Haveil Havalim #133

Welcome to this week's edition of Haveil Havalim, the blogging carnival of posts relating to Israeli and Jewish issues.  Many thanks go out to SoccerDad for creating this carnival and for allowing me the opportunity to host.

In no particular order:

Schvach provides a very interesting take on CNN's controversial Warrior of God series and makes several very good points about Judaism in the process.  He also writes with much frustration regarding Israel's current adminstration and reports on the Jewish Reconnection Project.

Batya points out many unrealistic and unfair expectations that people have of Israel, and also that "rackettot" is much too cute a name for the kassam rockets which kill and maim innocents.

Everything (and I do mean EVERYTHING) you ever wanted to know about preparing for the High Holidays but never even thought to ask is listed in detail by Juggling Frogs. Follow this list and you will cover every base.

NY's Funniest Rabbi writes a poem in answer to a poem that is better than the original. Why?  Because it did what a poem is supposed to do that the original did not do - it moved me. Do go read it.

A Simple Jew addresses Judaism, assimilation, Christmas, American identity, patriotism and Chassidic insularity.

If you haven't read the long, involved and extremely enlightening discussion between Bookworm, her co-blogger Don Quixote and Oceanguy on the status of Judea and Samaria, the dispute over the use of the term "occupation," and the history of Israel, you are missing some of the best blogging/commentary on the internet. All the relevant links can be found here.  Go and read.  You will be glad you did. 

Shira's son is very fortunate. His nice parents shlepped all of his stuff to graduate school. His parents are very fortunate too - their son is going for his PhD in physics. Mazel tov to all! Shira also provides a comprehensive guide to the Orthodox observance spectrum and its dress code.

Don't miss Saus's discussion about the future of Judaism in America. Sad, but I believe he is correct.

Jeramayakovka has unearthed a phenomenal video of Leonard Cohen performing "The Partisan," a song about survival behind nazi lines. He includes information on the background musicians and the lyrics.

Dag of There Are No Feminists on a Sinking Ship offers up several suggestions to help revitalize the Orthodox community.  I think that the Conservative and Reform communities could benefit from these ideas as well.

LynnB of In Context says the left is always wrong.  She finds convincing evidence in an old JPost op-ed from 1978.  Fascinating stuff.

SoccerDad describes yet another instance of media bias against Israel from the Washington Post.  Guess who gets the last word? 

Believing it is long overdue, an argument for energetic self-defense by the people and government of Israel is made by Treppenwitz.

Boker Tov Boulder reports on the recent discovery of remains from a Jewish cemetary near Barcelona, which was believed to have existed before the 1492 expulsions. 

Israellycool addresses the utility of cutting off utilities to Gaza in response to kassam fire and notes, "...if you think I sound harsh, I’m guessing you are not accustomed to having rockets deliberately fired at your children’s schools." He also supplies a detailed reporting of Syria's claim of an Israeli warplane violating its airspace.

Van of KesherTalk lets us in on a serious case of Bush Derangement Syndrome on JDate.

Looking for some very cool and professional looking Jewish graphics?  Copyright free?  Check out this flickr photoset from nzdzeni. Also - don't miss these spectacular fractal stars of David (note - this set is not marked copyright free) and a Rosh Hashanah greeting.

Marty Peretz, in The New Republic, writes about Ruth Wisse's latest book, entitled "Jews and Power."  Must read.

Bookworm reports on the High Holiday plans of an ultra-left wing temple in Berkeley:  Services to be conducted by Rabbi Michael Lerner, guest speaker Cindy Sheehan.

From Heichal HaNegina, a story from Rabbi Dr. Avraham J. Twerski’s book, "The Zeide Reb Motele," called, "A Bracha For...a Thief?"

Rafi G addresses the high price of seats in Israeli synagogues for the High Holidays.  He also writes about a flier passed around his neighborhood outing an "adultress."  (A Jewish version of The Scarlet Letter? Just what we need.)

Here's a good one from Elder of Ziyon.  He first determined the translation for the word "Jew" in Arabic.  Next, he googled this, and then translated the results into English.  What do you suppose he found?  T'wasn't  Arabs ♥ Jews.

Go to Breath of the Beast to learn about signing a petition which demands that France2 release all film relating to the death of Muhammad al Durah, a 12 year old Palestinian.  Media was manipulated and lies were told making it appear that Israeli soldiers deliberately targeted and killed the boy.  This story is not to be believed - it is "Pallywood" at its worst. Please go and sign the petition.

Robert J. Avrech takes a look at facts which support taking Arab threats against Jewish lives very seriously.

Meryl Yourish reports on the way the media has ignored facts which don't fit its predetermined narrative with regard to Israel and Sudanese refugees from Egypt.

Mr. Mearshiemer, a member of the infamous Walt and Mearshiemer anti-Israel-Lobby-but-we-are-not-antisemites-we-really-love-Jews-we-really-really-do duo, was caught in a lie during a TV interview about Israel's role in the Iraq war.  Yid with Lid has the story. Also, he writes about further destruction of the Temple Mount and supplies a link to a petition asking Olmert and Bush to stop it. Finally, don't miss "A Baby Cries in Sderot."

More on Mearsheimer and Walt from Israel Matsav who points out their double standard with regard to Israel and the "Arab Lobby." Don't miss the picture that goes along with the story.  Perfect. He also writes about a the closing down of a Minnesota-based website that supplied information on how to attack US military bases.

MyRightWord tracks back to Mandate days a letter writer to the New York Times.  Also - a new stringency: defumigated flora covering for the Sukkot.  Finally, Yisrael Medad is a bit smug over Daniel Gordis' predicament which he refers to as Gordis' Gordonian Not. 

Snoopy the Goon reports that Hamas is in the process of making Sderot a ghost town.

Hezbollah lies about Israel and Human Rights Watch believes every word according to Mere Rhetoric, who supplies evidence of the falsehood - via video, photograph and leaked UN documents.

From Daled Amos, a strange story - the most popular show on Iranian TV?  You'll never guess what it's about - - remember that Jewish Holocaust thing that never happened? In another post, he provides information on how you can send a holiday basket to a family in Sderot.

Temunot presents a great Elul story, "Return of the Monster." Read this first, and then check out this picture.  Quite a coincidence! Also - don't miss these two great photographs, here and here.

Rabbi Without a Cause discusses his thoughts concerning insensitivity to alcoholism in the Torah-observant community.

Planck's Constant elucidates on Salisbury steak, Muslims, Jews and the shoulders of giants. You should read the post upon which it is based first, which compares and contrasts contributions to the world made by the Israelis vs the Islamic world: "Israel creates more in one month than Islam does in a century."

Ezzie describes a conversation about Israel he had with a taxi driver which reveals the unexpectedly powerful influence we may have on one another, even during a brief exchange.

Jack of Random Thoughts contemplates bloggers who offend and what to do about them.  He also discusses plagiarism and proper attribution of sources.

Therapy Doc blows the Shofar and describes what is done in terms of thought process for the Days of Awe. 

Avromi of Daf Notes discusses a delicate subject in "Ask the Doctors."  And he discusses brochos in Brochos Elucidated.

Jack Z discusses the difficulties involved in staying on top of new frum music. He supplies many good links to Jewish musical review sources and a lot of interesting commentary.

Mnuez presents an analysis of R’ Dessler’s opinions regarding physical punishment and children.

Genetics will help us find the descendants of "the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel" by connecting their location identified by the Historian Josephus in the 1st century Ad - - discussed in detail at Jews and Joes.

Mo'ah Kemo Efro'ah applies the Biblical laws of measurement to modern day phamarcy and reveals a moral to the story.

Chaim Rubin points to a very important article by Rabbi Teitelbaum on "the bans and jewish music" and asks why The Yeshiva World Blog took the article down.

Speaking of important articles, Seawitch covers Matthias Küntzel's latest on the long history of Muslim antisemitism in the Middle East - which began long before the creation of Israel.

And finally, from The Astute Bloggers - neo-nazis turn up...in Israel?
 

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of haveil havalim using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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L'Shanah Tovah

 

Comments

[Jack]

Nice job. Yasher Koach.

[Avrohom Adler]

Great work! Thanks for the links!

[muse]

nice variety
http://me-ander.blogspot.com/2007/09/hh-133.html
though couldn't find any me-ander

[seawitch]

L'Shanah Tovah! Nice job and thanks for the link!

[dzeni]

Thanks for the "plug". Great job on this carnival :) L'Shanah Tovah

[yitz]

Well done, & thanks for including me!

[Gail]

Thanks to all for reading and for taking the time to comment, which is always greatly appreciated.

Muse, I am sorry I missed Me-Ander. There were so many submissions this week, and I didn't have the time to read more than 2-3 entries per person. I didn't notice that some of yours were from a different website.