I imagine that Palestinian Prime Minister Haniyeh's term of office will be a complete failure unless he either kills himself or gets himself killed. I am wishing him great success. I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but - Go Fatah! You can do it!

“We joined this movement to become martyrs, not ministers,” Haniyeh declared in a fiery speech, referring to Hamas loyalists’ willingness to die for the Islamic cause.

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NPR has a program called Hanukkah: A Time for Superheroes, which "examines the connection between ancient heroes and modern-day superheroes".

Host Arye Gross begins with the Hanukkah story of the Maccabees, the Hebrew band of brothers who fought against the religious repression of the Syrian Greeks more than 2,000 years ago. This heroic tale has long inspired comic book writers. Marvel Comics' Stan Lee and DC Comics' Wil Eisner describe their humble origins and the backdrop of their Jewish experience that informed Superman, Batman, Spiderman, and Wonder Woman. The program also features conversations with filmmakers Sam Raimi (Spiderman) and Brian Singer (X-Men), as well as Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Finally, Gross visits the studios of graphic novelists Art Spiegelman and the Hanouka brothers.

Didn't you ever wonder by superheroes' names often end in "m-a-n", like a lot of Jewish surnames? Hey, my family got a new name off the boat ending in "m-a-n", so why should Superman have been any different after his ship landed?