| Sherman and Berman vie for Sherman (Oaks) Plus Lebanon backs, Congress threatens U.N., and more in the news This will surely end well | | Muslim apocalyptic movements like al-Qaida, Hamas, Hezbollah, and other jihadi groups are winning an information war that the West barely recognizes exists BY RICHARD LANDES When I first heard in the mid-1990s about the dreams of some jihadis and Islamists to have the green flag of Islam waving over the White House and the queen of England wearing a burka, I, like so many other Western liberals, thought that these were ludicrous fantasies. But as a student of apocalyptic millennialism, I understood that however silly such beliefs might sound to outsiders, they can have devastating consequences. More | The last fully realized work by the late Harvey Pekar illuminates the bluntness and delight of American Yiddish in the last century. An excerpt from a new anthology of comics. More BY NEAL GABLER | | The idyllic Peruvian city of Cusco is an obligatory stop on the South American tour for many young Israelis. For a few entrepreneurial expats, it's also home. More BY PAULA SADOK | | | 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 | |
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