Evolution Revelation
Looks like evolution is moving "much more rapidly":http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1043228620071210 than our high-school biology teachers predicted. Researchers say that "beneficial genetic chan...
_Heeb_ at Art Basel Miami
As a result of a spur of the moment decision, a cheap plane ticket and a free hotel room I find myself sitting at a computer in the press center of Art Basel Miami Beach, surrounded by two guys in multicolored ...
The Gift Guides that Keep on Giving
_Time Out_ may have published "our holiday gift guide":http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/features/24789/festival-of-delights, but far be it from us to claim that we're the sole arbiters of Jewish present...
_Juno_: The _Heeb_ Review
*by Andrew Marantz*
I have to confess: when I first saw the trailer for _Juno_, I thought it would be a _Knocked Up_ knock-off. Well, blame that misleading trailer, because _Juno_ is its own movie. And, alth...
The Grinch Who Stole Hanukkah
In a recent "article in _Slate_":http://www.slate.com/id/2179045/ Christopher Hitchens critiques Hannukah and promotes the removal of menorahs from public spaces. According to Hitchens, the holiday that we now ...
Dances With Wolffs?
According to a recent report by Mental Health America, the nation's least Jewish state is also its happiest. With just "295 Jews":http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/usjewpop.html, South Dakot...
_I’m Not There_: The _Heeb_ Review
_I'm Not There_, Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan riff-meets-biopic, flirts with disaster at every turn, but somehow manages to keep it together. As disorganized as the film feels at times, the threads of wayward fame an...
Eat, Drink and be Merry (or Happy)
In our continuing holiday coverage, we look at TimeOutNY.com which "lists":http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/features/24783/eight-great-nights-of-entertainment holiday-themed (and egg nog-free) events for...
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 gui...
Latke Lessons
Around this time of the year, kitchen cretins like yours truly tend to whip up latkes from "the same old recipe":http://www.fabulousfoods.com/recipes/side/potatoes/latkes.html, but a wealth of alternatives to t...
Gawk No More
Earlier today, Gawker's Emily Gould, editor of the site and a _Heeb_ 100 "member":http://heeb100.com/newmedia.html, "quit":http://gawker.com/news/accidents-will-happen/a-long-dark-early-evening-of-the-soul-with...
Pope Impious
_PulpHope_ (AdHouse Books, 2007), modern mythmaker and comic-art giant Paul Pope's new 250-page graphic monograph is part autobiography, part retrospective and part pornographic sketchbook. The oversized volume...
