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Welcome to the January 20, 2008 edition of haveil havalim.

Contents
Post of the Week
Israel
Judaism
Politics
Abuse of Power
History
Antisemitism
Personal
Torah
Phoning it in
Humor

Post of the week

My Shrapnel recalls the terror attack in which she was injured in Helpless .
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Israel

Letters of Thought presents Mottel in the Holy Land, with, of course, stunning pictures.

Secular Blasphemy presents Israel's economy outperforms Europe, US. I guess it shows what you can do when you're interested in building up your society instead of looking for handouts.

Contentions.Noah Pollak gives some specific examples in The Shiny Shekel.

The Muqata جميل فيالمقاطعة presents an account of Miracle Girl; The Wedding of Rachel Sharansky.

Hashmonean.com writes about a recent military advance in Extended Range: Jericho III Israeli Missile Test.

me-ander observes the coming of global warming to Israel in Bursting Pipes.

The Israel Situation presents The Israel Situation: Religious Bus Lines posted at , saying, "A commentary on the Religious-Secular divide on "Kosher Bus Lines"."

Esser Agaroth presents A Likely Story, saying, "Do not be fooled by the "new" YeSh"A Council leadership."
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Judaism

Lion of Zion writes about the merit due to Jews Who Adopt Babies.

me-ander shows full cabinets that will have to be emptied and reflects that The Countdown Begins!.

Schvach - פני דל. presents Why Judaism is Important – Part Three (I Think).

Lionden Landing presents Closure, saying, "Plans for celebrating our first Havdalah as a family."

My Right Word presents Kapara. Oops. saying, "Nu, so how much could Kapparot cost you? MyRightWord knows."

LIFE-of-RUBIN presents A glimpse into the life of R' Menachem Shmuel Dovid Halevi Rachik A”H.

The Hedgehog Blog presents the disturbing case of how Canadian Doctors Try to Cut Off Life Support of Elderly Patient Against Wishes of Him and His Family.

Schvach - פני דל wonders what kind profession is NASCAR for a good Jewish boy in Nicht Fűr derJuden.

Shira bat Sarah presents Community Needs , saying, "Rebuildin our shul, Beth Israel, has run into roadblocks. From insurance issues to construction bids coming in at double than expected, to families having to move because their homes or places of business destroyed by Hurricane Katrina: Congregation Beth Israel in Biloxi Mississippi needs more help."

Not Quite Perfect the official artist of Haveil Havalim presents Tu B'Shvat 5768.

JewsByChoice.Org presents How Do You "Do" Shabbat? saying, "As Jews we are all quite unique and diverse. In this post I share how I do Shabbat. Be sure to check the comments, lots of neat Shabbat stories there. Oh, and JewsByChoice.Org is NOT only for converts. We all CHOOSE to be observant..and that too is a choice."

BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS asks IS STOP SNITCHING A JEWISH VALUE?.

Fortunately, Cross-Currents answers "no" in Silver Lining of the LA Scandal Cloud .
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Politics

It's Almost Supernatural writes about the missing details in Bad Reporting All Round.

Backspin presents a corrective Today's Terror: By the Numbers. To keep up with the daily news look for Israelly Cool's liveblogging updates.

Mere Rhetoric reduces the absurdity of the "peace process" to a great title Abbas To Israel: I Won't Take Any More Of Your Land If You Keep Defending Yourselves.

Rubicon3 wonders who ought to be called Friends of Israel?.

In a post that was cited by Daniel Pipes The Muqata جميلفيالمقاطعة writes about a shocking reversal in Censoring Bush's call for Palestinian “right of return”.

Jewish Current Issues observes more reversals in Stuck in the Tight Sequentiality of the Roadmap.

snapped shot presents That's One Powerful Candle. Note that there's a shadow from a table leg that cannot possibly be coming from a flash!

Working off an excellent Jeff Jacoby column Elder of Ziyon presents The limits of reliance.

My Right Word presents They're Out saying, "Yisrael Medad notes the Left-wing hypocrisy while displaying a poster of the teenaged identification refusers just released from prison."

SimplyJews writes about a fellow who's nearly as ubiquitous as Edward Said once was in Norman Finkelstein in Lebanon: when the unmentionable meets the unspeakable.

The Spine writes about the failure of the Palestinians to create functioning insitutions of government The Price of Shedding Blood.

Israel Matzav writes about The purchase of Shalom House in Hebron. Amazingly buying up Jewish property that was taken by force is somehow controversial.

Bookworm Room writes about sympathy for Charles Enderlin in Israel in More fake but accurate ? this time from Israel.

Guide to the Perplexed notes a surprising revelation from Enderlin arafat faked.

My Right Wordpresents Cost? It Provides Dividends saying, "MyRightWords takes on the London Times' cartoonist"

J O S H U A P U N D I T reports Olmert Government Loses A Major Coalition Partner. As yet there has been no follow up action to force the government to fall.

YID With LID presents Faith in Fatah Will NOT BRING PEACE. I would think this is obvious. But for some it, alas, is not.

YID With LID looks at the President's recent trip to the Middle East and concludes All I Ever Really Needed to Know About the Middle East I learned From Bush's Trip (With Apologies to Robert Fulgham).

Judeopundit presents Michael Lerner on the "handful of unknown people who are bombing Sderot". Apparently the fellow responsible for the "politics of meaning" doesn't know the meaning of "terrorists."

Jon Swift presents How Bobby Fischer Won the Cold War saying, "Young, handsome, brash, spoiled, somewhat insane, Bobby Fischer became a role model for American youth when he beat Soviet grandmaster Boris Spassky in the 1972 World Chess
Championship. Sure, Fischer, who was probably the greatest chess player who ever lived, was anti-Semitic (although his mother was Jewish), renounced his American citizenship after he was arrested in Japan for violating sanctions against the former Yugoslavia, and rejoiced on September 11 saying he wanted to "see the U.S. wiped out," but nobody is perfect. For me he will always be an American hero."
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Abuse of Power

A contributor at Mystical Paths Blog & Emunah Paths Podcasts is called in for interrogation and ... INTIMIDATION ! ! !.

Shiloh Musings writes about some teenagers who found themselves in the Wrong Place, Wrong Time.

The (not) Forgotten Prisoners of Zion presents The (not) Forgotten Prisoners of Zion: Daughters Of Zion, saying, "Two posts in one regarding the plight of a group of teen aged girls in thrown into the Israeli prison system."

Israel Matzav notes some awfully convenient timing in Just a coincidence? Lieberman's daughter interrogated.

treppenwitz writes about those who are curiously silent in ... but when they came for me it was too late..

And yet somehow Israel Matzav observes that helping Israeli's enemies actually brings some rewards in Knesset to pay retirement grant, monthly pension to traitor Bishara.

YID With LID tells how British Parliament Called on to Investigate JEWISH CONSPIRICY. Apparently Walt and Mearsheimer's ideas are finding practical applications across the ocean.
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History

Yourish.com writes about another "inconvenient" archaeological find in More proof of Torah.

Life in Israel presents Adventures in Eretz Yisrael: Central Shomron: Avarta - the hornet's nest.

And SimplyJews presents more recent history inWerner Theodore Barazetti - another hero of Kindertransporte.

Likelihood of Success reflects on President Bush's recent comment and George McGovern's recent recolleciton in We?re all sorry now.
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Antisemitism

Working off Maryland Conservatarian's post, Maryland Weekly takes aim at Ms. Magazine's ms.fire from the Left in MD Conservatarian: "You Go Girls!" | Maryland Weekly.

The Colossus of Rhodey.Hube presents Hugo Chᶥz's next scapegoats: The Jews More here: Local Jews Feeling Vulnerable in Chavez's Venezuela.

Solomonia presents Solomonia: University of Rochester Distances Itself From Gandhi Statement. Gandhi has now resigned his position and the editors of "On Faith" have offered a mealy mouthed apology.
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Personal

BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS presents BLOG BULLIES & BLOG SNOBS - Part II.

Tamara Eden asks Do a Mitzvah?Help some kids? saying, "An easy way to do a mitzvah, donate $1 or $100, whatever works. The money will go to purchase technological equipment to help me help my students."
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Torah

Daf notes teaches The Law of the Kingdom is the Law.

Dixie Yid presents Changing Minhagim to Reflect Changing Values posted at Thoughts on life and Chassidus, saying, "This post discusses the pros, cons and timing of changing one's minhagim."

Schvach - פני דל points to some interesting lessons and instructs us to …Now Go And Learn!.
For all the attention given Bobby Fischer, it's nice to read of someone who was proud of his Judaism. He wasn't famous, but he will be remembered positively, for he looked out for his own.
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Phoning it in

Seraphic Secret participates in a radio interview with me and recounts his experience in Barely awake on the radio.
There was a blogger roundtable with Amb. Dore Gold at One Jerusalem. Mere Rhetoric has details.
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Humor

Israeli Satire Laboratory introduces a new Batman villain in Settlements Frozen After Bush Visit.

the Dry Bones Blog presents Our Dopey Leadership.
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