Unfortunately I can't seem to find a Goonies action figure to call my own. I had hoped that the powers-that-be at Mezco Toys would send me one for free after I gave them a juicy plug here on HQ. Apparently they...

In other news from the world of Holocaust iconography, the German Green Party recently used an image of a cat that resembles Adolf Hitler on a poster that criticizes Germany's extreme-right parties. In response...

If your image of Carnival in Rio is similar to the photo above, you're in for a rude and somewhat bizarre shock. This year, a group in Rio plans to include a Holocaust-themed float in the festivities. We at _...

Jewdarphiles have long counted on us to provide them with the cutting-edgiest commentary on all things Jewish and pop-culture. Sometimes, though, an issue arises that requires us to break from our customary bad...

By Karen Bookatz A dramatic overture by composer Philip Glass cues the opening scene of Woody Allen's latest effort, Cassandra's Dream. Like the director's past two films, Scoop and Match Point, CD is set in L...

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It all started with a bat mitzvah. HBO's latest drama, In Treatment, that is. The series (premiering tonight), about a psychotherapist (Gabriel Byrne) and his regular patients, is based on the Israeli hit Be' T...

Thursday was the first yahrzeit of Jewdar's father. For those who are unfamiliar with Jewish mourning customs (and you should remain unfamiliar, God willing), you can't listen to music for the year after the d...

Mild nausea was generally the response I elicited last month from the Aliens That Look Like Genitalia movie roundup I did for _Maxim Online_.  It's certainly not something bubbie and zadie would want to ha...

Big mazel, as they say in the music biz (you can tell Jewdar is an entertainment industry insider because we use words like "biz"), to Jordan Bratman and Christina Aguilera on the ceremonial snipping of their son.

Radar Online's The Ethnicist asks C. H. Dalton, the author of _A Practical Guide to Racism_, about the idea that Jews are cursed with curly, unmanageable red locks. According to Dalton, this is "one of the...

As if our list of performers for our February 10 Heeb Storytelling event in New York wasn't impressive enough, comedy club vet and Disney voiceover giant Gilbert Gottfried is now onboard to tell a seven-minute ...