Why Are American Soldiers Worshipping Norse Gods?; Walter Russell Mead on American Zionism; Lion Feuchtwanger’s ‘The Oppermanns’

Sandy Koufax unveiled • [View this email in your browser]( June 30, 2022 • Tammuz 1, 5782 🌎 THE NEWS 🌎 NATO beefs up its European presence… Macron calls Russia’s attack on a crowded Ukrainian mall a ‘war crime’… China loosens its COVID restrictions… Workers unionize at New Jersey Medieval Times… Facebook calls abortion-rights group Jane’s Revenge a terrorist organization… Overwhelming majority of Ukrainians would find land-for-peace deal ‘unacceptable’… Grand Canyon vacationers felled by Norovirus outbreak… California leaks names, ages, and addresses of gun permit holders… Serena falls to France’s Harmony Tan in Wimbledon’s first round… [THE SCROLL: WE READ THE INTERNET ALL DAY SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO]( # [Pagans in Uniform]( Media reports on followers of old Norse paganism focus on reactionary followers with white supremacist beliefs. But practitioners of the faith in the military are trying to correct the record. [BY MAGGIE PHILLIPS](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # UNORTHODOX [Good Sports]( Ep. 323: Hindu monk Swami Tyagananda on spirituality and the modern world, and forthcoming Tablet Studios podcast host Meredith Shiner on a Sandy Koufax tribute at Dodger Stadium JUNE 30, 2022 # [The American Zionist Dream]( How William Blackstone, Henry Cabot Lodge, and their fellow Christians saw a Jewish state as deeply American [BY WALTER RUSSELL MEAD](#) # [‘The Oppermanns’ Brings Us Some Bad News From 1933]( Everything you thought would prepare you for success instead narrows your chances of survival [BY MARCO ROTH](#) # # This email was sent to you by [Tablet Magazine](#) Tablet Magazine | P.O. Box 20079 | New York, NY 10001 [Remove me from this list]( | [Forward to a Friend]( You are receiving this email because you signed up at our website, www.tabletmag.com. Tablet Magazine P.O. Box 20079 New York, NY 10001 USA Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp [Mailchimp Email Marketing](