Watch Your Step
Now that it's officially summer, theme park season is upon us. And just in case you were the kid who rolled your eyes when mother advised about roller coasters and safety, here's a little something to think abo...
Blame It On A Jewish Whore
Milli Vanilli blamed it on the rain. Jewish men blame it on their mothers. And now some psychiatrists are blaming the Holocaust, of all things, on a Jewish prostitute.
The _Daily Mail_ recently "publishe...
Shop Til You Drop
Looks like Lindsay Lohan's drunken escapades did more than just get her sent to rehab. Today's _New York Times_ Style Section (the go-to source for deliciously unnecessary information) "reports":http://www.nyti...
Reel World: Israel
Could it be that the more that the world hates on Israel, the more it loves films about Israel?
In the first six months of 2007, "_Sweet Mud_":http://festival.sundance.org/2007/insider/feature10.html won the...
Storytelling
Heeb's critically acclaimed Storytelling series presents Jewish stories from an ever-changing crew of performers across the country. We now give you Heeb _Storytelling in its online incarnation. Check back here...
Who’s Afraid of Hillary Clinton?
A recent Forbes online character poll has shown that "Hillary Clinton is the creepiest candidate":http://www.nypost.com/seven/06192007/news/nationalnews/hilly_gives_folks_willies_nationalnews_ian_bishop.htm. Th...
Bloomberg Declares Independence
Just in case you love "NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg":http://www.mikebloomberg.com/ but have always felt a little guilty about it because of his Republican-ness, Mayor Mike has just "officially changed his par...
No Red Herring
This is "Queen Beatrix of Holland.":http://www.digital-dreams.nl/realdutch/queen.htm As Dutch tradition has it, she's the first to sample the Northern European nation's herring catch.
This year, the catch be...
A Cut Above The Rest
The "dropping circumcision rate":http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/06/18/circumcision.decline.ap/index.html in the U.S. has made the news and has once again sparked debate over the age old question: Which do you p...
RIP Gertel’s Bakery
"Gertel's Bakery":http://nymag.com/listings/stores/gertels_bakery/ is "closing this Friday":http://racked.com/archives/2007/06/18/breaking_gertels_bakery_closin.php, June 22nd. So hurry up and make your pilgrim...
