Soccer Dad: Haveil Havalim #69

May 14, 2006

Haveil Havalim #69

Well here's Haveil Havalim #69 for your reading pleasure broken down into nice small (and not so small categories). If you submitted multiple nominations please understand that I am not inclined to include more than two items from any one blogger. I like to give exposure to as many blogs as possible; so please don't feel slighted or unloved. :-)

Learning curve

With the recent elections in Israel there's a need for a lot of learning ...
Woland's observes that the political establishment ought to learn not to take the Russians for granted.

Greetings from French Hill is learning once again how expensive it is to create a government in Israel in Vote early and vote often.

And AbbaGav has generously prepared a primer for the member of the cabinet least qualified for his job. Israelis can collectively breathe easier already.

In disengaging from Judea and Samaria, Ocean Guy wonders if PM Olmert has learned anything.

The Path to the Knesset is learning about the road to opposition.

Life of Rubin learns about faith from "Lost." (Warning: spoilers at end of post after a nice cushion.)

No (Ha)mas

The Counterterrorism Blog considers aiding the Palestinians without helping Hamas.

Elder of Ziyon wonders why there's so much concern for the well-being of the Palestinians, they voted for Hamas knowing its pedigree, in "Money for Nothing" (and the virgins for free.)

Simply Jews tells us Marwan Barghouti's peace offer - to Hamas.

Captain's Quarters laments that the West may well be feeding Palestinian intransigience.

Deja Vu worries about the lesson the West may be teaching Iran.

The Hashmonean wonders if Israel's actions are encouraging Iran.

Little Green Footballs has a series of pictures of the strange Palestinian police training, followed by a familiar salute.

IRIS presents a map that seems disturbingly prescient.

Jewish Current Issues wonders why American Jews are hesitant to fight against Hamas. And punctuates it with a classic, mordant joke.

Boker Tov Boulder tracks how Hamas comes closer to ?

In a similar vein Meryl Yourish has a Hamas non-moderation watch.

Israel Matzav notes that Hamas is still trying to carry out attacks.

And Backspin counts two funny ways to keep a truce. Here's 1 and 2.

View from a Height observes that the Palestinian crisis brought about by the Palesitnians' election of a Hamas government is Israel's fault.

Cox and Forkum illustrate the problem in No Consequences.

Orthodoxy and Israel

Daled Amos wonders if there is a potential rift forming between Orthodox Jewry and Israel.

Don's Mideast Musings disputes Caroline Glick's assertions about the population of national religious soldiers in the IDF.

My Obiter Dicta has links to a number of responses to recent comments by A. B. Yehoshua.

AddeRabbi has more on the Rabbanut/RCA conversion controversy.

Honesty is such a lonely word

Israel Perspectives finds himself cynical, but then he finds some honest in Lost and Found in the Holy Land.

Unfortunately Presence encountered someone who we had to beware of.

Life in Israel considers how Shas and Labor will justify the conflict between their constituents and the government they joined.

Jewish Observance

Treppenwitz has learned about the true ability of children.

Jameel is happy that El Al provides "premium flights."

Life in Israel ponders Going to the movies or er Learning Daf Yomi.

A Simple Jew has an interview with Yoni Lipshutz of Simply Tzfat.

Biur Chametz ponders the problem of celebrating a national-religious Yom Ha'atzmaut.

Letters of thought thinks about what it means to be a Ba'al Teshuva (returnee to religion.)

R' Chaim Haqoton ponders the holy properties of honey.

SerAndEz disapproves of the Monsey internet ban.

And PsychoToddler gets lots of visits because of his Sabbath mode post, so he has Sabbath mode revisited.

Miscellany

Bob Eubanks? Jihadists? It could only the Newlywed Game at AbbaGav.

Erica's blog welcomes back Kotter.

Pillage Idiot presents the star spangled banner in Yiddish. I wonder what the "fun rockets" are? My Right Word has all four stanzas.

The Atlantic Review recalls examples of poor education, including French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy's statement of ignorance while visiting Yad Vashem.

The Ignoble Experiment has a marketing idea for the J-blogosphere. One word "Wikipedia."

Unplugged Mike has an off key music review.

My Right Word and Life of Rubin have been tracking the crimes that have been plaguing various Jewish communities in America. Nor has Baltimore been spared.

Israel, Islam and the World

Michael Totten visits Tel Aviv (and Yerushalayim).

Faith in Nathan is contemplating his move from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. Shiloh Musings wishes that his view of Jerusalem was not so negative.

Bookworm Room sees Reasons for optimism in one Arab country.

The Ignoble Experiment discusses some problems in integrating the Mizrachi population into Israeli society.

IRIS reports that Egypt claims to have killed a terrorist group operating in the Sinai.

OrthoMom reports that the nations baggage handlers may have more than a little baggage of their own!

A month ago it was reported that the Nazi's had prepared to bring the Holocaust to pre-State Palestine (h/t Mensa Barbie) now My Right Word notes a report that has more details of this plan in the Nazi-Arab Palestinain Axis.

Bookworm Room refers to a colleague at the American Thinker to present The things we don�t know about the conflict in the Middle East.

Miriam's ideas compares Friday service in other religions (including in her synagogue) to Friday services in a Mosque.

Is there a similarity to anything we've seen before My Right Word wonders.

Simply Jews critiques Mulham Assir.

Mid-East on Target writes about the Deadly Antisemitism - the Pattern.

The Hashmonean writes about how Muslim intellectuals shamelessly promote martyrdom on TV.

Israel Matzav reports on the latest academic boycott of Israel.

Life in Israel relates how he came to make Aliyah.

Jewish Blogmeister notes that Shimon Peres can threaten also.

Rishon Rishon (who's been pretty quiet lately) has popped up to broadcast the words of Ayaan Hirsi Ali when she accepted the Moral Courage Award from the American Jewish Committee.

New Blogs

Hamas ceasefire? Not according to the Ongoing War at Keren Malki.

Longtime commenter and e-mailer, Susan from Asheville e-mailed how a Shul got sued by the Hard Rock Cafe AND she's started the OyVay Blog.

Last night I overheard someone at Goldberg's Bagels discussing his blog. Curious I asked the name of his blog. Mazel123.

Remembering

Me-Ander got her start blogging, remembering the deaths of neighbors in terror attacks. She also remembers Shmuel Hofbauer who was among the founders of Shiloh.

IMRA could possibly be considered the very first Israel blog. One of its founders, Dr. Joseph Lerner passed away. When an ombudsman at the Washington Post retired one of his memories was of Dr. Lerner consistently calling in to complain about coverage of Israel. His efforts to defend Israel did not stop when he made Aliyah and, with his son Aaron, founded IMRA - one of the pioneers of pro-Israel activism on the internet. (h/t Shiloh Musings.)

West Bank Mama remembers the unspeakable cruelty that took David Hatuel's family from him in Remembrance Day for Little Girls

At Elie's Expositions, Debbie and Elie remember Aaron and tell us how they (and we) will remember him. And then Elie consider's Movin' On.

SerAndEz remembers his Uncle Marvin.

Scroll to the end of Smatherings at Crossing the Rubicon2 to read the shocking story of Nazi records that have opened.

Presence visits his family plot and recalls his great grandparents.

And unfortunately Jack's Shack has bad news about Daniel Wultz.

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