Haveil Havalim #192: The Thanks and Giving Edition

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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.'

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This week, of course, begins the American Thanksgiving holiday, and in that spirit, here are some picks from my kids (as usual) as they put Tzedakah in the pushke.

Jewish Life and Culture: David's Picks

Material Maidel presents hot chani and slimy shmulis

Shtetl Fabulous presents Borscht or Bloomingdales.If Christianity has the virgin and the whore, what do we have in Judaism? According to Shtetl Fabulous we do.

It's Almost Supernatural offers Community giant passes away.

Drawing Tel Aviv presents draw a rope and asks, is it art or nature?

Shoemaker presents Ronni Rosenblatt.

Jacob Da Jew presents Updated: Cool and Uncool Frum Gear.

Greg at Baltimore Jewish presents Dr. Goebbels in the News?

Stephen presents KosherFest 2008 - Shannon Road posted at KosherCookingCarnival, videos and interviews here! Also: KosherFest 2008 - COR (14159265)

Frum Satire presents Judging people based on the way they wear their yamrulkes. Prepare to giggle.

Esser Agaroth presents A Hanukkah Conundrum and $50,000? ...To Stay In Babylonia.

A Time of the Signs presents Another funny Google pop-up.

Shiloh Musings presents Thinking About Abe Lincoln's Gettsyburg Address.

YID With LID brings us Durban II - An Early Test Of Obama's Mid-East Intentions and Latest Attack on Jews At California Universities

For Zion's Sake shares Reading the Instruction Manual.

Leora@Here in HP wonders Is this How Sarah Felt?

Shorty's Adventure presents Being a "good" Jewish Woman.

Conversations in Klal considers The Institutionalization of Personal Choice.

Bat Aliyah offers Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop (and she thinks this might fit best into a category called Moshiach…)

A Simple Jew presents Problems Vs. Issues - The Use Of Language.

Rechovot: A Place to Expand brings us Completing the Daf Yomi cycle - what it means to me.

Beneath the Wings shares The True Believer- Placing Limits on Ourselves.

BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS has Obama: Hypnotist, NLP Practioner, Mind Control Guru and also Abused Women's Rights: Palestinian Arab vs. Israeli Arab.

Oh, and check out celebrating Thanksgiving a Jewish way with me, the Ima on and off the Bima.

Israel and the Jewish World: Sammy's Picks

My Right Word presents No, The Media Will "Tell", Peres Reformed? Or Flip-flopping?, and Rahm Emanuel Loses Security Clearance.

Cosmic X in Jerusalem shares Post Election Fallout, Rabbi Yisrael Rosen Wins Libel Suit Against "Yated Ne'eman", and Who's the Jew?

Jack@Random Thoughts wonders Is It Blogworthy??? What do you think?

Daled Amos presents Why Aren't JBloggers Weighing In On A Jonathan Pollard Pardon? And he considers more on the Pollard question here: Eric Holder On Jonathan Pollard In 2001.

Occidental Israeli thinks about Fewer Political Parties in Israel, Law and Order in Israel and IDF's Real Occupation.

Elms in the Yard shares Further Adventures in Citizen Activism.

Religion and State in Israel presents Religion and State in Israel - November 17, 2008 (Section 1) and
Religion and State in Israel - November 17, 2008 (Section 2).

Jerusalemite blog offers us The top five Jerusalem foods you've never eaten (yum) and considers the Slow train coming.

YID With LID thinks Israel Has Nine Weeks to STOP NUCLEAR IRAN.

Soccer Dad presents Who are going to believe the ap or your own eyes?

Writes Like She Talks muses on Torture and blackouts and Kassams, oh my.

Shiloh Musings presents Will Olmert Ever Be Brought To Justice? and Pathetic and Unhelpful

Bangladeshi Hindu introduces us to An India-Israel-United States Alliance: The Last Great Hope for Humanity.

Ilana-Davita shares with us Simon Veil, a French politician.

WestBankMama offers her take on the Israeli elections.

Robin tells us all about her Neighborhood Greengrocer.

Benji Lovitt presents *Beelti Precedentzia (Unprecedented)....And There's a 30% Chance That's Actually How You Say It and he thinks Osem should fire its marketing staff. He's always worth a visit for a great laugh!

All the Other Stuff: Yael's Picks

Elms in the Yard remembers Miriam Makeba, RIP.

Ki Yachol Nuchal! presents Sunday Sojourn #1.

Nad-ned Nad-ned shows us Gender Imbalance: The Examples Are on the Wall , which is a little bit Israel and a little bit Jewish education. What do you think?

me-ander has Aching and To Fly or Not To Fly?

Beneath the Wings offers "OYY! The Medication!!!!!"

Rechovot: A Place to Expand explains It's what I do that defines me.

Have you seen this? Pretty funny. And check out the new G-dCast, which gives weekly cartoon videos of Parashat haShavua.

If you're not reading JCarrot, Hazon's great food and food issue blog, you should be. Here's a yummy-looking vegetarian alternative to the cute little turkey on Thursday.

And of course, don't forget to check out this month's Kosher Cooking Carnival over at Baila's place.

P.S. In the Refuah Shleimah category, make sure you wish a speedy recovery to FrumeSarah, recovering from spinal meningitis, and to Miriam, who is having a stomach-bug-attack while travelling in Israel.

Please send your posts for the next edition of the Haveil Havalim Blog Carnival via the Blog Carnival Submission Form. If you're interested in hosting or receiving more information about the carnival, please contact Jack at talktojacknow-at-sbcglobal-dot-net(and please, for the sake of our hosts, try not to submit more than 3 posts a week!)

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