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Welcome to the 131st edition of haveil havalim.

Israel
Antisemitism
History
Judaism
Humor
Personal and etc

Israel

Oleh Musings presents a wonderful photo essay of Wandering 'Round Haifa.

My Right Word writes I Took My Own Advice and presents information about "A new book in Hebrew, Mekimi, has attracted MyRightWord's attention."

My Right Word "spots another media bias item" in Something Missing?.

SimplyJews finds another few in A man, a pistol, a Guardian headline, nitpicking.

Israel Matzav presents Bush administration crack down on terror connected NGO's aims at Hamas. It's good to know that the Bush administration is consistent in this matter. I wonder if it's looking at it's own State Department.

My Right Word presents I saw this ad in today's Jerusalem Post and he "... suspects US government discrimination." I don't expect that he'd get the job either if he applied for it.

Israel Matzav presents A narrow ray of light at the end of the tunnel. He reads between the lines of statements made by Kadimah rebels and sees the possibility that there's enough interest among them to bring down the government.

Israel Matzav writes about Tenet's training. Linking to an earlier post on the topic, he details how the former CIA chief ignored real threats to the U.S. while (inadvertently) creating new ones for Israel.

A Simple Jew presents Question & Answer With Shifra Shomron - Remembering Neve Dekalim.

Hashmonean.com presents the threats to Israel in Arms Race II: From Russia with Love. And don't miss Arms Race I: Israel looking to counter ramping threats which tells of Israel's defenses.

The Israeli Tikkun Blog presents a disappointing Glimpse Into the Israeli Education System.

Happy fan Life in Israel presents We win! We Win! We Win! upon conclusion of the inagural season of the IBL.

Leon Feingold's Blog presents One unforgettable Summer!. Playing professional ball in the IBL was great, even not on the championship team.

The Spine presents JERUSALEM AS THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, arguing that the central attack upon Israel's legitimacy often centers around Jerusalem, for good reason.

Likelihood of Success tells about the fine Jewish lawyer defending the PLO in Slow of conscience.

Schvach - פני דל laments the damage caused to Israel by Israel putting America Foist.

Yehuda criticizes the government in Israel and the Sudanese Refugees. He also links to a more ambivalent view at Yourish,

Deja Vu looks at the general problem of Israel and illegal immigration On the beach in Nahariya.

It's Almost Supernatural writes about the absorption of Ethiopians in Israel in From Ancient Tradition to Modern Israel.

Boker Tov Boulder presents Israel's existence speaks for itself. Helping the folks in Peru. Racists, I tell you.

Yourish.com profiles Mahmoud Abbas, moderate, peacemaker, and LIAR.

Shiloh Musings presents THE MEANING OF PALESTINE by Norman Cohen, saying, "I was given permission to post this fascinating article about the origins of the word Palestine by the author."

Something... and Half of Something writes about Ro'i Klein in Yes, there were heroes.

Mere Rhetoric presents Mere Rhetoric: Nasrallah: Hezbollah Doesn't Want Another Great Victory Over the Zionists.

NRO's Media Blog presents Indian Muslim Delegation Flees Palestinian Rocket ... . Will those Israelis stop at nothing to make their enemies look bad?

contentions presents Another Battle in Gaza. This is between Fatah and Hamas exchanging highly charged accusations about the power outage in Gaza.

me-ander presents some tempting pictures in Finally! Delicious Grapes... and Apples!, saying, "how does your garden grow"

In Context presents Seedlings. No, it wasn't the "settlers" uprooting Palestinian olive trees again.

Schvach - פני דל presents Zachor!.

Judeosphere presents The Sky is Falling! (Again...). He gives context to a recent survey among former government officials and "experts" that finds a number of them think that Israel is a liability to the U.S. Not surprisingly, one of the experts is Stephen Walt.

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Antisemitism

YID With LID presents Methodist Church Publishes Bogus Anti-Israel Paper.

Seraphic Secret presents Watching Al Jazeera saying, "Karen and I thought we were watching Al Jazeera. Whoa, turned out to be CNN."

YID With LID writes more about Christiane Amanpour's latest display in OMG ! CNN Special- Most Blatantly Anti-Jewish Program On American Television.

Elder of Ziyon adds his own thoughts with CNN's and Amanpour's biases and finishes up with a valuable bunch of links. Keep in mind when you blog about an important topic, adding links to others who have blogged similar ideas can only help to raise the profile of the topic.

Mere Rhetoric writes about French "Youths" Of Indeterminate Religion Viciously Beat Jewish Woman, Scream Anti-Semitic Slogans. We wouldn't want to jump to any conclusions would we?

YID With LID gives us background on "Durban II" UN World Conference Against Racism Ramps up for More Jew Hatred.

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Judaism

Letters of Thought presents A Lithuanian Summer In Italy VII -Coda del Lituania.

Don't forget to check out parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of a Lithuanian Summer in Italy to learn the whole story of his trip!

Heichal HaNegina presents another view of the ban on concerts at Respecting our Sages and Their Teachings.

LIFE-of-RUBIN ponders Living Between A Matisyahu and An Uncle Moishy .

IRIS Blog presents Synagogue Attendees Live Longer .

Life in Israel points out that tznuah <> frumpy in beautiful women.

bits of ink presents Returning, saying, "a few personal musings about Elul and teshuva"

Ari's Blog writes his thoughts about Non-Orthodox Synagogues and Holocaust Torahs . Should Torahs that are fit for use just be displayed?

A Simple Jew presents Guest Posting By Rabbi Ozer Bergman - Simcha .

Dixie Yid - Thoughts on life and Chassidus presents Techias Hameisim Demonstrated - Caterpillar Video, saying, "In this post, I use clear videos and pictures showing the development of a Caterpillar pupa to becoming a butterfly to demonstrate a point made by Rabbi Akiva Tatz about what we can learn from this amazing process about Techiyas Hameisim, revival of the Dead."

Shiloh Musings presents Shemitta Wars -- Major Battle.

Rabbi without a cause presents his own ideas on how it's Time to Modernize Tzedakah.

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History

Schvach - פני דל focuses on a report concerning Jordan and its history on Arutz-7 in Good Shabbos.

Ari's Blog writes about the unique nature of Hebrew in Hebrew for the Ignorant: An Historical Overview .

Schvach - פני דל remembers Raul Hilberg in Another Death in the Family.

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Humor

bits of ink presents Why I Shouldn't Date, saying, "A recently started poorly drawn webcomic documenting the awkwardness that is dating." Or think of it as "Dilbert" for new Olim.

Israeli Satire Laboratory presents 10 Year Old Settler Girl Attacks Olmert Motorcade With Bare Hands saying, "Are these settlers crazy or what?"

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Personal and etc.

treppenwitz presents Jedi Israeli parental mind trick. I don't know if it's true only of Israeli children ...

Books and Beliefs blogs about her writing career in Me At Work saying, "What Sheyna does when she's not writing Jewish fiction or chasing after her children."

Jack's Shack presents The Final Goodbye to his good friend.

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