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Tom Delay

The last we checked on Tom Cruise and his Nazi biopic Valkyrie, the real-life son of the film's main character Claus Von Stauffenberg was telling the crazed actor to "go climb a mountain."Since then, ...
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A Very Clinton Passover

When Hillary Clinton's Pennsylvania recruiters began hearing the Passover excuse from her supporters, they tried to summon volunteers with this pitch: "Make your exodus to Pennsylvania, so we can celebrate...
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Ben-Ami of the State

Besides being _Heeb_'s Humor Editor and premier entertainment reporter, Jewdar's distinguished service with the American military has led to our recent promotion as _Heeb_'s Military Affairs Editor. It is in t...
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Mirth Day

In honor of Earth Day, some of my favorite moments in ridiculous greenwashing: The Clean Coal ads. Fuck off. Coal is not clean. Ever. Period. Nor is it a clean and renewable resource even if it is cheap, we ...
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Shawarmy Salesmen

For some time, Jewdar would hear of the high-quality but low-kosher schwarma offered at the Israeli-owned Chickpea restaurants in the East Village of Manhattan, and feel nothing but a sense of rage-inducing bet...
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Freaks, Geeks and Heebs: The Hollywood Issue!

On April 9, Heeb took Tinseltown with a party in honor of Hollywood Issue cover boy, Jason Segel, whose new film, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, hit theaters this past Friday and raked in over $17 million during it...
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Kristol Balls

Just when we thought the Jewish vote was definitely going to Obama, here comes Republican and sometimes war correspondent (although he never actually appears anywhere near a war) Bill Kristol stumping for McCai...
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Bomb the South

If dirty matzoh dressing is not quite dirty enough for you, some fubes back in my Texas hometown celebrated Passover in an even less traditional light--enter the matzoh ball sake bomb. ...
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Pot Culture: The _Heeb_ Review

Pot Culture, authored by Shirley Halperin, a writer for US Weekly, and Steve Bloom, who helms the website www.celebstoner.com, can best be described as a pop culture junkie's rendition of a would-be Weed for Du...
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Southern-Fried Hipsters

While I'm still reminiscing about the exquisite, Southern-style, Dirty Matzoh Dressing I sampled at Josh's mom's Seder last night, allow me to call your attention to the Kentucky-based zine, Bejeezus, which cov...
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Inaugural Slow Food Seder

Well, Michael Pollan sends his apologies (seriously), but a number of other local foodie types will be dropping some knowledge at Heeb's inaugural Slow Food Seder. For the last time, yes, there will be haggadah...