The Jewkbox Presents: The Coathangers
Coming from the same neck of the woods as the Black Lips and Deerhunter, The Coathangers have a penchant for playing dirt-stained garage rock. The all-girl band also shares some of the weird jerky sensibilities found in early 80’s post-punk bands like The
Did Heeb Promo Video Inspire DIY Circumcision?
After trimming his toes nails, a British man decided to keep on clipping and set to work on his foreskin. What made him snip his schmeckle? Was he self-conscious after the boys in the locker room teased him about his anteater like on Nip/Tuck? Or
Ricky Gervais Takes on Hitler
In anticipation of Ricky Gervais’ new film, The Invention of Lying, starring Jonah Hill, Jennifer Garner, and Rob Lowe, we thought it was time to revisit our favorite sketch by the ex-Office star. In the clip, Gervais recounts a conversation between
A Song For Bernie Madoff—Besides Running The Largest Ponzi, He Ruined Rafi’s Bar Mitzvah
Perpetrating the largest Ponzi scheme got Bernie Madoff’s 150-year prison term. This we know. But what has gone unnoticed are some of the smaller misdeeds he has committed. Like what? Like ruining the most important day in Rafi Kohan’s young Jew’s
Read, Then Shower
Jewdar’s Woman of Valor Award (which is saying something, seeing as how we are writing this from the Land of Israel, replete as it is with female Jewish soldiers, policewomen, and the ghost of Golda Meir) goes to Monica Rozenfeld. And what did Ms. Rozenfeld
A Hasidic Cop’s Adventures on The L Train With a Hipster and a Puking Pug
What do you get when you cross a Hasidic cop, Williamsburg hipster and a puking pug on the L train? A mess, that’s what.
The barfing bitch’s owner, Chrissie Brodigan, swears she was manhandled, verbally assaulted and arrested by NYPD’s first Hasidic cop
Daily Links and Comment Superlatives From Across The Web
Heeb‘s inaugural superlative. . . . The Wisest Comment comes from JB on Bossip‘s post, Tameka Foster: Usher and I Got it in Just a Week Before He Filed for Divorce.
“Tameka with 30 kids you already know the game. Girl, just cause he hit it don’t
Unlucky Louie Anderson Is Still Alive
Thankfully, Louie Anderson did not succumb to a gastric bypass gone wrong, as was erroneously reported last week. (After Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon kicked it, I had no more energy to mourn.) I am happy to say, Anderson is still alive and
Unlike Career, Gilbert Gottfried’s Video Clip Resurfaces
Listening to Andrew Dice Clay’s misogynist material may very well be one of the greatest guilty pleasures for yours truly, but even better is when Gilbert Gottfried parodies the macho Jew.
This vid only recently emerged on the interweb, courtesy of
Franken Wins Senate Race/Jew-Off
After a long battle in court—238 days to be exact—Stuart Smalley, a.k.a. Al Franken, finally won the 2008 Minnesota Senate race sending rival Jew and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman home without an office. Senator Franken isn’t even in Washington yet,
