Clash of the Titans
In a moment of blind rage, eBay has "pulled its ads from Google":http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6755789.stm. Apparently, the online auction site spends around $25 million a year advertising on Google, so t...
Two Rabbis Walk Into a Reception Hall
To show their support for same-sex couples, a straight rabbi couple (one of whom works at New York's LGBT synagogue Congregation Beth Simchat) are planning an all-out Conservative Jewish wedding "without the ma...
Here, Piggy, Piggy
Frank Bruni, the _New York Times_' beloved (and "hated":http://www.slate.com/id/2160474/) restaurant critic "reveled in the fatty deliciousness that is pork":http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/pi...
Storytelling
Heeb's critically acclaimed Storytelling series presents Jewish stories from an ever-changing crew of performers across the country. We now give you Heeb _Storytelling in its online incarnation. Check back here...
They’re Grrrreaaat!
The _NY Times_ "reports":http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/business/media/14kellogg-web.html that The Kellogg Company announced today that it will phase out advertising its products to children under age 12 unl...
…But They’ll Never Take Our Freedom
At last night's New York premiere of _A Mighty Heart_ Angelina Jolie's lawyer made all reporters sign an agreement stating that they would not ask any personal questions.
"FoxNews":http://www.foxnews.com/st...
Irony, Half-Off
...And if the mainstream news media has it hard, just how do you think independent publishers are doing? _Nymag.com_'s Intelligencer "somewhat gleefully writes":http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2007/06/save_dave_eg...
Hitchens on Hilton
On _Slate_ today, Christopher Hitchens "debates":http://www.slate.com/id/2168128/nav/tap3/ the ultimate question: Which is worse, Paris Hilton or the media? And brace yourself, Hitchens comes out in favor of th...
You Say Potato
Gawker "decries":http://gawker.com/news/withdrawal-overdose/which-east-village-institution-is-the-next-bank-branch-268123.php the loss of East Village institutions to a wave of corporate bank openings. But how ...
It’s Not Such a Good Thing
Turns out "Martha Stewart":http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.76d5d3769e1fc1611e3bf410b5900aa0/?vgnextoid=c479cf380e1dd010VgnVCM1000005b09a00aRCRD&xsc=rm+goo+Brand+martha$stewart is a big fa...
Storytelling
Heeb's critically acclaimed Storytelling series presents Jewish stories from an ever-changing crew of performers across the country. We now give you Heeb _Storytelling in its online incarnation. Check back here...
