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On the ground in Tel Aviv; John Lennon's U.F.O.; a secretive French art dynasty in peril; and more …

October 28, 2023 Issue N⁰ 224 You are not currently a paid member and have limited access to AIR MAIL. Subscribe today. Good Morning! It's the weekend, and we have delights from all over You Can Jump in Now Here's Just Some of What We Have in This Issue From Israel In Tel Aviv, people are still going out to restaurants, but there's no hiding the fact the country is at war—sirens are sounding, pictures of hostages are everywhere, and hundreds of thousands of reservists have been called up From Paris For four centuries, France's Wildensteins reigned over their colossal art dynasty in near-total secrecy. Now the third court case in two decades threatens a precipitous fall for the family From Los Angeles Inspired by the Netflix series Live to 100, our columnist Cazzie David attempts to implement the lifestyle choices of long-living communities around the world in her day-to-day Los Angeles life From the Archives In the mid-70s, John Lennon had split from the Beatles, split from Yoko Ono, and, it seems, split from reality, when he announced he'd seen a flying saucer hovering outside his Manhattan apartment. Legs McNeil looks back From the Midwest The Holdovers director Alexander Payne takes Sam Wasson on a tour of his home state, paying homage to other iconic Midwesterners—Fred Astaire, Montgomery Clift, Warren Buffett—along the way From New York The massive Domino Sugar refinery has lorded over the East River for well over a century. Now it's been turned into the most spectacular new office building in the city, says architecture critic Paul Goldberger From Oklahoma With the release of Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, the panhandle state has cemented itself into our cultural consciousness as the seat of American racism From the Congo When Patrice Lumumba reached out to the Soviet Union for military help, he set in play a series of events that would result in his assassination by the C.I.A. The cruel irony is, Lumumba was far from being a Communist From the Alps Immodestly stylish, ridiculously fun, and outrageously elitist, Saint-Moritz remains the ultimate Swiss ski resort, buzzing with dinner parties, polo, and nighttime skiing with flaming torches From the AIR SUPPLY Shop As the days get shorter, treat yourself to some of our enduring essentials that are designed to age with elegance and ease, from a bristle brush to leather goods Happy Saturday! Dig In!

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