Pigging Out
It's no secret that I'm a fan of the forbidden flesh. Be it in a martini, a video game, or wrapped around deep-fried hot dogs, those wonderful strips of bacon provide a flavor and taste that's damn near erotic...
_Heavy Metal in Baghdad_: The _Heeb_ Review
By Jed Oelbaum Acrassicauda - the only metal band in Iraq - may not be very good, but what they lack in talent, they more than make up for in balls. You see, being a headbanger in Baghdad ain't easy, what wit...
Buddy Pick
Handsome Jew-hater Mel Gibson has always had a good eye for picking sidekicks. First there was the Feral Kid. Then there was Danny Glover. And over course, there was his main man, JC. Now it looks like Mad...
Oh Appease!
Gawker's clip of the week is f-ing hilarious, if you can bear to hear this rightwing douchebag shout the word appeaser a hundred times. Classic. And may we just say, Chris Matthews, welcome back. We were sort o...
Extraordination!
Next week, American Jewish University in Los Angeles will ordain its first black rabbi from sub-Saharan Africa. Gershom Sizomu, the fresh-faced man with a lady-killing smile pictured above, will be taking the r...
Jewish Cooking
When rabbis are involved in illegal things, such as supervising a kosher meat plant that cooks crystal meth, you just hope the locals get a good deal....
Roller Mate
Weirdoes from Central Park's bandshell to Venice Beach in Los Angeles have a reason to rejoice: roller skates are back in vogue. Thanks to the Flight of the Conchords' new video, which premiered on youtube, e...
_The Rabbi’s Cat 2_: The _Heeb_ Review
By Steve GutierrezThe Rabbi's Cat 2 (Pantheon Books) by Joann Sfar is an ambling, lighthearted sequel, which continues the stories of some early 20th century Algerian Jews -- an almost forgotten pocket of the D...
_Unsettled_ : The _Heeb_ Review
I'll be honest. I didn't know much about the evacuation of Gaza when I hunkered down to watchUnsettled, nor had I heard or read anything about the film itself. Which is probably why I liked it. That and the fac...
Israel on Broadway
Sure, the Japanese went on their Hollywood studio spending spree and gays seem to have made their presence more well known, but every now and then, it's still nice to have a reminder that we're Jews, we're news...
John Mayer is an Asshole
The story is as old as the hills: A giant celebrity plays an asshole version of themselves to show us that they're actually not actually an asshole, but a truly down-to-earth person who hasn't let fame get to...
Who Are You Looking At, Einstein?
A letter Albert Einstein wrote back in 1954 to philosopher Eric Gutkind is expected to fetch between $12,000 and $16,000 at auction this week. Given that the letter describes Einstein's view that, across the bo...
