Best Femmes Forever
Fanny Brice, Molly Picon and Theda Bara were pioneering Jewish stars of film's Silent and Golden Eras. We imagine them as BFFs in these gorgeous fashion photos by Doron Gild.
As Time Goes By
For writer Michael Green, Casablanca was more than just a great film. It was the only thing tying him to a bygone romance with his high school tutor.
Joanna Angel: The _Heeb_ Interview
Ever since our office screening of Joanna Angel's latest DVD, Not Another Porn Movie, interest in the porn star's career has peaked among coworkers. We tracked down the impish Jewess (and cover girl for our Pho...
Drunken Donuts
This past Sunday in Fremont, New Hampshire, a Christian woman on her way to Bible study class was arrested for DWI with a blood-alcohol level above .16. She also, as the local paper put it, "failed to nego...
Umanic Panic
El Al was helpless when a riot broke out on its flight to Kiev on Sunday morning. Apparently, a group of Chasidim traveling to the grave of Rav Nachman in Uman became enraged when the flight started to show a f...
Twice Baked
Dave Itzkoff on the two Jewish guys from New Jersey who
created the funniest Asian-American characters in contemporary cinema.
created the funniest Asian-American characters in contemporary cinema.
David vs. Goliath
After the success of The Passion of the Christ, critics forecasted a Second Coming of Christian blockbusters. Well, a funny thing happened on the way to the rapture. Eric Kohn investigates.
Mittens, Anyone?
Somewhere in heaven, an angel is gently prying the rifle away from a pair of cold dead hands. ...
Barry Louis Polisar: The _Heeb_ Interview
You may have grown up with Barry Louis Polisar's books or songs. He is the author of such classics as Insect Soup and Don't Do That, as well as popular children's songs, including "Don't Put Your Finger up...
Devendra + Natalie?
The king of all things weirdo-folk, Devendra Banhart has been increasingly appearing on our jewdar lately. First, comes last year's doo-wop love song "Shabop Shalom" on Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyo...
Idol Chatter
Kelly Clarkson was recently caught on YouTube speaking some Hebrew, by which we mean wrapping her mouth (yikes) around some guttural sounds, one of which at least slightly resembled "shalom." Sure, sh...
Take the Money and Frum
Nineteen-year-old black hat Avraham Rotenberg was recently identified as the man who stormed a Lakewood, New Jersey jewelry store armed with a shot gun this past February, making off with two duffel bags of jew...
