Reading, Misc.

I’m on a trip home, and so Occidental Israeli will be updated rather sparsely over the next month. In the mean time, some reading:

1. Cell phone idealism.
2. Misguided.
3. Trendy ingrates.
4. Rise in home births.
5. The future of Yiddish.. in Europe.
6. Breaking up is hard to do.
7. Positive signs. Finally.
8. Halacha in shuls.
9. Zion.
10. Home.

The latest Haveil Havalim is up at Jewschool.

1. “I say continually to my Jewish brothers and sisters: don’t believe the hype about your full scale assimilation and integration into a mainstream.”
2. Danger to the greatest fruit.
3. Between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
4. It is not hummus.
5. Long distance witnessing. Very long distance.
6. Good dahl.
7. Aid. (H/T CiJ)
8. “Wait until the Palestinians stop killing each other.”
9. Impressive, yet rejected.
10. Guilt.

This week’s Haveil Havalim at Jack’s, and KCC at Leora’s.

1. Homeland insecurity (H/T RH).
2. Ben Gurion’s American vision.
3. What do you want to be when you grow up?
4. Israeli economy.
5. Ten most offensive Israeli ads.
6. Diversity bad? (H/T MM).
7. Recession over?
8. Between Haifa and Yeruham.
9. Crossword puzzle absence.
10. The right tax.

And this week’s Haveil Havalim.

1. Scandanavian friends. (H/T CiJ)
2. United, but perhaps not for long.
3. The war over the streets.
4. Returning to a changing homeland.
5. The war.
6. A strike against the camera.
7. Taking a step away from the bedroom.
8. Living together?
9. Stupid.
10. “It’s vegetarian, it’s healthy, it’s beans.”

Moment Magazine on Israeli blogs (including yours truly), and of course, Haveil Havalim.