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Heeb Issue #9

Urban Kvetch

The Dalai Lama
That’s right, you smirking little bastard—you were listed as treyf opposite Dolly Parton in our Spring issue. What’s the matter? Not getting as much attention now that the Falun Gong
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Jewdar

Chai-klops:
By the time you read this someone out there will be the proud owner of a piece of Jewish history: the eye patch of sabra, superstud Moshe Dayan, who lost his eye—one of only two in the
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Horascopes

Aries (March 21-April 19) Starting in early October, every lawyer in New York whose name ends in a four-letter combination like “baum” will be tanned and rested from Easthampton, ready to both help
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Features

Cut-up Artist

(excerpted from original article)
Though talented and sexy, with great timing, a singular writing voice and a solid presence in comedy for many years now—a true comic’s comic—just what to do with
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Features

Bigmouth Strikes Again: An Oral Report

(excerpted from original article)
Once upon a time, the conventional wisdom was clear. The mouth of a Jewish woman served three purposes, and three alone—to berate, emasculate and ask for money.
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Features

Fetish Party

(excerpted from original article)
Naomi Wolf is the kind of intellectual who demands a response, even if it’s a roll of the eyes. The 43-year-old Rhodes Scholar and Yale graduate became the cover girl
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Features

In a Biblical Sense

(excerpted from original article)
When it comes to the sexiest ancient religious text, most people think of the Kama Sutra. That book, however, is all about theory—things you could do if you had the
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Features

Between Us

(excerpted from original article)
I thought the Jewish community would want to hear my story, but they wanted the aliyah story, the brave soldier boy story, the now-I’m-religious story. Not this one.
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urban kvetch

Urban Kvetch

The Dalai Lama
That’s right, you smirking little bastard—you were listed as treyf opposite Dolly Parton
(read more)

jewdar

Jewdar

Chai-klops:
By the time you read this someone out there will be the proud owner of a piece of Jewish
(read more)

horascopes

Horascopes

Aries (March 21-April 19) Starting in early October, every lawyer in New York whose name ends in a (read more)

features

Cut-up Artist

Short of dumping Jimmy Kimmel, there’s nothing that comedienne Sarah Silverman could do to make us happier than gracing the cover of our first Sex Issue. Rob Feld talks to the star of the must-see feature film Jesus is Magic. (read more)

Bigmouth Strikes Again: An Oral Report

The Jewish woman’s mouth has been an object of fascination in the American mind: from Sophie Tucker to Bette Midler. Nowadays, that fascination has taken a surprising turn. Rachel Shukert searches for answers in a story that is sure to make you want to gag. (read more)

Fetish Party

In the 1990s, Naomi Wolf brought sexiness to the feminist project, arguing that a woman’s desire to be beautiful was keeping her down. In this interview with Ilana Arazie, she deconstructs the Jewish desire for communal purity. (read more)

In a Biblical Sense

With its adultery, exhibitionism, debauchery and prostitution, not to mention all that “begetting,” nothing renders the poetry of desire quite like the Hebrew Bible. And here, collected for the first time, are its 10 sexiest scenes, illustrated by Gideon Kendall. Your Hebrew school homework was never quite like this. (read more)

Between Us

Nancy Schwartzman went to Jerusalem in 2000 to make a film about the Millennium and was raped. But when she returned to America, she realized her ordeal was just beginning. Heeb’s senior editor tells a true story of hope, adversity and restoration. (read more)

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