I'm incredibly honored that Velveteen Rabbi has been nominated for a Koufax Award (in the Most Deserving of Wider Recognition category; also, my Moving Beyond the Big Three essay was nominated for Best Post) and for a Jewish and Israeli Bloggers award (in the Best Jewish Religion Blog category).

Surfing the lists of nominees, I'm finding many cool blogs to add to my aggregator. If you want to find good Jewish blogs and/or good lefty blogs (and, hey, some good lefty Jewish blogs: two great tastes that taste great together!) these nominations threads are excellent places to look.

JIB nominations are open now; ditto nominations in the First Annual Brass Crescent Awards for the Islamic Blogosphere. So if you have fave Jewish blogs or fave Islamic blogs which you think deserve a pat on the back, get thee to the nominations threads!