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Out From Under

South Africa, 1936: A young German couple begins a strange new life in this excerpt from Shana Liebman's novel in progress, based on the experiences of her grandparents.
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Urban Kvetch: Aleph-Bet Yoga

Aleph-Bet Yoga The latest mishigas from New Age Jews prescribes embodying individual Hebrew letters in order to achieve spiritual enlightenment. According to its creators, bending over backwards into a "mem" (...
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Urban Kvetch: Amanda Hesser

Amanda Hesser This prissy little New York Times food writer has somehow become my mother's fantasy of the perfect Jewish daughter, and for this, she must be eliminated. In her columns about souffles and salads...
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_Heeb_ Prevails in Ping Pong

Two nights ago at the Fat Cat, Saucony sponsored a pingpong tourney for a slew of NYC media companies. (If you recall last summer, the sneaker company treated us to a few happy hours and whiffleball games in Ce...
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_Heeb_ Storytelling Returns!

Less than two weeks until the next edition of Heeb Storytelling hosted by Flight of the Conchords' Kristen Schaal (above right along with Heeb arts editor/Heeb Storytelling director Shana Liebman). Schall will ...