Haveil Havalim #243: the NaBloPoMo Edition

(It could have been the hashtag edition, as in, the hashtags from the conventions like #urjbiennial and #ga09 but I decided to let that go...)



I took a little heat for not giving the last edition that I hosted a number. It was totally inadvertent! I was in a big hurry and forgot to check the number. I won't make that mistake again!

What's going on here today?
Founded by Soccer Dad, Haveil Havalim is a carnival of Jewish blogs -- a weekly collection of Jewish & Israeli blog highlights, tidbits and points of interest collected from blogs all around the world. It's hosted by different bloggers each week and coordinated by Jack. The term 'Haveil Havalim,' which means "Vanity of Vanities," is from Qoheleth, (Ecclesiastes) which was written by King Solomon. King Solomon built the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and later on got all bogged down in materialism and other 'excesses' and realized that it was nothing but 'hevel,' or in English, 'vanity.'

Please please please publicize HH on your own blog and share the news about it!

Funny Things...good to start with a laugh

Frum N' Flipping thinks it's Too Close for Comfort.

Conversations in Klal laughs at The Words We Use when talking about frum dating.

Batya says it's So Much Better Than I Had Remembered.

Benji Lovitt has new Israel tourist t-shirts to replace the old ones: It's Benji Lovitt's Funny Israeli T-Shirts! Take That, Dorky Ben-Yehuda Stores! 

Israel and the Jewish World

Tzedek-Tzedek wants to know: When Does Reporting Become Ratting? 

rutimizrachi offers fiction: End Of Days Scenario (from her son)

Joel Katz presents Religion and State in Israel - November 9, 2009 (Section 1) and Religion and State in Israel - November 9, 2009 (Section 2).

Our Shiputzim: A Work In Progress shares some Secrets from the world of hadrachah.

Some posts from Israelity: Israel gets its newest celebrity visitor, High school musical – the hike, and Oud v’Rikoud.

Shmuel Sokol considers Think Tank “U.S. Aids Terror Group At War With Israel”

Shiloh Musings muses on What Prevents Aliyah? (pretty spot on, I think) and How Should We Label Those Arabs?

How to Be Israeli shares You are more Lebanese than you think... This post is the comments that a Jewish student studying in Beirut left on her blog -- Israeli and Lebanese cultures have a lot in common. She also offers up Aliyah after the honeymoon..., comparing aliyah to marriage.

Tamir Birk has this thoughtful article: The Golan Heights, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Barack Obama: Looking Forward or Looking Back? 

The Israel Situation presents Netanyahu Goes to Washington 

Good News from Israel considers Israel Going Green.

Seraphic Secret has a lesson in How to Kill a Terrorist.

Artzeinu welcomes another aliyah: Baltimore Jewish Times Cover Story: The Adler's Plan to Make Aliyah (hooray!) . 

Tzedek-Tzedek tells us Why You Didn't Know Maj.Hasan is a Palestinian Terrorist.

Yisrael Medad was very busy this week: Misleading BBC Caption, That New 'Let's Kill a Goy' Book and Rahm, I Know What You Really Said.

Judaism and Torah

The Rebbetzin's Husband is remembering: Of Rabbis and Poppies and Remembrance Day.

A Chassidishe farbrengen is Proudly promoting exclusively Jewish ownership of the Tomb of the Patriarchs.

Schvach Yid wonders: Who cares if Mahmoud is Jewish?

N and aml wants to know: What did Avraham buy? 

Yechezkel shares some encoded words with Mitzvos Hatluyos BaAretz.

Miriam taught her triplets about Avraham Avenu and Sarah Imenu (and by the way, she's starting a new cooking carnival this Tuesday...)

Miscellaneous

Eliyahu Fink watched The Good Wife: Unorthodox, From a Rabbi / Law Student Perspective - great summary of why this episode needed a little patching up.

The Rebbetzin's Husband gave us Must-See TV for synagogue rabbis, presidents, and anyone creating a community institution - go watch this!

Home Shuling steps into the Baby Einstein Refund - a great talmudic debate?

Isramom offers us Do you believe in miracles? - it's a wonderful Veteran's Day story.

Elms in the Yard was a film extra! Quiet on the Set! 

Chaviva presents Chavi Goes to the Beth Din: The First Meeting She says: "I share my experiences from going to the beth din for the first time. This was my first meeting with them, prior to mikvah and everything therein. Now I'm waiting on pins and needles to hear back from them." Good luck, Chavi!

me-ander shares The Latest in Home Renovations, which isn't about home renovations really, but about honoring parents.

Beneath the Wings offers Motivation.

Harry-er than them all wonders what to do about Dr. Joe & Right Wing Nut.

The Home-Shuler put up a Jewish Mama Meme and some people responded like me, Miriam, Edible Torah, Ima Shalom, RonyPony, Sarah...anyone else?

The Creative Jewish Mom made these cool recycled coasters.

I went to the URJ Biennial and got famous.

Rabbi Rick is out of the office and doing some great work.

Robin posted this gorgeous picture.

And the title - in case you're not following anyone who is participating in NaBloPoMo, November is National Blog Posting Month, a challenge to post daily throughout the month. I'm doing it, FrumeSarah is too. Marci is doing it and I know that Miriam is too. MomInIsrael and IlanaDavita were doing it too! Leora, are you doing it? I can't remember. Did I miss anyone? My apologies - let me know and I'll add you in. The hardest part of NaBloPoMo for me is that there are so many posts to read as well as writing one each day!

That's all for this week's Haveil Havalim! Please link up so lots of people can share the Haveil Havalim fun...

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