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Wild garage, loud and heavy psych, quiet folkies and a mish-mosh of other sounds can be heard at our annual Diamond Days music fest, which heads to Oakland, CA from July 17-20. Get a flavor for this year's per...
Can You Dig It?
We know we aren't supposed to gloat at the misfortune of others, and it's certainly possible that the Gazan smuggler who died when his tunnel collapsed was trying to bring in baby formula or insulin, but given ...
Currying Infavor
Putting in his bid for giant asshole of politics this week is Britain's Lord Archer. In an interview with a young Indian journalist, in India, the former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party said Indians w...
Glattal Stop
Jewdar has had misgivings about Agriprocessors since reading Postville a few years back, and the periodic hashgacha horror stories haven't helped heal the the hurt. On our better days, we've thought of boycot...
Enter Sandman
At Sunday's MTV movie awards, Adam Sandler was presented with the Generation Award in Song and Dance. The award, which had been bestowed upon Tom Cruise in 2006, was presented by the underpants-clad Scientologi...
Black, White, and Read Elsewhere
The newspaper may be gasping its last breaths in the U.S., but as a middle class emerges in China and India, newly literate and monied types are bumping up global circulation of newspapers. According to a repo...
The _Heeb_ Summer Music Preview
Tropical drinks, long bike rides and good music are a few things that keep me in good spirits from from Memorial Day until mid- September. The first two you'll have to take care of yourself--here are some sugg...
M.I.A. Hearts the Jews?
It's being reported that M.I.A., considered by many as the most revolutionary pop star in the world today, is engaged to Benjamin Brewer, son of Canadian bazillionaire, CEO of Warner Music Group, and all around...
Weiner Woos
I don't know how reputable of a paper The Hindu is, but this "article" is hilarious. New York Congressman Raymond Weiner is "wooing" Clinton's aide Huma Abedin. He's Jewish and she grew up i...
Harvey Korman: 1927-2008
Harvey Herschel Korman died yesterday at the age of 81. We can honestly say that we can't remember ever seeing him do a role we didn't like: from the Great Gazoo to The Carol Burnett Show to, his appearances on...
Crimes and Misdemeanors 2
You may member last March Woody Allen was suing American Apparel for 10 million large after the clothing company used an image of the icon, dressed as a orthodox Jew in Annie Hall, without permission.Now execs...
Iced Keffiyeh
Dunkin' Donuts has taken down an ad featuring television homemaker Rachel Ray wearing a keffiyeh, the popular headdress worn by famous terrorists and employees at Urban Outfitters alike....
