The Other Rebecca Rubin
Little girls and confused little boys everywhere can't wait to get their hands on Rebecca Rubin, the new Jewish addition to the American Girl family. Apparently, neither can the FBI.That's right, despite painst...
Rosanna Scotto: The Face of Hate?
So this morning, Jewdar is watching Good Day, New York, and hostess Rosanna Scotto starts discussing the news that Mel Gibson's sons are taking legal steps to secure their inheritance now that their still-marri...
Breaking News: Tori Spelling’s Daughter is “An Eater”
According to the above Myspace interview, Tori Spelling's daughter really enjoys food--food that Spelling herself prepares. The actress hypes this little nugget as something that fans would be "shocked to ...
No _Commentary_
Working at Heeb, spending all our time conversing with the people in our little Jewish magazine fishbowl, it's easy to lose perspective. Sometimes its good, then, to go out in the world, and see what's going on...
Yelp Backpedals
The online local listings schmucks (a.k.a. Yelp) sent the above e-blast to their San Francisco listserv early this morning, only to follow up nine hours later with an apology from the editors. They changed the ...
Who Wants to Try the Beastie Boys’ Hot Sauce?
Two decades into their career, with seven studio albums and Adam Yauch's distinguished silver mane to show for their hard work, no one would blame the Beastie Boys if they headed into retirement on some private...
Scarlett Johansson Putting Out Another Album
I was totally shocked that Scarlett Johansson's album of Tom Waits covers, Anywhere I Lay My Head, didn't totally suck. But I gotta say, I am going to approach her follow-up, Break Up, with a lot of caution. Fo...
Hitler Invades _Aqua Teen Hunger Force_
Of all the special guests ever featured on Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sunday night's episode ("Der Inflatable Fuhrer") contained the most special guest of all: Adolf Hitler himself.Of cours...
Who Needs Kobe vs. LeBron When You’ve Got Stan Van Gundy?
Though the Denver Nuggets evened up the Western Conference Finals with the Los Angeles Lakers last night and the Orlando Magic pulled ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday, it seems pretty much a forgone c...
Eagle and Talon: The _Heeb_ Interview
It's safe to say that there has been a recent fascination in the music world with revisiting the 1990s. Examples range from Deerhunter and Wavves tackling the lo-fi fuzz practiced by luminaries like Pavement an...
The New Face of Formula One?
Bernie Ecclestone, president and CEO of Formula One Management, made his suggestion for what his company needs to boost its global appeal: "I think that formula one needs a black, Jewish woman who, if poss...
Against All Odds, A Woman Becomes the First African-American Female Rabbi
This just in from celebrity, sex and fashion site Jezebel: A woman has become the first African-American female rabbi. Normally, I only turn to the Gawker-owned website to see whose sagging gut Cosmo had the te...
