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Wild garage, loud and heavy psych, quiet folkies and a mish-mosh of other sounds can be heard at our annual Diamond Days music fest, which heads to Oakland, CA from July 17-20. Get a flavor for this year's per...
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Can You Dig It?

We know we aren't supposed to gloat at the misfortune of others, and it's certainly possible that the Gazan smuggler who died when his tunnel collapsed was trying to bring in baby formula or insulin, but given ...
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Glattal Stop

Jewdar has had misgivings about Agriprocessors since reading Postville a few years back, and the periodic hashgacha horror stories haven't helped heal the the hurt. On our better days, we've thought of boycot...
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Enter Sandman

At Sunday's MTV movie awards, Adam Sandler was presented with the Generation Award in Song and Dance. The award, which had been bestowed upon Tom Cruise in 2006, was presented by the underpants-clad Scientologi...
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Black, White, and Read Elsewhere

The newspaper may be gasping its last breaths in the U.S., but as a middle class emerges in China and India, newly literate and monied types are bumping up global circulation of newspapers. According to a repo...
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The _Heeb_ Summer Music Preview

Tropical drinks, long bike rides and good music are a few things that keep me in good spirits from from Memorial Day until mid- September. The first two you'll have to take care of yourself--here are some sugg...
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Harvey Korman: 1927-2008

Harvey Herschel Korman died yesterday at the age of 81. We can honestly say that we can't remember ever seeing him do a role we didn't like: from the Great Gazoo to The Carol Burnett Show to, his appearances on...
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Crimes and Misdemeanors 2

You may member last March Woody Allen was suing American Apparel for 10 million large after the clothing company used an image of the icon, dressed as a orthodox Jew in Annie Hall, without permission.Now execs...
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Penny Games

You know how sometimes, when you open an account of some sort online (PayPal, Schwab, etc.) they deposit a couple of cents in your bank account and then have you verify the amount? I always thought there was so...
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David and Goliath

Madonna is officially adopting Malawian three-year-old David Banda. The pop diva had been raising Banda for two years in London prior to the official adoption, avoiding the regular 18-24 month Malawian court ev...
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Diamond Days, 2008

Heeb's annual music fest--full of wild garage, loud and heavy psych, quiet folkies and other assorted sounds is back. July 17-20, we move out west to beautiful Oakland, California, and present over 30 bands/sol...
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Drecks and the City

Jewdar is perfectly ready to lambaste our haredi brethren when they deserve it, so it only seems fair to heap kudos upon their black hats when they've done something good. They kept the Gloved One from getting ...