Matzah Machine Music
It's Pesach season, and NPR has taken its dispassionate, muti-culti curiosity to the Matzah factory. The piece explains the making of the most bubonic chronic matzah of all, shmura matzah, which takes normal ma...
Mayim Bialik’s Son Gets Nazi Haircut, Upon His Request
The four-year-old son of Blossom's Mayim Bialik, Miles Roosevelt Bialik Stone, got a haircut yesterday on account of a photo he saw a few weeks ago -- of Ralph Fiennes from Schindler's List. "I want that haircu...
Heeb Loves the Internet: Our Web Obsessions
Can it really be true love? How did this groom get his bride to don a Stormtrooper helmet at their wedding? (Screen Junkies) Everybody's favorite junkie, Amy Winehouse, is getting into the schmatta business wit...
L’Haim: Jewdar and Corey Haim on the Texas Board of Education
It is probably fair to say that few people in the world have spent more of their time dwelling on the wonder of the world that was The Two Coreys than Jewdar. We are thus saddened by the death of Corey Haim(may...
“Chunk” Remembers Jewish Movie Moment #42: “The Goonies”
After we announced The 100 Greatest Jewish Movie Moments, not two hours passed before former actor (now entertainment lawyer) Jeff B. Cohen, best known as Chunk from The Goonies, emailed that he was "honor...
“Star Wars”, Reimagined by the Coen Brothers
The fan boys behind Telefission and Said Generalized Fig have whipped up an alternate galaxy from far, far away where characters from the Coen Brothers's films assume the roles of Luke, Han, Leia, 3PO and the m...
The Recap You Didn’t Know You Were Missing: The Best and Worst Oscar Dresses for Going to the Bathroom
At over three hours long, the Academy Awards are a threat to the urinary tract health of all Hollywood's A-list actresses. Surviving an evening in the world's most expensive, elaborate and tight-fitting gowns -...
Chosen Comix: Bob Fingerman
When Bob Fingerman envisions his future, he sees the end of the world. Not the bleak void left behind when the Earth is blasted to dust, but an apocalypse just destructive enough to leave the planet populated ...
Corey Haim, 38, Dead from Alleged Drug Overdose
The Lost Boy was discovered in his mother's Oakwood, California, apartment by his mom and police. He was pronounced dead in a Burbank hospital around 2:15 a.m. this morning. More news to come. ...
Barack “the Talmudist” Obama
Freakonomics author and The New York Times blogger Stephen J. Dubner confirmed one of Heeb's long-held suspicions with today's post: "Obama the Talmudist?"In a big push for health care, Obama asked, &...
Wormser Stars in Toilet Paper Commercial During Oscar Telecast
While everyone engages in post-Oscar starfuckery today, I think it's important we recognize the luminaries overlooked at the 82nd annual Academy Awards. Omitting Farrah Fawcett and Bea Arthur from the "In Memor...
Urban Kvetch: “Alternative” Parenting Techniques
I don't give a shit about your boy's need for "imaginary play." Especially when the little brat spills his organic chocolate milk all over my $200 shoes. Am I at McDonald's Play Place? And it's not ok...
