| | Syrian regime has own use for 'Nakba Day;' 16 deaths reported Plus DSK, Israel transfers tax revenue, and more in the news 'Commentary' article alleges bias, wonders why State Dept. doesn't see it  | |  Israel Shamir is a slippery Holocaust-doubter whose anti-Semitic, anti-Israel views are—in the age of WikiLeaks—finding a new audience. Part 1 of 2. BY WILL YAKOWICZ Outside my window in Moscow everything is frozen, the thick ice-coated ground, the wind whining through alleys between the gray apartment buildings that stick out from 5-foot bases of hard snow, the orange dump trucks full of snow chugging along the street. Seven floors down, men in blue and orange overalls and black snowcaps are smashing the 3-inch-thick layers of ice coating the sidewalks with wooden-handled-and-metal-ended ice picks. Then there's me, waiting in my thermals for the supposed Russian representative of WikiLeaks, a man who says his name is Israel Shamir, but who is also known as Jöran Jermas, and Adam Ermash, and who spends his time between Sweden, Israel, and Russia. More  | In a new biography, Mark Kurlansky explores the life of baseball great—and Jewish hero—Hank Greenberg More |  | In this week's "Tell Me," Tablet Magazine's illustrated question-and-answer column, we revisit our dovish homeowner—and wait for some eggs to hatch More |  | Transfigurations: iterations of the Holocaust for Christian teens, boxing enthusiasts, bibliophiles, history buffs, and neo-Sebaldians More | | | | This email was sent to you by Tablet Magazine. To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add digest@tabletmag.com to your address book. To unsubscribe to this email, reply to this email with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. Tablet Magazine | 295 Lafayette Street, Suite 501 | New York, NY 10012 Unsubscribe | Forward to a Friend | |
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