J-Pix Carnival No. 7 is Live!!

I had a few reasons for wanting to host the J-Pix Carnival. First, I wanted to “give back” something to those who have supported the carnival by carrying my share of the load. Second, I wanted to take a little pressure off of Mr. Bagel and Baleboosteh for all that they are doing to get the J-Pix Carnival up and running and running strong. But, the overriding reason why I volunteered to host the J-Pix Carnival is because I have always wanted to use the word “fortnight” in a sentence.
So, here goes.

The past fortnight included Yom HaZikaron, Yom HaAtzmaut, the public disgrace of the present Israeli Government and Lag BaOmer. Our intrepid J-Bloggers were all over these topics (and more) providing a potpourri of positively perfect pictures.

Yom Hatzmaut

Little Frumhouse on the Prairie’s Yom Hatzmaut Post includes two videos. The first reminds us that even as Israel celebrates her independence, many of those removed from their homes in Amona remain homeless and uncared for. The second draws parallels between Hamas and Russia.

Jameel at the Muqata brings us to a Yom Hatzmaut Celebration with his Post-Yom Hatzmaut Post while Cosmic X gives us a glimpse in to the Yom Hatzmaut Exhibition at Machon Meir.

Political Upheaval in the Holy Land

Shilo Musings sums up the whole situation with one picture that clearly proclaims that for Olmert and Livni, The Honeymoon is Over. Rafi G at Life in Israel brings us to the Rally to oust Olmert and what a rally it was!

Yet, with all of this going on YID With LID points out that there are still those looking for a Palestinian that Wants Peace and he posts an anatomically correct picture of that person at Kill the Jews! Kill The Americans! Pali Parliament Speaker Says.

Eretz Yisrael

Life in Israel takes us on a tour with pix and videos from todays har habayit visit
while ****** Cosmic X in Jerusalem ****** tells us Heads Up!.

Shiloh Muse at me-ander introduces us to her neighbor and explains how she is Feeding the neighbor.

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv Daily Photo is part of an international photo blog ring where bloggers take a photo a day of their city. Check out: Sculpture and this great before and after set The way it was…. and Summer Time.

Cosmic X commutes to work in the Holy City of Tel Aviv where he takes many varied and beautiful pictures and how much more varied can you get that the Sephardic Synagogue and Motorcycles?

Sderot

Sderot is a special place filled with special people who often take the lion’s share of of arab missles. Planet Israel‘s series of Sderot Pictures is a must-see:Sderot 2: Attack and Response, Sderot 3: Life Under the Rockets and Sderot 4: The Spirit of Sderot.Kumah has a beautiful photo essay exhibiting the resiliency of Sderot: Sderot – Kassam Battered, But Still Blossoming – Photo Essay

Allergy Sufferers Beware!!

If you suffer from seasonal allergies, don’t click on Muse’s Late spring blooms! & Before the Spring Flowers Dry Out, Point of Pinchas‘ Nature Photos of Eretz Yisrael – Ramat Beit Shemesh and Tel Aviv Daily Photo‘s More Flowers. Those of you that are sneezing now Didn’t I Tell You not to click if you have allergies?!

Supporting Israel

A win here might have been more miraculous than the Yom Kippur War but that won’t stop Tel Aviv Daily Photo from shouting Go Israel!!

Little Frumhouse on the Prairie’s video of the 2007 Chicago JUF Walk for Israel and Letters of Thought‘s Israel Day show how those of us here in Chutz La’Aretz can support Israel.

Pesach Prep, Pesach and Post-Pesach Pizza!

Prep

Life in Israel has some great shots of hagala happening in Ramat Beit Shemesh.

While I wasn’t planning on posting any of my own pics here, since someone else did submit it without my knowledge (Thanks Mr.B) I will throw in my Hot, Fresh Shmurah Matzah as a prelude to …

Pesach
Mottel gives us Windows of Vilnius: My Third Pesach in Lithuania. We all now that every Jew is commanded to view himself as if he actually was taken out of Mitzrayim. Letters of Thought takes this seriously and he’s got the pictures to prove it: Exodus Photos.

Pizza
After Pesach The New Chainik Hocker is Hungry for chometz and he’s not the only one on line at the Pizza shop.

The Life Cycle

Rafi G at Life in Israel takes his boys to a bris with a chushuve sandak, if you want to know who the Sandak was check out The Godfather.

Life in Israel proclaims Happy Birthday, R’ Shneerson!!

Planet Israel ecplores the The Deaths of Meir Feinstein and Moshe Barzani.

Simply Noir

A Simple Jew has a great series of Black and White pics running, such as Grandma’s Cole Slaw Bowl and Curtains.

Hey, What’s a Carnival Without Kids?
Life as orieyenta presents theBedtime Rituals of her daughter and asks Could my kid be any more Jewish?

Meanwhile, my buddy Ezzie celebrates his daughter’s first birthday, take a look at the cutest little Birthday Girl .

Psycho Toddler knows whose boss as he proclaims: Hail to the King, Baby!.

Lag BaOmer

OK, so Life of Rubin Blog‘s Chag Sameach! Boro Park Chometz Fire Pics! posted at aren’t exactly Lag BaOmer pictures but, as he points out, the bonfire these guys had going was certainly more suitable for Lab Baomer than Biur Chometz.

I will (once again) break my self-imposed rule of not posting my own pics on the carnival but only because no one else submitted any Lag BaOmer pics, so check out my Lag B’Omer in KGH pics here, which include fire safety tips for the guys in Life of Rubin’s post above.

For those of us who were unable to get there, Rabbi Brody at Lazer Beams offers us a video of Lag B’Omer in Meiron.

And after Lag B’Omer, aren’t we all looking forward to listening to some music? Your wish is my command, Cosmic X serves up a Klezmer Band at the Entrance to Azrielli Towers. Or is it?

Sometimes I Wish I lived in Australia

If I lived in Australia, I would enjoy days like Baleboosteh’s Another Beautiful Day and landscapes like the ones she posted in Happy Birthday. When the electricity would go off, I would call Mr Bagel and ask him what to do and he would explain The Joys of no Electricity: Or What to do when the Electricity goes out. And, if I took Mr. Bagel’s advice to take my kid for a walk, I would first check with Baleboosteh to find out where we would be able to see some of these Country mail boxes and find out where we could buy some of those cool amethyst embossed antique bottles.

Finally, at the end of the day, the sun would set like Fire In The Sky at least if Baleboosteh was taking the pictures.

Odds and Ends – The Best of the Rest

Muse at me-ander gets a bit catty when posting OK, now for something good!

New York Minute is a new photo blog that chronicles life in New York City in all its, sometimes surprising, beauty. Take a look at Central Park after a Snowfall where this swan seemed to manage to find its way through.
Muse wishes that the bad weather would be breaking as well but according to Letters of Thought, no matter the weather It’s always nice

This is very cool: Take a ride with Little Frumhouse on the Prairie in an automoblog entry called A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Well, that does it for this edition of the J-Pix Carnival, I hope you enjoyed and I hope I didn’t leave anyone out. To quote Sara With NO H,I’m wiped!

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