All About the Benjamins
Some of the biggest names in hip hop are Jewish—just not the ones on stage. Matthew Cowan investigates.
Torah for Pyros
Say what you will about Perry Farrell—the drug use, the flakiness—but it's hard to deny his place on many a high school soundtrack. Jane's Addiction was the music to which we drove around town aimlessly with ou...
A Conversation with Naomi Klein
This interview was conducted by Lauren Sandler and was published in the Summer of 2003.
It’s not hard to imagine Naomi Klein in high school, folding shirts at the Esprit store in Montreal. But at that partic...
Jewess
We are sorry to inform you that blonde dye jobs, anorexia and waxing have been asked to leave the premises. Sara Press captures the sexy jewess in all her glory.
Shticky Situation
They say that all humor essentially comes from the ghetto, the scrap heap, the margins. So now that we‘ve arrived at the center, are we still funny? Joshua Neuman investigates.
In the Beginning
Photographed by: Jennifer Bleyerby Jenn
Welcome to the third issue of Heeb. In the year since we've launched, many readers have written to tell us how cool we are. Others have slapped us for "trying to be c...
Appetite for Destruction
Yeah, he's a disgusting, loud-mouthed pornographer. But Al Goldstein is, if not always palatable, at least entertaining. Mike Edison sits in on Al's harassment trial.
Chosen: Film
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Todd Solondtz's timid nasal voice sounds like every hackneyed black comedian's Lame White Guy impression. He wears big, thick, green-rimmed glasses that beckon schoolyard bul...
Bubbe-licious
No terry cloth and sun visors for us, thank you. The divas of South Florida, photographed by Naomi Harris.
Urban Kvetch: “Vader Abraham im Land der Schlumpfe”
Vader Abraham im Land der Schlumpfe
I'm assuming that Vader Abraham is the guy on the cover of this obscure vinyl 45", but why is he singing love songs to oversized Smurfs? Is he supposed to be Hasidic or ju...
Urban Kvetch: “Brooklyn Babylon”, directed by Marc Levin
Brooklyn Babylon, directed by Marc Levin
Everyone from the New York Times to Artisan, the company that funded it, hated this updated King Solomon and Queen of Sheeba love story. They hated it so much that it...
