18 · The Politics Issue

The _Heeb_ Hundred

Meet the next hundred Jews we think you'll be hearing more about in the not-so-distant future.

_1-2-3 / Apple Tree_

Herman Dune is not the name of a person. Rather, it is a band name picked by songwriter David Ivar because, as he explains it, it sounded like it could be the name of a person. “I love solo acts that sound like a band,” the French musician says. “Wouldn’t it be great if the...

_Indignation_

The intersection between the political and the personal has proved to be the defining theme of late-period Philip Roth. In American Pastoral (1997), the author served up a stinging elegy for ’60s-era idealism turned sour, as refracted through the lives of one very ordinary middle-class family. The Human Stain (2000) offered a twisty meditation on...

Not in Long Island Anymore

Jamie Lynn Sigler picks at a roll made of pizza dough at Angeli Caffé in West Hollywood as we discuss her upcoming return to HBO on the fifth season of Entourage. Sigler plays “a version of” herself for three episodes as this season’s Anna Faris, who tweaked the tabloid perception of her life in three...

History Lessons

Unless between the time I’m writing this and a certain mid-January day he decides to tie a bandana around his head, place a buck knife between his teeth, parachute into the hinterlands of northwest Pakistan and return with a certain tall Arab’s head in a burlap sack, it’s hard to imagine that history will offer...

Web Exclusive!

Our nation’s capital may have the highest per capita number of white guys in charcoal Brooks Brothers suits, but it’s also got a vibrant indigenous scene if you know where to look. So forget that trip you took to the Holocaust museum in ninth grade and give Washington, D.C. another chance—just like Heeb correspondent, Mitch...

The First Jewish President?

Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman reinvented the scoundrel city. Is America up next? Dayvid Figler reports.

America Swings

Picture yourself at a barbeque with 50 folks who are chowing down on hot dogs, sipping beer and engaging in small talk. Now picture yourself having sex with them. Or, if you’re not feeling that adventurous, pick up the new collection from photographer—and Heeb contributing editor—Naomi Harris. Her subjects in America Swings: Swinging Sex Lives...

Nosh Pit

Our presidential wannabees aren’t the only ones going after the Spanish-speaking demographic. We asked chef Morgan Jarrett to share a recipe for all of you who tire of that same ol’ beefy pot roast flavor and crave something with a little more kick. Rub: 2 tsp. Chipotle chile powder 1 tsp. Old Bay seasoning 2...