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February 27, 2008

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Okay, Heeb may not be a gossip site, but this one's too good to pass up. So I get a call from a friend last night that she just saw Carrie Fisher spend three hours in an eco-friendly home and gift store buying...

Kosher or Treyf

rebecca

February 26, 2008

We were recently informed that Gawker videographer Alex Goldberg shot a little something at our Heeb 100 launch party back in October. Watch and see if you can spot any stereotyping errors. ...

Beauty and the Beast, Hollywood-Style

February 25, 2008

Hollywood loves pretty women made up to look like ugly women. Especially pretty women impersonating real, live ugly women. First Charlize Theron in Monster and now Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose have won be...

If This Country’s Rockin’, Don’t Come A-Knockin’

jewdar

February 25, 2008

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To much of the world, Israel is a diabolical force that manipulates the world. To those of us in the know, Israel is... well, Israel. The latest reminder of this comes from the sinister looking figure picture...

The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco: The _Heeb_ Review

February 22, 2008

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Earlier this week, we got a super early preview of the new Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. (The press tour's not until mid-March and the museum doens't open until June 8th so, seriously, Heeb is sp...

The Muslim President

jewdar

February 22, 2008

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Jewdar has spent entirely too much time in recent weeks addressing the dubious allegations (that's polite for "lies") about Barack Obama's secret Muslimitude, so we are not inclined to revisit the iss...

_The Counterfeiters_: The _Heeb_ Review

the_self-hating_gay_jew

February 22, 2008

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Austria's The Counterfeiters, which hits theaters today, follows in the tradition of another Oscar-nominated Holocaust film, Schindler's List for at its center, we find a removed and callow egoist who eventuall...

Booty Calls

jessie

February 22, 2008

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Whether it's number one, number two or some hellacious hybrid thereof, using public restrooms can be, pardon the pun, a real pain in the ass. We're all used to the comforts of our bathrooms at home—fuzzy toilet...

Nerdy Celebration

Brian Abrams

February 21, 2008

Just because some legendary romps ignore the connection between the heeby and the geeky—as Wormser can attest—that doesn't mean audiences don't notice. So hats off to the readers of Stuck in the '80s for their ...

Waiter hater

February 20, 2008

A few weeks ago, I took some foodie types to my new favorite San Francisco restaurant, ready to delight them with my neighborhood find. Sadly, the boss lady had the flu and when the cat's away the mice will get...

Fat Boy Spin

Brian Abrams

February 19, 2008