Eat, Drink and be Merry (or Happy)
In our continuing holiday coverage, we look at TimeOutNY.com which lists holiday-themed (and egg nog-free) events for every night of Hanukkah, and rounds up the best of “Jewish dining” (whatever that is) in case you’re hungry for a little more than latkes
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The Heeb Holiday Gift Guide
If Hanukkah snuck up on you this year as it did us, you still have a bit of shopping left to do before tomorrow night (!!). But before you rush to the mall, be sure to check out Heeb’s official holiday gift guide: eight recommendations for eight nights of
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On to the Next Holiday…
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. Just in case you’re not quite ready to move on to the next holiday (which begins next week!), here’s an interview I did with Etsy, a fantastic website of handmade stuff, with a few gift picks in preparation
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LOLDeity
An absolutely adorable young girl who was born with a parasitic twin attached to her pelvis is about to undergo a 40-hour operation to save her life. Little Lakshmi was born on the day of celebration for the Hindu godess Vishnu, who is depicted with four arms,
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jPhone
Last Friday, the NY Times covered various quirky adaptations to modern life in Israel’s Orthodox community. One notable example is a religiously approved cell phone. What does it offer? Well, mostly restrictions. The phones can’t connect to the Internet,
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Running Buddies
Katie Holmes, Scientologist and mother of the cutest child alive, will be running in the NYC Marathon this Sunday. New Yorkers, keep your eyes peeled for Mrs. Tom Cruise. She’ll be the one with the alien on her shoulder.
Safety in Numbers
William Saletan at Slate reports back from an American Enterprise Institute forum called “Abraham’s Children: Race, Identity and the DNA of the Chosen People”.
According to one of the speakers, Jon Entine, the author of the book for which the forum was
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According to one of the speakers, Jon Entine, the author of the book for which the forum was
No Soup For You
Ever since Jessica Seinfeld appeared on Oprah to hawk her book Deceptively Delicious, which instructs how to con your kids into eating cookies baked with pureed veggies, the Internet has been abuzz with criticism and speculation. Did Seinfeld pay Oprah in shoes
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A Perfect 10
With her recent interview with Donny Deutsch, our favorite flaxen-haired ice queen, Ann Coulter, has lit up the media once again by proposing that Jews could use some “perfecting”. It’s not quite clear what she’d like us to do beyond learning to “obey
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Heeb Needs Interns
Wondering why our blog has been a big stagnant? Well, we’re so busy getting together the next issue that we just haven’t had the time to provide you with nuggets of sarcasm on a daily basis. So we’ve decided that we need some interns over here at Heeb HQ
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