Soccer Dad: Haveil Havalim #142

November 24, 2007

Haveil Havalim #142

Welcome to the 142nd edition of haveil havalim.

Contents
Personal
Israel
Humor
Al Dura
Annapolis
Politics
Judaism
Culture
Torah
History
Carnival

Personal

SerAndEz remembers a friend in Yonah Goldman, a'h.

me-ander figures out how to save the flowers in Scenes From a Wedding.

Seraphic Secret remembers what his relatives were thankful for in Aunt Pearl, Nanny & Thanksgiving.

Pillage Idiot is Thinking about my father on Thanksgiving.

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Israel

The Muqata جميل في المقاطعة explains The Yoreh: First Rains and warns about a possible result of them.

West Bank Mama presents a video of HaMatzav Shelanu - Our Situation. (Hebrew for "Our situation.)

Boker Tov Boulder writes about what it will take for The terror will be eliminated (but not at Annapolis).

Contentions.David Hazony sees hope for Israeli society in The Rabbi?s Army.

Little Green Footballs presents details about Israel's High-Tech Attack on Syria.

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Humor

Esser Agaroth presents Crescent News Network, saying, "Media Watch - poking fun at CNN"

treppenwitz presents Strange Science. Actually the humor isn't in the science, which is very important, but in its inadvertent presentation.

Esser Agaroth presents The Christian Missionary Who Didn't Ruin My Day posted at , saying, - "Personal Experience/Resources for dealing with missionaries."
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Al Dura

Ocean Guy presents L?Affaire Al-Durah. This is an excellent overview of the controversy and filled with relevant links. He writes,

The details of the story didn�t need to be checked, since it already fit the narrative� brutal Israelis murdering innocent Arab children. In fact it fit the narrative so perfectly that the Israeli government decided to apologize and move forward, and didn�t contest the facts nor the story those �facts� told. But not everyone accepted the story so unquestioningly.

This an excellent response to James Fallows (who wrote an excellent essay on the topic four years ago) who more recently wrote:

My general experience in life makes me skeptical that large-scale conspiracies can be pulled off -- and kept secret for seven years, which is how long it has been since the original event.

The conspiracy need not have been discussed by the conspirators. Everyone involved "knew" the truth. That made it a lot easier.

The Better Part of Valour describes Mohammed al-Dura as an ?Icon of Hatred?.
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Annapolis

YID With LID implores you to PLEASE ACT NOW TO SAVE JERUSALEM. Follow his instructions to call the President, Secretary of State and Israeli Ambassador.

Debbie Schlussel points out an obvious element of hypocrisy in Condi's Redlining & Restrictive Covenant: U.S. Says "No Jews Allowed to Live Here". (h/t Esser Agaroth)

Greetings from the French Hill expresses Frustration over the government's enthusiasm to jump headlong into Annapolis.

Israel Matzav wonders if last week's news showed that Israel Matzav: Annapolis crumbling?. Unfortunately since then, the process has only strengthened. Still his points suggest that Israel is headed for a diplomatic mugging.

Schvach - פני דל presents Oh, Let�s Be Friends and Just Push the Reset Button. You'd think that there ought to be a price for 60 years of rejection.

YID With LID is concerned how the Saudis will greet the Israelis in Saudi Officials "EEW the Israelis Have Cooties".

SimplyJews analyzes Ted Belman's four points against Annapolis.

Elder of Ziyon questions the wisdom Giving your enemies weapons in the name of peace.

In a similar vein the Dry Bones Blog demonstrates that "4 panels is worth 1000 words" in The Madness Continues . . ..

Life in Israel compares Israel to the generous but unappreciated The Giving Tree.

The Spine explains a number of problems with The Annapolis Conference.

michellemalkin.com presents The Annapolis folly, continued.

Daled Amos observes where Where The GOP Stands On Annapolis. There is dissent in the President's party, but mostly silence on the other side of the aisle.

Meryl Yourish gleans the press for signs of An Annapolis quid pro quo?.

Rhymes with Right presents a nice synopsis with plenty of links in Arabs Coming To Annapolis.

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Politics

Deja Vu presents Red Cross Jets Terrorists to Geneva to train in international law. When you go to the BBC story you see the terrorists in ski masks. The whole effect is really surreal. Laws of war demand that combatants be identified. Wearing ski masks would seem to violate that.

snapped shot presents the captions the news services won't in The Religion of Peace (and destroying Israel).

Israellycool channels Aerosmith in Granny Got a Gun (Or Two).

Media Blog puts the two previous items together and asks Palestinian moderates?.

Israel Matzav points to the hypocrisy with which Israel's "incitement" laws are enforced in Israel Matzav: Will they be charged with incitement?.

Judeopundit observes how well the PA performs its confidence building measures in Fatah to disarm "all armed groups"?.

Shiloh Musings presents Translate the Russian, Please, saying, "poster against Lieberman, but I don't know what it says." Help her if you understand the Russian!

Schvach Yid wonders about SimplyJews who wonder about HItler, Ahmydinnerjacket and the Stoppers. Schvach, we wonder about him too!

Last year Dana Milbank wondered if Walt and Mearsheimer's paper sounded better in the original German. Now Judeosphere shows that it isn't much appreciated in Germany (or Austria) in Germany and Vienna Say "Nein" to Walt-Mearsheimer.

My Right Word presents Is This A Front for Tony Blair? saying, "Yisrael Medad thinks he's found a link between Tony Blair, big money and a campaign to redivide Jerusalem."
You mean he's not disinterested? I, for one, am shocked. (Well not really.)

YID With LID wonders about The Mole in the CIA Case-Lessons Unlearned.

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Judaism

The Eye of the Storm - Blogs presents "Chessed" for a Bagel saying, "Are mourners supposed to provide food for a minyan?"

Musings from a Square Peg muses about the problems of appropriate dress for her daughter in Modest or Something Else?.

A Simple Jew honors Only The Good.

Laz - A - Fare considers when one ought to make a big deal or not in The Not-So-Important Law School Review Session.

Likelihood of Success explains why the legal system should heed the advice Don?t start with a Hasid.

Cross-Currents explains the similarities between Orthodox Jews and the pro-life movement even if the latter believes things that are not Halachic Jews and the Pro-Life movement�must we eat herring?.

Schvach - פני דל reminds us of an Ethiopian observance in sigd.

LIFE-of-RUBIN writes about a wonderful simcha in Crown Heights Couple Makes Bris After 23 Years Without Children..

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Culture

SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated presents Troubles in Holy Land Hardball saying, "Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer, who is the Commissioner of the IBL, along with nine members of the IBL advisory board have resigned charging the founder of the league with mismanagement and a failure to provide the necessary capital to maintain the league. The group also charged that players, managers and umpires had not been paid The second year of the IBL is now in doubt."
Given the attendance levels at games, I can't say that I'm surprised.

So bIBLemetrics warns Download IBL data files while you can!.

But have no fear because Life in Israel tells us that Israel Football season has begun. This is not the flag football league my nephew plays in.

J O S H U A P U N D I T presents a soccer score (and its significance) in Israel Wins!.

Psycho Toddler who's been reviewing and reviewed a lot recently, reviews again in K'Shoshana.

Life in Israel thinks about what's really important in One child's wishes.

Not Quite Perfect presents more beautiful artwork with Diaspora Dreaming.

Israel Matzav writes about a different "Pallywood" in No kissing allowed!.
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Torah

New contributor (and blogger) Naftalim presents Jacob's America: a Torah thought for Thanksgiving saying, "First post I've ever submitted, only the second I've ever written... please be gentle!" That wasn't too bad, was it?

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History

The IgNoble Experiment, a.k.a. Live Dangerously! presents The Jewish Wars Start With Historians. Some important things to keep in mind when reading or studying Josephus.

Elder of Ziyon presents Arab immigration into Palestine, 1922-1931.
Oh you mean that the Palestinian hadn't all been there for centuries?

Esser Agaroth writes about Anne Frank's tree and the effort to save it in A Tree Grows In Amsterdam.

My Right Word presents Today's Visit to Tel Shiloh saying, "MyRightWord shows us some new archeological discoveries from the past and a vineyard for wine in the future"

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Carnival

me-ander presents the latest Kosher Cooking Carnival: Is It Really Thanksgiving?!?!. Yes it is or was.
Speaking of which did you know the (possible) Hebrew origin for the word Turkey? Oyvay Blog does! And do you know which country consumes the most turkey (per capita)?
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