Jewdar has had misgivings about Agriprocessors since reading Postville a few years back, and the periodic hashgacha horror stories haven't helped heal the the hurt. On our better days, we've thought of boycot...

At Sunday's MTV movie awards, Adam Sandler was presented with the Generation Award in Song and Dance. The award, which had been bestowed upon Tom Cruise in 2006, was presented by the underpants-clad Scientologi...

The newspaper may be gasping its last breaths in the U.S., but as a middle class emerges in China and India, newly literate and monied types are bumping up global circulation of newspapers. According to a repo...

Tropical drinks, long bike rides and good music are a few things that keep me in good spirits from from Memorial Day until mid- September. The first two you'll have to take care of yourself--here are some sugg...

It's being reported that M.I.A., considered by many as the most revolutionary pop star in the world today, is engaged to Benjamin Brewer, son of Canadian bazillionaire, CEO of Warner Music Group, and all around...

I don't know how reputable of a paper The Hindu is, but this "article" is hilarious. New York Congressman Raymond Weiner is "wooing" Clinton's aide Huma Abedin. He's Jewish and she grew up i...

Harvey Herschel Korman died yesterday at the age of 81. We can honestly say that we can't remember ever seeing him do a role we didn't like: from the Great Gazoo to The Carol Burnett Show to, his appearances on...

You may member last March Woody Allen was suing American Apparel for 10 million large after the clothing company used an image of the icon, dressed as a orthodox Jew in Annie Hall, without permission.Now execs...

Dunkin' Donuts has taken down an ad featuring television homemaker Rachel Ray wearing a keffiyeh, the popular headdress worn by famous terrorists and employees at Urban Outfitters alike....

You know how sometimes, when you open an account of some sort online (PayPal, Schwab, etc.) they deposit a couple of cents in your bank account and then have you verify the amount? I always thought there was so...

Madonna is officially adopting Malawian three-year-old David Banda. The pop diva had been raising Banda for two years in London prior to the official adoption, avoiding the regular 18-24 month Malawian court ev...

Heeb's annual music fest--full of wild garage, loud and heavy psych, quiet folkies and other assorted sounds is back. July 17-20, we move out west to beautiful Oakland, California, and present over 30 bands/sol...