Lila, whose blog is called Letters from Rungholt, lives in a kibbutz up north. She makes me feel intense regret for not, er, "applying myself," in high school German class (much to the chagrin of my long-suffering teacher, Frau Starscevic). Yonathan, who does speak fluent German, thinks Lila is marvelous. And so do the judges of Deutsche Welle's annual Best of the Blogs (BOBs) contest. The results of the 2006 BOBs were announced yesterday, and Lila won for the best German-language blog.

Ever-modest Lila acknowledges the award in typically low-key style, here: She practically forgot that she was nominated and anyway she didn't think she had a chance because her design isn't so amazing (okay, the header is cool but..), etc. etc. Lila, yalla... You are fantastic. Mazal tov and Herzlichen Glückwunsch!