Obsessing Over Chatroulette
For the past month or so, I've been pretty obsessed with Chatroulette.com, and I'm not the only one. The site that randomly assigns you to a chat partner by way of web cam is visited frequently by derelict este...
Urban Kvetch: Middle-Aged Men Obsessed with the TED Conference
From everything I can ascertain, TED is a meeting place for many of the most provocative and prophetic voices in America today. But that's not my problem. My problem is with these pretentious, out-of-work,...
Esti Ginzburg Loves Israel More Than Bar Refaeli (Updated)
(video after the jump)Israeli model Esti Ginzburg is in the news for not wiggling her way out of her country's mandatory military service. ("Unlike other Israeli celebrities," according to the bitchy ...
_Holy Land Hardball_: Searching for Sandy Koufax
Boston businessman Larry Baras hit it big with his "UnHoley Bagel." (A bagel that comes pre-stuffed with cream cheese. Pure genius.) And with his bagel cash, Baras went on to realize an even more improbabl...
Backward: Authenticity and the Jewish Paper of Record
Don't get us wrong. Jewdar has been subscribing to The Forward for a long time. There's no shortage of good stuff in there that you can't get anywhere else (apparently, paying your writers a living wage brings ...
Ramis on Ghostbusters 3: “Plans to Shoot Next Summer and Release in 2011”
When critics reference our generation's most influential comedic forces, you always hear a tired litany of the same names (enough with the Woody Allen already). But there's a gentle giant among Hollywood's humo...
Hey Bartender, Give Me a Vodka Gentile!
Every now and then something comes across the Jewdar desk that leaves us flummoxed. Latest on the list isKabbalah Vodka. According to what we've been able to ascertain, a Russian company called "EZ Protoco...
Top Ten Reasons for the Disappearance of the Auschwitz Sign
Update: The "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign has been recovered. Five men have been detained for the theft and it sounds like they stole it for financial reasons. Though an investigation is underway, it's sti...
Chosen Books: _Amen, Amen, Amen_
Reading Abby Sher's memoir Amen, Amen, Amen often feels like watching an M. Night Shyamalan movie—a haunting magical power forever looming just below the surface. She chronicles a bout with mental illness that ...
Jeremy Kost Shakes Art Basel Like his Polaroid Celebrity Pictures
Art Basel, the biggest, most hedonistic art fair of the year, opens today in sunny Miami Beach. It's famous for the festivities, celebrity appearances and debauchery. In anticipation of the mayhem, we sat down ...
From Lewinsky To Mezvinsky: The Clinton Jew Sweet Tooth
While we all remember President Bill Clinton's scandalous poking of Monica Lewinsky, a new Jew has entered the family circle, and it's NOT Joe Lieberman.Over the Thanksgiving Holiday, when denomination and mode...
Israel Stays Wet During Water Crisis
It's the Middle East's most vital commodity—wars have been fought over it, and some would say it's more precious than the blood that continues to be spilled in its name. We're talking about oil, right? Wrong. T...
