Nifty news; this blog has been nominated for a Jewish and Israeli Blog Award, in the Best Religion Blog category. Some of the other nominees are among my favorite reads, so I'm honored to be in that grouping.

Here's a list of all the nominees (on the Jerusalem Post site -- they cosponsor the awards with Israellycool.) Like I said last week about the Brass Crescent awards, the JIB awards are a great way to fill out one's blog aggregator -- there are a lot of good Jewish blogs listed here.

So if you found your way here via the nominee listing, welcome! I hope you'll stick around. If you want to get a sense for what this blog is about, my most recent post -- Top Ten of '05 -- is a good encapsulation.

Voting will begin on January 9th. On that date, it will be possible to vote at the main JIB Awards page. Enjoy!