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Linguistic CONstruction

Lord knows Jewdar doesn't want to do this, but it is Hanukkah, so Dreidel Hustler, don't say we didn't get you anything: "Bernie Madoff (above) really tushy-shtupped the Jewish community." And now, i...
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Sderotten

Now that our good friends in Hamas have announced an end to the "truce" and started to bombard Sderot again, Jewdar wants to voice our support for a recent proposal by a Likud MK. Gilad Erdan suggeste...
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The Jeremy Piven Mercury Mystery

After weeks of obsessively chatting about being on Broadway, Jeremy Piven has suddenly dropped out of David Mamet's Speed the Plow, citing high levels of mercury in his system and his doctors ordering him to pu...
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Photographer Zoe Strauss: The _Heeb_ Interview

Since picking up a camera at age 30, Zoe Strauss has created her own brand of candid portraiture. Roaming the streets of South Philadelphia, where she was born and raised, Strauss reveals the spirit of the area...
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Sack Religious

An English woman has been asked to take down the Christmas lights and decorations that adorn the exterior of her family's home. The explanation given by the uniformed housing worker who made the request: The or...
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Baby Hitler Denied Cake

Adolf Hitler Campbell's daddy is demanding that a New Jersey supermarket write his son's full name on a birthday cake. The New Jersey ShopeRite said nein to the request, but a Wal-Mart in Pennsylvania was more,...
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Devil’s Brew

In an effort to ruin terrible parties forever, some San Francisco asshole is sucking the life out of Sparks. From the press release: "A recently published study found that college students who mix alcohol ...
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Peep Show

I appreciate the thoughtfulness of the organization Porn for the Blind providing a service to those who can't enjoy all the hot, free Internet porn that is out there. This isn't a hoax. The non-profit organiza...
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_Music: I-LXXXIV_

This winter, Pressed Wafer Press will publish the second, long-awaited prose collection by poet-delinquent August Kleinzhaler, a selection of music reviews written for the San Diego Reader. Known for maligning ...
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Actress Melissa Leo

Between the red hair and heartbreaking stare, you know you've seen Melissa Leo before, but you're not quite sure where. Mabe her performance in 21 Grams? (Called "as good as it gets" by Manohla Dargis.) Was tha...