Josh Lambert on violent videogames and 1940s critic Gershon Legman; Liel Leibovitz on a prophet and the Internet

Follow Tablet Magazine: Friday, July 8, 2011   Yaakov Shabtai, Continuously Present Lost Books Daybreak: Air Flotilla Thwarted Plus U.S. ambassador shows solidarity with Syrian protests, and more in the news More from THE SCROLL Love and Death Long before the Supreme Court deemed violent video games free speech, the 1940s cultural critic Gershon Legman noted Americans' paradoxical views on sex and violence BY Josh Lambert Last spring, I gave a tough assignment to the students in my NYU class on literary and cultural representations of the Holocaust. "By Wednesday," I told them, "I want you to kill Hitler." More Talking Asses The misguided prophet Balaam—who knew that words have meanings and must be used judiciously—should be the patron saint of the Internet More BY Liel Leibovitz 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 | 37 West 28th Street, 8th floor | New York, NY 10001 Unsubscribe | Forward to a Friend