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Schlep the Vote

Sarah Silverman has teamed up with JewsVote.org to create this rant to convince old Florida Jews to get over themselves already and vote Obama. With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur around the corner, those who hav...
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Freshkills: The _Heeb_ Interview

By Jay Diamond Brooklyn's Freshkills' menacing sound reaches back to the days when indie rock largely consisted of disturbed weirdos creating violent racket. On their second full-length, front man Zachary Lip...
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_From Krakow to Krypton_: The _Heeb_ Review

In his new book From Krakow to Krypton, Arie Kaplan, like wily Odysseus, skillfully navigates between the Scylla and Charybdis of writing about Jews and comic books (and now that we've made a reference to the c...
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Out of the Box

According to Black Book, the Porcelain Twinz, the burlesque fetish act famous for their performances at Simon Hammerstein's The Box have been subjected to some treyf treatment. Among other things, they've accus...
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Heinytown

Last night at _Heeb_ Storytelling at the M Bar in Hollywood, author Emma Forrest took it (almost) all off in a glorious ode to her Jewish derriere. Meanwhile, our favorite backdoor blog The Daily Tush (a tushy ...
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King for a Day

I don't know what's worse, hearing Ahmadinejad's sound bites get international exposure at the UN or seeing Larry King pander to his nonsense. At 74, the crotchety interviewer just sat there with nothing combat...
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Beardly Legal

Jews, Muslims and Nazarenes have banded together to sue a Washington D.C. fire department over its new ban on beards, which is reportedly being instated for safety reasons.Personally, I think if these guys want...
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Master of No One’s Domain

Even his faithful four-eyed fans must finally swallow the fact that Jerry Seinfeld is no longer a relevant pop culture icon. As if "Bee Movie" wasn't enough to prove his waning appeal (and misguided e...
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No Funnye Stuff

Barack Obama's identity seems to keep getting more complicated. He's got a shepherd Islamic father, a white Kansan mother, a borderline crazy pastor. And now: a rabbi inlaw. Turns out Michelle Obama's cousin, R...
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The Dude Accessorizes

Give it up to the boys at the West Coast toy company Bif Bang Pow for paying attention to detail. Since Lebowski Fest is headed to NYC in November, I'm sure I'm not the only Yid in town who will need to gear u...
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Power of the Press

So who is the most powerful entertainment writer in the world today? Survey says....Jewdar! Just a few hours after yours truly excoriated the organizers of Monday's anti-Ahmadinejad rally for inviting Sarah Pal...

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