America Swings
Picture yourself at a barbeque with 50 folks who are chowing down on hot dogs, sipping beer and engaging in small talk. Now picture yourself having sex with them. Or, if you're not feeling that adventurous, pic...
History Lessons
Unless between the time I'm writing this and a certain mid-January day he decides to tie a bandana around his head, place a buck knife between his teeth, parachute into the hinterlands of northwest Pakistan and...
Web Exclusive!
Our nation's capital may have the highest per capita number of white guys in charcoal Brooks Brothers suits, but it's also got a vibrant indigenous scene if you know where to look. So forget that trip you took ...
The First Jewish President?
Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman reinvented the scoundrel city. Is America up next? Dayvid Figler reports.
When Will David Blaine Disappear?
Yesterday, publicity whore/endurance challenger and sort-of-magician David Blaine finished his dive of death, which involved hanging upside down from a cable for three days in New York's Central Park, non-stop....
Schlep the Vote
Sarah Silverman has teamed up with JewsVote.org to create this rant to convince old Florida Jews to get over themselves already and vote Obama. With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur around the corner, those who hav...
Freshkills: The _Heeb_ Interview
By Jay Diamond Brooklyn's Freshkills' menacing sound reaches back to the days when indie rock largely consisted of disturbed weirdos creating violent racket. On their second full-length, front man Zachary Lip...
_From Krakow to Krypton_: The _Heeb_ Review
In his new book From Krakow to Krypton, Arie Kaplan, like wily Odysseus, skillfully navigates between the Scylla and Charybdis of writing about Jews and comic books (and now that we've made a reference to the c...
Out of the Box
According to Black Book, the Porcelain Twinz, the burlesque fetish act famous for their performances at Simon Hammerstein's The Box have been subjected to some treyf treatment. Among other things, they've accus...
King for a Day
I don't know what's worse, hearing Ahmadinejad's sound bites get international exposure at the UN or seeing Larry King pander to his nonsense. At 74, the crotchety interviewer just sat there with nothing combat...
_Heeb_ Storytelling Returns to Hollywood
Tonight, Heeb Storytelling returns to Los Angeles. Hosted by Brody Stevens, the event will feature 7-minute Jewish stories from Adam Busch, Liz Feldman, Emma Forrest, Nikki Glaser, Naomi Harris, Dave Nadelberg,...
