When Josh Swiller traveled to Africa to build a well, he never intended to dig himself into a hole.
Camille Paglia has offended the greatest minds of her generation. Now the cultural critic is defending religion from its critics.
What shadowy figures warm the dinners and light the homes of Orthodox Jews on the Sabbath? Adam Bright delves into the world of the goys behind the curtain.
No, she doesn't just play one on TV. Cheryl Hines as you've never seen her before.
Zach Galifianakis’s new Brooklyn apartment is almost bare. There’s a couch and a table with a vase of sunflowers, some books and papers. Taped up on the adjacent wall are three maps of the Middle East. “Oh, don’t worry about those,” he grins when he catches me eyeing the Gaza Strip. “I’m just planning something....
*Rhymes With “Chagall”* Jewdar has long followed the career of martial artist, action star, PETAphile, energy drink entrepreneur, environmentalist, musician, reincarnation of a Tibetan lama and all-around awesome human being *Steven Seagal*. For years Jewdar has wondered when the wheel of karma would turn and allow him to ascend from the depths of direct-to-DVD, and...
Next Monday, _Heeb_ Magazine is having its annual office party in “our new Brooklyn Headquarters”:http://dumbonyc.com/2007/11/27/heebmagazine-interview/, but you’re not invited. It’s true that we no longer publish the magazine out of a Manhattan studio apartment (HQ is now roughly the size of a Montana studio apartment), but unfortunately, trying to squeeze you into our new digs...
If you haven’t seen the December/January 2008 edition of _Radar_ featuring an “all dolled up” Nicole Kidman on its cover, you’re missing some precious MOT morsels: First of all, you miss Fabio for the first time (at least as far as I can ascertain) “meditating on the Middle East:”:http://www.radarmagazine.com/from-the-magazine/2007/11/fabio_lanzoni_mediterraneum_charity_motorcycle_rally_01.php “The Israeli people have been the...
This Hanukkah, an explosion of viral Jewish music videos hits the web, each with its own unique blend of Jewish and pop cultural elements. If you appreciate truly bizarre Jewish esoterica (like we do) then here are a few you shouldn’t miss: 1. Kosher Crunk It’s the _Jazz Singer_ meets the Dirty South in “this...
Looks like evolution is moving “much more rapidly”:http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1043228620071210 than our high-school biology teachers predicted. Researchers say that “beneficial genetic changes have appeared at a rate roughly 100 times higher in the past 5,000 years than at any previous period of human evolution.” And “about 7 percent of human genes are undergoing rapid, relatively recent evolution.”...
As a result of a spur of the moment decision, a cheap plane ticket and a free hotel room I find myself sitting at a computer in the press center of Art Basel Miami Beach, surrounded by two guys in multicolored pageboy caps, an older British gent who’s yelling into his cell phone “IT’S 0,1,1,4,4!”...
_Time Out_ may have published “our holiday gift guide”:http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/features/24789/festival-of-delights, but far be it from us to claim that we’re the sole arbiters of Jewish present-giving. In fact, no matter how you’re opting to construct yourself as a capitalist subject this holiday season, it seems like there is a gift guide out there for you. Here...
