From Prussia, With Love

Back in 1906, a ne’er do well Prussian cobbler assembled something resembling an officer’s uniform, commandeered a handful of soldiers, and marched them off to the nearby town of Kopenick where he seized the town treasury and arrested the mayor and treasurer

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Bridez to Perform at Diamond Days on July 19

The kind people at Gifted Children Records have provided us with an MP3 from Bridez, the loud and trashed-out San Francisco band playing Diamond Days on Saturday, July 19 at Ghost Town Gallery. The three piece band consists of one guitar player, a drummer and

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Daniel Libeskind: The Heeb Interview

Polish-born, New York-based architect Daniel Libeskind first came to the attention of the architecture world when his Jewish museum in Berlin was unveiled in September 2001. Coincidentally, this was just before the World Trade Center was leveled, which

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Matador Records 5, Heeb 1

After a brutal six innings filled with strikeouts, errors and assbackward baserunning, Heeb redeemed itself in the final hour of this week’s whiffleball game at Central Park in Manhattan (sponsored by Saucony) by scoring a run and ruining Matador Records’

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My Favorite Yenta

Renta-Yenta is a new Yiddish personal assistant service that promises to “help you to get everything done without having to do everything by yourself”.

 

Everything? Can these yentas give you unsolicited input on your screenplay? Or constantly remind you

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What I Do When I’m Supposed to Be…

Sometimes I waste time (gasp!) when I’m supposed to be working. Craigslist provides a plethora of interesting distractions. Not to outgawk Gawker or anything, I urge you to check out this particular personal titled: “WASP seeks Jew for affair.” This may be the

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Fedorable?

Evidently, the fedora is back. A favorite of celebs like Britney Spears, Johnny Depp, and Al Capone, the fedora seems to be crowning the crowns of male and female alike. (Oddly enough, however, I’ve seen neither hide nor hair of the topper in Chicago—the

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“Please Sir, Kug I Have Some More?”

Yiddishkayt LA recently hosted their second Kugl Kukh-off. The contest was judged by LA Weekly food critic Jonathan Gold, restauranteur and KCRW’s “Good Food” host Evan Kleiman (don’t miss her Angeli Caffe in LA), Senior Associate Editor of Bon Appetit Amy

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Ojos Rojos: The Heeb Interview

Claremont, California’s musical son may be Ben Harper and Snoop Dogg may currently reside there, but Ojos Rojos is the new shining light of the quiet college town on the east end of Los Angeles. Ojos Rojos plays at Diamond Days on July 19 at Ghost Town Gallery

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Quotes for Quotes

First they launched a new entertainment (read “celebrity”) division, then they got caught writing Britney Spears’ obit early, now the A.P. is selling quotation licenses. I guess it’s true that newspapers are going the way of the dodo if they’re really that
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