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Welcome to Haveil Havalim #145 of December 16, 2007, or the 3rd anniversary edition.

Here's what the 1st edition looked like.
Here's the 1st anniversary edition.
Here's the second anniversary edition.

A lot has changed, hasn't it?
Contents
Channukah
Politics
Israel
Judaism
History
Torah
Humor
Misc
Media

Channukah

JewSchool presents a Suess-like poem The Grinch Who Stole The Latkes.

Me-Ander proprietress of the Kosher Cooking Carnival asks What's Your Favorite Chanukah Food?.

Not Quite Perfect the official artist of Haveil Havalim presents Dreidel Play.

Life in Israel translates a satire of how religious and secular fathers explain Hanukkah to their sons.

SimplyJews presents the blogging smackdown of the year with Ami vs Hitch on Hanukkah: that was too easy.

Accompanied by his trademark (and spectacular) photography Letters of thought presents My Chassidic Colorado Chanukah Adventure.

ParshaBlog presents parshablog: The Reaction to the Shifting Miracle of Chanukka, which is not only an excellent rundown of the sources for Channukah, but a respectful rejoinder to a blogger who puts controversy ahead of accuracy.

The Muqata جميل في المقاطعة contemplates one part of the Channukah story with an apparently mistaken source in Chanuka Legend Deconstructed.

Shira bat Sarah presents 6th Night saying, "The 6th night of Hanukkah was special along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The first ever public lighting of a menorah was held in Gulfport."

Esser Agaroth presents Hanukkah 5768, saying, "The photo of the Hanukkiyah and the Halachoth of Hanukkah presented here complement one another in this post."

Schvach - פני דל likes how Matisyahu Does Chanukah.

Rabbi without a cause wonders if he's seeing history repeat inAchashverosh’s White House Chanukah Party?.

me-ander a new recipe: New Version of Potato Latkes and "A chanukah game"
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Politics

Schvach - פני דל doesn't think too much of Israel's latest maneuver at the UN Schvach - פני דל. I agree but Daniel Pipes has a more positive approach. YID With LID presents Today is International Jews Have No Rights Day. YID With LID presents the latest anti-Israel indoctrination techniques in More HAMAS Hate Cartoons for Kids.

It's Almost Supernatural shows what happens when someone who knows what real oppression is takes on someone who should know but has seemingly forgotten in Human Rights Activist Takes on Tutu. Schvach - פני דל presents a different perspective with Desmond Tutu Goes to Boston. YID With LID shows how consistent the UN is US Funding UN Hatred: Durban II. Israel Matzav presents Israel Matzav: When you have no response, ignore the question, saying, "The video for this is at a separate post here. Hashmonean.com provides a nice summary of the diplomatic goings one in Fallout: Jilted State awaits Bush in Israel. Seraphic Secret presents The Murder of Lebanon , saying, "Lebanon is being eaten by the terrorist axis of Syria, Iran and Hizbullah. Israel will be caught in the tightening noose. The threat from the north, as always, is existential."

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Israel

Israel Matzav writes that Red Cross and World Bank urge risking Israeli lives for 'Palestinian dignity' as if granting more freedom to the Palestinians comes with no risks. Similarly Yourish.com observes that The anti-checkpoint juggernaut revs up. Life in Israel asks Is Gilad Shalit in danger?. Shiloh Musings celebrates Our Land!. Elder of Ziyon notes another '"work accident" Another "mysterious explosion" kills another terrorist. Life in Israel is outraged by a user manual for cholent. Doesn't everyone know how to make cholent? Return to top

Judaism

A Simple Jew presents Guest Posting By Rabbi Dovid Sears - Part I: The “Oy Vey” School Of Buddhism. See paragraph (305). Letters of Thought contemplates death in Face of Darkness. Schvach - פני דל explains why Why Judaism is Important – the Sequel. On the fringe writes about the choice between Hebrew pronunciations in Hebrew and Politics. The Muqata جميل في المقاطعة returns to Kever Yosef, complete with video and recent history. My Right Word presents almost Like An IDF Orienteering Course saying, "Does an eruv checker need a course in orienteering?" Return to top

History

Executed Today presents 1596: Francisca Nunez de Carvajal, her children, and four other crypto-Jews of her family posted at , saying, "Hi ... I don't write a Jewish blog per se, but a more general historical one pinned to the anniversary of execution dates. This submission was one by the Inquisition in the New World that both points backwards to the expulsion from Spain (which I wrote some about here and forward to the hidden history of "crypto-Jews" in Mexico and the southeast US...." Judeosphere asks Hey, who are you calling “imperialist”?. I mean isn't any area outside of the Arabian peninsula that's Arab really "occupied territory?" Return to top

Torah

Daf notes explains an apparent suicide Rebbe and the Laundryman. Daf notes provides historical background for the Blood Libel. Return to top

Humor

Pillage Idiot presents If Barack Obama were Jewish, ... could he have a role in a Jewish mother joke?. Israeli Satire Laboratory presents Are Settlers Human? New Study Causes Uproar in Israeli Academia. In certain precincts the answer, unfortunately, is "no." The Eye of the Storm - Blogs presents Protecting Sderot. Return to top

Misc

Jack's Shack offers Another Way To Thank The Troops. Jack's Shack contemplates the Colorado church shootings in the light of other recent mass murders in Guns- Heroes Are Made Not Born . BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS presents To Harm or To Heal. Return to top

Media

Writing about journalists who went to enemy countries, treppenwitz writes that The risk was not theirs alone to take. Israel Matzav takes a more generous view of those who were questioned in Traveling to the enemy. On a related note, Israellycool thinks about what it would be like to be If I Were A Mainstream Media Reporter. My Right Word presents RWB Supports Hamas Media Outletssaying, "MyRightWord thinks RWB stands for Reporters Without Brains" My Right Word presents How To Propagandize, the Pal. Way posted at , saying, "MyRightWord spotted a neat Arab propaganda trick in the NYTimes" Return to top

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