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Welcome to the 127th edition of haveil havalim, which we will call the Sarah Imainu - Sara the Matriarch edition of Haveil Havalim. According to the Torah, Sarah lived for 127 years and so I'll try to keep the theme to phrases associated to Sarah (and Avraham).

The life of And to cry for her and the field that is in it And she laughed The distance an archer would shoot the souls that they made the generations of only kindness

The life of

How Sarah lives

Chayei Sarah shares her thoughts on Noah Feldman and Harry Potter.

Sarah's way or the highway. Actually Sarah's way is the Highway at Sarahs' View.

Mazel Tov to Sara with no H who's presenting ...

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And to cry for her

Tisha B'Av

me-ander writes that The older I get the more there is to mourn on Tisha B'Av.

The Muqata جميلفيالمقاطعة considers Tisha B'Av past and future at Through Fire You Were Destroyed, through Fire you will be Rebuilt.

Elder of Ziyon crams lots of history into Tisha B'Av 1948.

Kesher Talk links to her Tisha B'Av "blogburst" of two years ago and many other links that demonstrate The Orwellian rewriting of Jewish history, again.

treppenwitz looked for A quiet place to sit to observe Tisha B'Av and seems to have found it.

Not Quite Perfect illustrates Tisha B'Av 5767 in her inimitable fashion .

My Right Word presents Tisha B'Av Mincha at the "Rav Goren Minyan" with memories and photographs.

Israel At Level Ground presents Three Weeks, Three Thousand Years. Awesome pictures.

Now that all we have left of the Bais Hamikdash is the Kotel Ari's Blog considers Kotel: Appropriate and Inappropriate Uses.

Little Frumhouse on the Prairie considers Question on Mommies and Fasting....
Everyone Needs Therapy presents Can You Cry Too Many Tears? saying, "Tears are a part of our culture that the rest of the world could learn a bit from. We don't have a corner on sadness, although it sure feels that way sometimes."

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and the field that is in it

Israel its neighborhood and politics

Future History continues his series on life in Israel with IAO 8 - On Collars and Cravats

Greetings from the French Hill presents Back From Hiatus And Happy To Be In Israel saying, "This article describes why, for the first time since I moved to Israel, I'm happy not to live in America."

Yourish.com gives background to a new use of Wiki technology at Media Mythbusters to which she intends to contribute concerning media bias against Israel.

Israel Matzav thinks about Why it would be crazy to give the Golan to Syria as he vacations there.

Israel Matzav notes Shoeless Ismail and no, he's no Hall of Famer.

It's Almost Supernatural shows how events contradict the all too conventional wisdom Africans Flock to ‘Apartheid’ Israel

Jewish Current Issues demonstrates the administration's confusion in Mr. Snow, Meet Mr. McCormack.

BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS presents CONDI RICE? COME ON DOWN! . So it's not just the spokesmen, it's their boss too.

Are they even paying attention to Abu Mazen? Unfortunately, Daled Amos is and discovers that Abbas still knows how to talk the talk. And it's not the talk of moderation.

Judeopundit lets us know that if you Catch a wave you're sitting on the top of Gaza.

This Ongoing War contrasts the way Israelis and Palestinians commemorate terror attacks in 24-Jul-07: Two sides of the same coin?

After Israel failed to defeat Hezbollah decisively last year, The Volokh Conspiracy presents Disturbing News About Hezbollah: and J O S H U A P U N D I T presents Hezbollah: `We Can Strike All of Israel'.

YID With LID presents Times’ Steve Erlanger's Palestinian Utopia is Crumbling. I get the impression that media folks have a lot invested in the success of Palestine. It must be hard to write an article like that.

YID With LID writes about those open minded folks - New Israel Fund to NGO Monitor: How DARE YOU TELL PEOPLE THE TRUTH!!!!

Zionist.com presents
Unchecked abuse of Palestinian children .

The (not) Forgotten Prisoners of Zion presents Mazal Tov, Shimshon!.

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and she laughed

Humor

Israeli Satire Laboratory presents Bush Announces "Is Israel Too Stupid to Survive?" Conference . To which I answer (hopefully) "No."

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the distance an archer would shoot

Sports and culture and misc

The IgNoble Experiment, a.k.a. Live Dangerously! presents The International Blogger Gathering . See if you can identify the bloggers from the pictures. (It's not that difficult, because their names are in the text too!)

Leon Feingold's Blog writes about things are looking up for him and his IBL team in The great game of baseball ! .

LIFE-of-RUBIN presents Matisyahu No Longer Lubavitch. Enjoys Jay-Z and Sipping Wine. Yikes . (disappointing.)

The Israeli Tikkun Blog presents Understanding Seinfeld's "The Opposite" with Transactional Analysis saying, "Psychoanalysis of the characters from Seinfeld"I don't know if they need psychoanalysis as much as they need heavy doses of medication.

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the souls that they made

Judaism

SerandEz has more on Noah Feldman Missing the Point . Plus more at Seraphic Secret as he identifies the Terrorati

Heichal HaNegina presents THE CHOZEH’S CLOCK saying, "Fantastic story about a clock that ticked differently than any other clock...and how this relates to Tisha B'Av!"

A Simple Jew presents Guest Posting By Rabbi Dr. Carl C.G. Jung - Seven Wavelengths: A Chassidic Typology .

treppenwitz presents Can I ask you a question? . Very apropos of the phrase at the top of this section.

Books and Beliefs posts The Optimistic Jew saying, "Book review of Israeli author and futurist Tsvi Bisk's new release "The Optimistic Jew."

Modern Uberdox presents Heroes. It's an interesting exercise. Who are your Jewish heroes? Of public heroes, I'd consider Morris Smith who was at the top of his profession and yet left it to study Torah. Personally I could point to my father who became observant and my mother who stayed observant in a time and place where such commitment was not common.

Schvach - פני דל presents Post-Trauma Blues that includes of a discussion of the late Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, zt"l

Ari's Blog presents Ari's Blog: Tu be-Av Primer (or the Jewish Valentine's Day) . Did you know that Al Capp of Lil Abner fame was Jewish? I kind of doubt that Tu B'Av was the basis for Sadie Hawkins day though.

Yehuda presents The Difference Between a Hebrew and an English Invitation . It is surprising how much more is in the Hebrew than in the English.

Psycho Toddler posted Small Kids at the Shabbos Table . (h/t A Simple Jew )

Ari's Blog responds to a challenge with his five best Kosher Restaurant Experiences .

Jewish Blogmeister continues his Best of ... series with Best of Kosher Food: Dietetic: Potato Chips!.

Shiloh Musings. presents Shiloh Musings: different lives.

me-ander presents the good life .

Dixie Yid - Thoughts on life and Chassidus presents One Must Destroy in Order to Build saying, "This post discusses how one must first destroy in order to build."

Rabbi without a cause presents Do not go softly posted at , saying, "Torah and Personal; either one fits." But since I didn't use those categories this week, it will have to fit into Judaism!

There are no feminists on a sinking ship presents Revealing Bi-polar disorder during Shidduch process. I'm happy to report that Rebbetzin Jungreis's answer met with his approval.

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The generations of

History

Oleh Musings presents A Refugee Issue as it's being handled at Congressional hearings , saying, "This falls into the categories of History, Israel, and Politics. It's too important an issue for people to miss."

Gateway Pundit presents Gateway Pundit: Iraq Plans Renovation of Ancient Synagogue Venerated by Shiites and Sunnis. I guess it's not only Jews who consider him a prophet.

YID With LID presents YID With LID: 60th Yartziet of Jewish Prisoners Killed by British.

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only kindness

antisemitism

Israellycool at his cool re-designed site writes about Anti-Semitism: Back in Vogue - Part I and Anti-Semitism: Back in Vogue - Part II

My Right Word presents L'Affair Wonkette Round-up, saying, "Here's a round up of the MyRightWord vs. Wonkette face-off including links to all the blogs. Yisrael Medad was stunned when stats for a 48-hour period topped 10,000 including mention in LGF, Debbie Schlussel, Atlas Shrugs and Brit Hume."

BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS presents THE WHEELS ON THE BUS GO... KABOOM!

YID With LID presents Blame the Jews---CIA Expert Who Screwed UP Bin Laden Search. The author of Imperial Hubris continues to express his hubris that American support for Israel is what hurts America in the international arena.

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