entertaining there are a lot of people who may be their moms for example passed away but they need to be with other people at mother s day. happy mother s day. your book is called secrets of a jewish mother. and where can folks catch your radio show? they are catch it if they are in connecticut-new york area. 1400 and 1350 or the call but outside the immediate yeah but i m online and you can listen live. thank you very much. lisa. gregg: right now residents along the mississippi river are evacuating as the river reaches record high levels. we have live team coverage from the affected areas at the top of the hour. i couldn t get to it unless i
i want you to know. sure? mike: i promise. you don t do you think you have to be jewish to enjoy the book? mike: no. i think you enjoy it more when you re not a jewish mother because there is a lot of insight into people that you know and it s like now i get it. true. mike: that s what i said. now i get it. otherwise why would a 50-year-old baptist guy reading a book at a jewish mother. you know that this jewish mother is best friend with southern baptist girl for 30 years. mike: wonderful story and tribute to the friendship you have. family values are the best values and say you love your friends as often as you can. i didn t get to read your mother. she s in florida. i would love to meet her. okay. try to make it happen. maybe we ll come back. mike: that s your job. make it happen. promise. mike: secrets of a jewish mother. they re not secrets anymore. we ll be right back. stay with us. can a smart phone augment your reality?
it s the way you said it. you attacked me. i didn t attack me. i have always been there to support her. i can t belief you walked in here this is honestly, you should leave. mike: well, she learned how to stand up for herself from her mom who taught her to be clear about what she wants. now along with her mother and sister, they write about the lessons in their brand new book called secrets of a jewish mother. please welcome jill zarin and her sister lisa wexler. [ applause ] thank you. jill, lisa, great to have you here. thank you. [ applause ] i m so happy to be here. mike: thank you. how much do we see on the real housewives of new york city is real? how much do you think is real? mike: well, i think that part where you were about to cut her head off was real. that was real. some of it is real, some of it is not as real as others. mike: but something that is real is what you talk about in this funny book. thank you. mike: i mean i know it was not al
because we laugh at ourselves. we have to half at ourselves. otherwise, how would we have survived? mike: that s true. one thing i find in the book, this is a book a lot about traditional family ties. and the importance of maintaining close family relationships. which you have done with your mother. j yes. mike: and with each other. yes. mike: you collaborated on this book. what caused you to say let s write a book about being jewish women? what happened, mom gave advice on the real housewife show that resonated with fans and from that advice column ensued in the daily news and then bravotv.com and it came to me in the shower, secrets of a jewish mother. you know what it was, governor? the reputation of jewish mothers is a little bit shall we say maligned a little bit? a little bit? i thought it was time to set the record straight. mike: so you did it in this book. one thing you said, four basic rules of friendship. be there, apologize when
what makes jewish men the best men? we take credit they had a jewish mother. jewish men because of the jewish culture are taught to aren t women. all about aren t. mike: all about respect. even if they didn t like the woman anymore it was respect. it s key in a relationship and overtime it s essential. one thing, don t lend anything you cannot afford to give. that was mommy. we ve all had experiences of lending money to friends, and losing friends, not because they want the money back but they were uncomfortable. it changes the playing field. not equal anymore. if you lend something you say i have given it away and if i never get it back i don t expect it back. yeah. yeah. we think overall you shouldn t get involved with friends and money. not a good idea. my personal experience, not a good idea. mike: the book is called secrets of a jewish mother. i found it very funny. i m not a jewish mother.