Shazam! The Heeb Review
The filmmakers did a good job of taking the classic story--Billy Batson, orphan who gets the ability to become a superhero with mythical powers--and give it a modern update without losing its basic charm.
Captain Marvel: The Heeb Review
Jewdar is happy to announce that not only has the movie had a solid opening weekend, but it has deserved one.
Comic Con-glomerate–Comic Con, Stan Lee, and the Aquaman and Titans Review
As we do every year, we attended the NY Comic Con with the little Jewdars
Lyin’ of Judah–Review of Nur Masalha’s Palestine A Four Thousand Year History
After Palestinian academic Nur Masalha’s new exercise in historical denial and borderline antisemitism, Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History, suffice it to say, the Kraken has been released.
Comics the Chosen Should Choose
another way in which the comic book universe tends to fail in diversity while it pretends to care is that characters seem to be various versions of the same physical type--in shape, when in fact, just looking around the country, it seems pretty likely that were an average, random American to get super powers, he or she would be a bit on the doughy side of things.
Meet The Badass Behind “Badass Bitches of History”
Meet Jenny Zigrino, a rising comedian rumored to possess "the sweetness of the Midwest and the iron balls of the East Coast." Zigrino has appeared in films like "Fifty Shades of Black" and "Bad Santa 2...
“Support the Girls” is Not Really About the Raunch
An Interview with Andrew Bujalski
Pay no attention to the god behind the mountain
After having the Jews go on a fun walk through the desert for a while, God brought them to Mount Sinai.
Lighting flashes and smoke rises from the mountain.
God: I am the mighty and powerful God! Obey ...
Wandering into a desert isn’t as glamorous as it’s cracked up to be
The Hebrews leave Egypt and come to the edge of the Red Sea.
Moses: Hey God? You’re not gonna do that thing again, where you change Pharaoh’s mind and make him come after us, right? Because that would be...
Please free the slaves now, thanks
Moses is magic.
An Interview With the Family Tree-Obsessed, A.J. Jacobs
Studying your genealogy can tell you a lot of surprising things. Especially when you're Ashkenazi.
