Dennis Shulman: The _Heeb_ Interview
By Simran Sethi Here's how you don't want to start an interview with the man destined to be the first Rabbi and fourth person with total blindness ever elected to the United States Congress - kvetching. But t...
_Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell_: The _Heeb_ Review
By Sabrina JasziYears ago, we singled out Matt Wolf as a fledgling talent at NYU's film school and elevated him as the first ever member of the Heeb 100. Now, at the tender age of 26, Wolf's feature directoria...
The M.O.T. Heard Round the World
Not since 1945 when Hank Greenberg clinched the American League pennant with a grand slam on the final day of the season, has a more dramatic home run been generated from a Jewish bat. Yesterday, with one swi...
Harvey Pekar: 1939-2010
In Heeb's Politics Issue, Pekar (R.I.P.) asks the question: Are God's Children too stupid? Click here to view the full comic....
_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...
The _Heeb_ Hundred
Meet the next hundred Jews we think you'll be hearing more about in the not-so-distant future.
_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 t...
Meet Alaska’s Yamacaucus
By Sabrina Jaszi Governor Sarah Palin's fervent Christian minions may be the public face of Alaska, but in the state's House of Representatives, a group of Jewish politicians are increasingly casting long shado...
Losing Control?
The Jewish world is all abuzz over the leaked memo making the rounds, suggesting that Jew-Know-Who's control over Hollywood may be weakening. Apparently, some Dreamworks executive assistant thinks that "R...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
