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Jorg Haider: 1950-2008

On Rosh Hashana the year is inscribed, and on Yom Kippur, it is sealed. And while repentance, charity, and prayer may cancel the stern decree, there's no indication that Jorg Haider, Austria's premier post-war...
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Simon Says “Kneel Before Me”

Yehude Simon has been tapped as the new Prime Minister of Peru after a government crisis left President Garcia without a cabinet. From what Jewdar has been able to ascertain, Simon's father came from Palestine...
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M.I.A. Pregnant

It is being reported that pop revolutionary M.I.A. canceled her summer tour plans because she was pregnant with the child of fiance Benjamin Brewer (son of Warner Music Chairman Edgar Bronfman). How lucky is th...
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Playing Chicken

Apparently, it's okay to shoot wolves from planes, but not to swing a little poultry around. Animal rights activists have decided to start making threats to a New York City rabbi in opposition to the Yom Kippur...
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Un-Safety School

In a recent op-ed piece, Nat Hentoff reminds us why he's the kind of leftie Jewish icon Heeb should be profiling. Apparently, Brandeis University, named after a reasonably prominent defender of free speech, thr...
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Chickpeas of Wrath

The guy who thought that breaking bread was a way to bring people together needs to spend some time in the modern Middle East. First, there were the Palestinians accusing Israel of appropriating falafel. Now, t...
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Sick liberal yenta, potty-mouth and former _Heeb_ covergirl Sarah Silverman appears on the current issue of Bust Magazine. The prospect of one of our favorite comics and favorite magazines joining forces had us...
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Real Life Methuselah Dies

Boris Efimov, prolific propaganda cartoonist and world's oldest Jew, is dead. Efimov, two-time winner of the much-coveted U.S.S.R. State Prize, did his most famous work for Agitprop and Pravda, taking on both N...