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*Be My Guest:*
We found ourselves on an express train to Thrillsville when we learned that not only is *Christopher Guest* in post-production on a new film, _For Your Consideration_, but that the plot revolves...
Let Them Eat Haute
In today's "_Slate_ profile of Tim and Nina Zagat,":http://www.slate.com/id/2158320/ Tim explains why he entrusts Zagat ratings to the uncouth masses instead of a trained food critic. "I would replace Einstein ...
Quality Con-Troll
"Anti-Slam":http://www.revjen.com/antislam/index.html host and "_Heeb_ Storytelling alum":http://heebish.com/photos/view/129 Rev Jen has a troll museum in her LES apartment with over 400 specimens of the Scandi...
Feast or Famine
With the book and now film _Fast Food Nation_, Walmart's recent switch to organic produce, Slow Food restaurants popping up all over the country and what seems to be a growing hunger for "inconvenient truths," ...
The Corvette
An English teacher in Krakow remembers two blissful hours roaring along the New Jersey Turnpike and the moment he decided what was truly worthwhile. New fiction by Gordon Haber.
Lone Star
_Heeb_ isn't in the endorsement business, but let's just say that given the recent history of their gubernatorial office, Texans could do a whole lot worse than this guy. D.J. Waletzky's exclusive interview with Kinky Friedman.
My Son, the Debtor
It's not like the condition of the Jewish Doctor is terminal, but if you're pursuing the classic Jewish-American dream today, your prognosis isn't quite as rosy as it once was. Anya Kamenetz on a generation of men and women who went to medical school and got less than what they bargained for.
The Gold Standard
He's on America's hottest television series and is increasingly becoming one of Hollywood's biggest comic stars. Now he's playing a father obsessed with giving his son the most spectacular bar mitzvah in history. Malina Saval sits down with Entourage's Jeremy Piven.
Sweatshop Chic
Quasi-slave labor may never be in style, but Angelo, Chantal and Samantha certainly are. Fashion inspired by a bygone era we're glad is gone.
Merchants of Menace
While Jews are, of course, well-known for being good with money, that does not mean that Jews with money are well-known for being good. In this history lesson with David Deutsch you'll learn that, unfortunately, sometimes Yids do the darndest things.
Bigmouth Strikes Again: An Oral Report
The Jewish woman's mouth has been an object of fascination in the American mind: from Sophie Tucker to Bette Midler. Nowadays, that fascination has taken a surprising turn. Rachel Shukert searches for answers in a story that is sure to make you want to gag.
Between Us
Nancy Schwartzman went to Jerusalem in 2000 to make a film about the Millennium and was raped. But when she returned to America, she realized her ordeal was just beginning. Heeb's senior editor tells a true story of hope, adversity and restoration.
