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The Internet is bursting with cynical stories about Valentine's Day: tales of V-Day blunders, weepy sagas of the single and lonely, a plethora of articles emphasizing that "he's just not that into you!!!" Eno...

Kinky Friedman, the country singer, humorist and author, wants back in on the political fight for the Texas governorship in 2010. This time around, the Jewish cowboy will cut back on the one-liners against Rick...

One of my very favorite bloggers, Alexandra Penney (former editor of Self magazine), has gone and got herself a book deal. For those of you unfamiliar with Penney's genius blog, The Bag Lady Papers, it details...

10. The Naked City (1948) In a bit part, Yiddish theater star Molly Picon (as the "soda-selling shopkeeper") provides the missing clue in Det. Lt. Dan Muldoon's quest to capture a killer. A handful ...

19. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) It's hard to imagine a better parody of stereotypes than the Jewy innkeepers who invite Borat into their home ...

We've come to his rescue before, but WTF Salkin?Heeb contributor, New York Times writer, Seinfeld exploiter and Lisa Loeb dumpee Allen Salkin has written an article, which is currently the most read on The New ...

To be sure, false Holocaust memoirs are hardly a recent phenomenon (Next time, Art Spiegelman, do a little research--there was no concentration camp called "Mauschwitz."). But in recent years, they s...

The greatest fake band in rock 'n roll history is back. Well sorta.The perpetually herpied trio that makes up Spinal Tap--David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls--found it difficult to fill upeven the ...

More than 10,000 works in Yiddish are now available online. The Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library, a joint project between the National Yiddish Book Center and the Internet Archive, has gone live.The col...

The Boss sure has been busy. A new album. A Super Bowl half-time show. The announcement of a headlining slot at Bonnaroo. And now a public spat with Ticketmaster.It seems Bruce Springsteen has finally realized ...

In conjunction with his latest movie, Steve Martin has released an original bluegrass album titled, "The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo." I am generally opposed to any actor crossing over ...