Dead Ringer
Orthodox Stance, Jason Hutt's documentary about Dmitriy Salita, the professional boxer and observant Jew from Brooklyn, does not want to just be a gefilte fish-out-of-water story, but unfortunately, it offers l...
Wise Crack
Amy Winehouse's parents Mitch (above) and Janis come to the rescue and check their 24-year old daughter into rehab....
Bigmouth Strikes Again
Sure, al Qaeda is getting stronger, missiles are being fired from Gaza and worldwide financial catastrophe looms, but what's the deal with Jewish women and oral sex? Well, apparently we're not the only ones st...
Something Smells Fishy
In a thousand years, will Heeb be remembered for its delightful prose or tasty roe? Yes, it seems that "Heeb," the sandwich, may be surpassing Heeb, the magazine, as a cultural touchstone. Last month,...
Smoke Signals
Amy Winehouse caught smoking crack. Is it just me, or does Britain need a Dr. Phil? ...
Bobby Fischer Loses Final Game
Chess prodigy, Icelandic citizen, anti-Semite (and half-Jew) Bobby Fischer has passed away. To reminisce about his epic showdown with Soviet Boris Spassky, check out the wikipedia "entry":http://en.wikipedia.or...
Michael Showalter: The _Heeb_ Intern Review
By Montana Leonard
When I first heard the title of Michael Showalter's first comedy album, I thought it might be a reference to Katz's Delicatessen, but "_Sandwiches & Cats_":http://www.amazon.com/Sandwiches...
Jesters Do Oft’ Prove Prophets
One is perhaps the most eminent historian of Jewish life in America. The other, a proponent of Flintstones marathons, bowling shirts and beer for breakfast. On the "op-ed page of this week's _Forward_,":http://...
Goy Issues
You might be wondering what inspired "our latest vid":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPtddstBkKc (aside from Sarah, Winona, Amy, Sarah Michelle, Rachel and Barbra). Well, in the past five years we've been asked...
Moo-t Point
After four years of debate, the "F.D.A. ruled today":http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/business/15cnd-clone.html?em&ex=1200546000&en=fd2c8ce3ecc662cc&ei=5087%0A that food from cloned animals is safe for human c...
On Whoopi’s Cushion
Way back in "the Fall of 2005":http://www.heebmagazine.com/articles/view/18 Jewdar showed some—well, not love, per se, but at least moderate affection—for gay pop icon and Ramaz grad Ari Gold. Tomorrow morning ...
Body of Evidence
Unlike "_Ms._":http://www.heebmagazine.com/blog/view/485, the British men's mag _Arena_ has no qualms about boasting of Israeli female achievement. In its February issue, _Arena_ "bestows 22-year old Victoria S...
