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From Prussia, With Love

Back in 1906, a ne'er do well Prussian cobbler assembled something resembling an officer's uniform, commandeered a handful of soldiers, and marched them off to the nearby town of Kopenick where he seized the to...
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Bridez to Perform at Diamond Days on July 19

The kind people at Gifted Children Records have provided us with an MP3 from Bridez, the loud and trashed-out San Francisco band playing Diamond Days on Saturday, July 19 at Ghost Town Gallery. The three piece ...
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Daniel Libeskind: The _Heeb_ Interview

by Amy Westervelt Polish-born, New York-based architect Daniel Libeskind first came to the attention of the architecture world when his Jewish museum in Berlin was unveiled in September 2001. Coincidentally, th...
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Matador Records 5, _Heeb_ 1

After a brutal six innings filled with strikeouts, errors and assbackward baserunning, _Heeb_ redeemed itself in the final hour of this week's whiffleball game at Central Park in Manhattan (sponsored by Saucony...
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My Favorite Yenta

Renta-Yenta is a new Yiddish personal assistant service that promises to "help you to get everything done without having to do everything by yourself". Everything? Can these yentas give you unsolicited input on...
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What I Do When I’m Supposed to Be…

Sometimes I waste time (gasp!) when I'm supposed to be working. Craigslist provides a plethora of interesting distractions. Not to outgawk Gawker or anything, I urge you to check out this particular personal ti...
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Fedorable?

Evidently, the fedora is back. A favorite of celebs like Britney Spears, Johnny Depp, and Al Capone, the fedora seems to be crowning the crowns of male and female alike. (Oddly enough, however, I've seen neithe...
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“Please Sir, Kug I Have Some More?”

Yiddishkayt LA recently hosted their second Kugl Kukh-off. The contest was judged by LA Weekly food critic Jonathan Gold, restauranteur and KCRW's "Good Food" host Evan Kleiman (don't miss her Angeli ...
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Ojos Rojos: The _Heeb_ Interview

Claremont, California's musical son may be Ben Harper and Snoop Dogg may currently reside there, but Ojos Rojos is the new shining light of the quiet college town on the east end of Los Angeles. Ojos Rojos play...
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Quotes for Quotes

First they launched a new entertainment (read "celebrity") division, then they got caught writing Britney Spears' obit early, now the A.P. is selling quotation licenses. I guess it's true that newspap...
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Jacob’s (Bunk Bed) Ladder

Semitic greaseball Jacob Arabov (a.k.a., "Jacob the Jeweller") is beginning two and a half years of hard time. Apparently, in between creating lavish bling for superstars such as Jay-Z and Kanye West and gellin...
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Karma Comedian

We at Jewdar were delighted to hear that some self-declared defender of Hinduism has taken it upon himself to take a stand against The Love Guru. According to Rajan Zed, the movie lampoons Hinduism and uses te...

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