Bubbies for Obama
With the Democratic National Convention underway, it was only a matter of time before the Obama dissing South Florida bubbies were going to hear it from their liberal Manhattan children and grandchildren. Enter...
_Heeb_ Olympics: Disconnecta Yenta
Four modern-day gladiators do battle for the gold (a lifetime supply of Gold's mustard) in the _Heeb_ Olympics, beginning on August 8, 2008 in Los Angeles. Disconnecta Yenta is the thrilling conclusion of a ...
Franco My Dear, I Don’t Give a Damn
So, I just saw Pineapple Express with a group of female friends, and we all swooned over James Franco. Because, apparently, we all like slackers who smoke a lot of pot. That's right Mom and Dad-- not only have ...
Wack Job
Last week, actor Ernest Borgnine confessed to Fox News that he chronically spanks his monkey -- information that would have been useful to me before my bare hands touched the very questionairre that his sticky ...
Play It Again, Janez
In Slovenia, current Prime Minister Janez Jansa cracked a Woody Allen joke to outsmart his rivals in their upcoming election. Convinced the opposition party's candidates invent their solutions before presenting...
Kafka-mess
As a German Jew in Prague, Kafka developed a rhetoric of alienation, tied closely to the cold prose of German, but was also drawn inexorably to the emotive Czech lanugauge from which he was excluded. How strang...
The Monster Ticket
A funny thing happened this past weekend when the worlds of politics and tabloid sensationalism merged to bring us the Hillary Clinton/Bigfoot story. A few weeks ago, a Georgia duo discovered the hairy half-man...
Michael Phelps Has Got Nothing On Ben Wildman-Tobriner
So, while sitting in a bar last night with a group of friends I was subjected to that most popular of conversation topics: Hot Olympic Swimmers. I think I may be missing some vital gene within my DNA-- one that...
Campbell Scoop
It was only a matter of time, we always said, before Glen Campbell (that's right, the Rhinestone Cowboy) converted to Judaism. Those robust chunks of chest hair, thick sideburns and obvious discomfort on a hors...
End of the Tori
Back in some issue or another, Jewdar expressed our reservations about the new 90210 (among other things West Beverly's huge Iranian Jewish population seems to be represented by a character who's an Iranian Sci...
Gmail Down, World CRUMBLES TO ITS KNEES!!!
Yes, Gmail went down for one hour (or there abouts) today. And you what that means-- sheer PANIC. Check out this tidbit from the Dallas Morning News: Gmail is down for me and Victor. Major outage? 4:38 PM Mon,...
Victoria Falls?
Don't know if you've been following this story, but Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown says that the diva antics of Victoria Osteen (wife of Megapastor Joel Osteen) on a flight to Vail, CO in 20...
