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Heeb Issue #21Das Dreamboats
Last summer, Heeb brought you the first-ever Jewish Swimsuit Calendar. It was so hot that Sports Illustrated tapped half our models for their own swimsuit issue. Despite the success, we were also
Dead Snow ( Død snø ): A Nazi Zombie Flick
Zombie films have proven fertile ground for perceptive directors aiming to bring society’s hidden truths to light—most notably George Romero’s Living Dead series, which first suggested the
Chance of Pain
Few writers are more talented or more twisted than novelist and screenwriter Jerry Stahl, whose work was cemented in the American consciousness in 1998 when a film adaptation of his memoir, Permanent
Bundesliga
As a kid, I used to imagine my final baseball game: the ceremony, the fans, the victory lap around Fenway. But the Red Sox dream never came true. I wasn’t in Boston for my last game. I was in Munich,
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Memoir
After Kohn’s father Hershel had run off for good to live with his young, robust shiksa in Monaco, Kohn and his mother Balalaika found a manuscript under Hershel’s sweaty neck pillow. It had tea
Border Crossing
When 33-year-old singer Efrat Alony moved to Berlin 12 years ago to attend the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music, she discovered that she was the only Israeli student in the entire school. “I might as
Wurst in Show
The Eskimos may have 400 names for snow, but the Germans have roughly 1,200 varieties of sausage that they call “wurst.” A staple of the German diet, wurst is often served with spicy mustard,
The Final Solution German Chocolate Cake
Inspired by Black Forest cake, this version of the chocolate and cherry creation ratchets up the intensity with a cocoa-logged filling, espresso and a crown of sugar shards. Execute with thoroughness
That Oven Feelin’
“When you meet her, it’s best if you don’t try to shake her hand,” Roseanne Barr’s makeup artist and longtime friend warns me. “She doesn’t like to be touched by strangers.” OK, no
Hats Off
Jenna von Oy wants to nix the Six. That’s right, the actress most of us know as Six LeMeure, best friend of the titular character of ‘90s sitcom Blossom, has had it with those of you who think
Queer as Volk
Few contemporary gallerists have made their impact on the art world in the provocative, influential way that Javier Peres has. Eccentric art star and mentor to a whole new generation of gender-bending
Spoiler Alert!
Only a cinematic bad boy like Quentin Tarantino would attempt to undertake a period piece that flagrantly challenges history. In his latest feature, the WWII epic Inglourious Basterds, a band of
