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In Defense of Courtney Love

On Friday, Page Six ran an item on our recent interview with Courtney Love and focused on her purported "anti-Semitic ravings." The evidence? A line half-way through the 5,550 word piece in which she ...
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That’s So Eno

All right, we admit, we're always pleased when a celebrity says something nice about Israel, but can the rest of them please shut up, already? I mean, if Bono doesn't condemn Israel, what makes you think you ca...
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That’s Rabbi Oldman To You

With an 11 percent "fresh rating" on Rotten Tomatoes, The Unborn, David S. Goyer's horror flick loosely-based in Jewish mysticism, is by all accounts a cinematic abortion.Apparently, the story revolve...
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Eight Films to Watch on Christmas

Most everyone remembers Scottie Schwartz in A Christmas Story and his whole tongue-stuck-to-the-frozen-telephone-pole-routine. Most everyone remembers Macauley Culkin in Home Alone uttering the proverbial punch...
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The Palin Family Shopping Spree

Campaign finance reports confirm that the Repulican National Commitee spent $150 000 in September to gussy up the honky, would-be VP's kinfolk for her 50-state shitshow. Makes you wonder what kind of mess they ...
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_Silver Jew_: The _Heeb_ Review

In Heeb‘s summer issue, David Berman spoke about his fraught relationship with Israel. Now, Michael Tully's stirring new film Silver Jew (DVD released by Drag City) follows Berman and the band during their 20...
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Joogs

While the Williamsburg Hasids are dealing with the issue of scantly clad women in their neighborhoods by whining to the town board, Ultra-Orthodox vigilantes in Jerusalem have taken a slightly more direct appro...
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Relax, Israel is Still a Country

With so much drama in the digital world these days (especially this week's Scrabulous crisis), it pains me to hear that some kids who refer to themselves as the "Jewish Internet Defense Force" hacked...
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Barrack Back Muslim

I've got to say, I have been lazy about keeping up with political news the last month. But I have seen the daily headlines about Obama and his up and down relationship with Jewish voters. First there was the Re...
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Oh Appease!

Gawker's clip of the week is f-ing hilarious, if you can bear to hear this rightwing douchebag shout the word appeaser a hundred times. Classic. And may we just say, Chris Matthews, welcome back. We were sort o...
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Waiter, Some Ice?

This week in Oviedo, Florida, a spitball fight broke out among some girls at Chili's. One 18-year old brat was arrested for chucking a water glass at one of her peers, which struck an innocent bystander's baby ...