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Is ‘Heeb’ On Its Way Out?

Gawker says yes; editor says no
By Marissa Brostoff | 2:56 PM Dec 1, 2009

Media gossip blog Gawker has put the snarky Jewish magazine Heeb on a “deathwatch” for imminent closure. A number of anonymous sources have apparently told Gawker that the magazine is on the brink of folding. Heeb “was able to live high on the hog when there was a lot of money coming in, like around ...

‘Forward’ Spikes Israelis-as-Chimps Cartoon

Gawker runs it, instead
By Marissa Brostoff | 1:02 PM Aug 19, 2009

The Forward lets cartoonist Eli Valley get away with a lot in his monthly comic, but the paper’s editor killed his latest contribution, which Gawker instead published yesterday afternoon. It’s got a lot of chutzpah: in its universe, Israelis are portrayed as chimpanzees whose lexicons are limited to “voonga!” and who pick fights with neighboring ...