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Jewdar

*Fall Of Hope* We are rapidly approaching that special time of redemption and renewal—we speak, of course, of the new fall television season. Once again, the network execs have somehow forgotten to solicit Jew...
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Be Afraid of Shadows

Many observers on the Israel scene were wringing their hands when "Burger King":http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_sys/picture/atarim/site_form_atar_eng.asp?site_id=1010&pic_cat=4&icon_cat=6&york_cat=9&type_id=15...
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All About My Other

Last year, Ari Sandel's "_West Bank Story_":http://www.westbankstory.com/ somehow won an Academy Award for "Best Live Action Short Film." The film told the story of an Israeli soldier falling for a Palestinian ...
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Lost and Found

If the season finale of "_Big Love_":http://www.hbo.com/biglove/ has left you jonesing for your weekly fix of polygamist Mormons, check out "_CNN.com_":http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/07/lost.boys/index.html's st...
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Cup and Pen Small Small Press Fair

This Saturday from 2-6pm, I will be manning _Heeb_'s table at the Cup and Pen Small Small Press Fair at "Think Coffee":http://www.thinkcoffeenyc.com in Manhattan. No, you're right, _Heeb_ is not a small small p...
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No Mo’ Mo

After only a couple years of operation, restaurant/bar/performance space "Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction":http://www.mopitkins.com is "up for sale":http://www.nypost.com/seven/09052007/gossip/pagesix/pagesix...
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The Chosen Ones: Thursday in Manhattan

Filmmaker Wendla Nölle brings her documentary The Chosen Ones to New York for a premiere screening tomorrow night. The debut film, which includes an interview with yours truly (sporting an unfortunate haircut ...
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Schmuck Cuts Off His Putz

"If it's yellow, let it mellow and if it's brown, flush it down." Well, what about when it's a dismembered cock? Last week, some guy in Spain "chopped off his chorizo and threw it in the toilet":http://www.expa...
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A Good Lay at Heeb HQ

We have lower back pain in every inch of our bodies, but are psyched to have endured _Heeb_ HQ's move from SoHo to "DUMBO":http://dumbonyc.com/. It took three days and (more impressively) three Jewish men layin...
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Rabbi Hangs Ten

Rabbi Nachum Shifren, otherwise known as the "Surfing Rabbi" is divinely inspired by the waves of Malibu, CA where he teaches surfing to people of all faiths and denominations, including at risk kids in the Los...

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