast food of choice for millions around the world.
So, what inspired Mama Doni to write about bagels and declare a holiday in their honor? "I've just always loved bagels!" She said. "Plus, I thought it would be a fun way to bring people together to appreciate one of the most famous and delicious Jewish foods that everyone loves!”
Mama Doni is full of ideas for how to celebrate National Bagel Day, and you can find many of them on her website, www.MamaDoni.com. From “Make Your Own Bagel Glasses”,”Bagel Bocce", to making bagel pizza, there are plenty of ways to show appreciation for the world’s only boiled bread product. But, according to Mama Doni, the most important thing to do on National Bagel Day is “call your bubbie [grandmother] and tell her that you love her!”
Known for "Jewifying" every genre of music and bringing a hip sensibility and sophisticated humor to family music, Mama Doni has been performing around the world for the past year. She won the 2008 Simcha Award for "Inspiring Joy Through Music" at the International Jewish Music Festival Competition in Amsterdam, Holland. Recognized in The New York Times, New York Post, and many other media outlets, The Mama Doni Band appears nationwide, delighting people of all ages and backgrounds. To book The Mama Doni Band, email booking@mamadoni.com.
Visit www.MamaDoni.com to watch the video and learn more. To Book the Mama Doni Band, email Booking@mamadoni.com
