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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Apollo’s Creed

Less than two months after producing hoodies that asked the question "Who Killed Obama?, Lower East Side designer Apollo Braun (real name: Doron Braunshtein) returns with his latest creation, the "Jew...
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Gay Rights or Wrongs?

When it comes to the use of the word "gay" as a generic, high-school put-down for anything sort of bad or annoying, Jewdar feels a bit like a frosted mini-wheat. The adult in us frowns upon homophobia...
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Fallon Gong

In more news about how 2009 will suck a little bit more, Jimmy Fallon held a press conference to talk about how he's taking over for Conan O'Brien next year....
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Signed, Epstein’s Attorney

Professional rich Jew Jeffrey Epstein, currently negotiating with Florida authorities overunpleasant allegations that's he's been having sex with minors, was apparently contemplating a timely aliya on a recent ...
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Lending New Meaning to the Word “Deadhead”

Three Houston teenagers are accused of digging up the body of an 11-year-old boy who died in 1921 and using his skull as a bong to smoke marijuana in, undoubtedly, the most heavy metal story of the year....
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Breaking Glass

Over the past few weeks, I've noticed this eyesore, which is the poster for season two of Showtime's This American Life, popping up everywhere like an epidemic of smug. This American Life, which is based on the...