http://zeek.forward.com The Forward, an independent, high-profile weekly newspaper, is a fearless and indispensable source of news and opinion on Jewish affairs. Thu, 15 May 2014 00:39:00 EST Newspapers en-us Symphony 2.0 http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118206/why-net-neutrality-is-a-social-justice-issue/ We’re sharing this article from the ZEEK archive in honor of ‪#‎InternetSlowdown‬ day. Small online magazines like ZEEK need ‪#‎NetNeutrality‬. “Imagine if you had to pay extra to get good water pressure at home. That’s what the internet would be like without net neutrality,” writes Jo Ellen Green Kaiser, ZEEK board chair & executive director of The Media Consortium. Thu, 15 May 2014 00:39:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118206/why-net-neutrality-is-a-social-justice-issue/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118160/morning-jew-jewish-porn-star-kansas-city-jcc-shooter-and-amp-spain-doubles-down/ Comedians Katie Halper and Heather Gold unpack this week’s news. And oy, what a week it’s been. Happy Passover. Watch Morning Jew now! Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:39:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118160/morning-jew-jewish-porn-star-kansas-city-jcc-shooter-and-amp-spain-doubles-down/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118118/holocaust-deniers-on-facebook-trapeze-swinging-singers-rabbi-endorsed-polygamy-nu-its-morning-jew/ Comedians Katie Halper & Heather Gold take down the news of the week. Watch. Be amazed. Laugh. Share. Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:00:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118118/holocaust-deniers-on-facebook-trapeze-swinging-singers-rabbi-endorsed-polygamy-nu-its-morning-jew/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118084/ownbossy-jewish-charades-god-on-facebook-morning-jew-with-comedians-katie-halper-and-amp-heather-gold/ Comics Katie Halper and Heather Gold tackle the week’s headlines: why we shouldn’t #BanBossy (“we should #OwnBossy” and own our own power). Plus, God’s Facebook page, Jewish charades, Jewmunity and Condi Rice. Watch the new Morning Jew, with comedians Katie Halper and Heather Gold. Zeek enjoys partnering with comics Katie Halper and Heather Gold, to bring you Morning Jew, a tongue-in-cheek take-down of morning news shows, talking heads, and the news itself. Is it good for the Jews? Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:18:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118084/ownbossy-jewish-charades-god-on-facebook-morning-jew-with-comedians-katie-halper-and-amp-heather-gold/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118072/morning-jew-mega-why-some-scandals-are-more-scandalous-than-others/ Nu, Is the News Good for the Jews? It’s a mega-webisode of Morning Jew! Michele Bachmann chastising Jews, ultra-Orthodox protesting mandatory Israeli military service and what’s with the low on-screen, on-stage Jewish quotient at the Oscars, despite Idina and Bette. Plus Rep Alan Grayson, and why some scandals are more scandalous than others. Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:03:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118072/morning-jew-mega-why-some-scandals-are-more-scandalous-than-others/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118057/morning-jew-rip-caring-comic-harold-ramis-post-pope-fashion-and-the-insidious-ted-nugent-strikes-again/ Nu, Is the News Good for the Jews? On this week’s Morning Jew, comedians Katie Halper and Heather Gold chime in on the connection between racist Tea Baggers like Ted Nugent and paranoid Jews, the “Nazi” Pope’s return, and pay tribute to the irreplaceable mensch Harold Ramis, master of caring comedy: “Just because it’s broad doesn’t mean it has to be shallow.” Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:36:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118057/morning-jew-rip-caring-comic-harold-ramis-post-pope-fashion-and-the-insidious-ted-nugent-strikes-again/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118044/morning-jew-anti-gay-laws-crypto-jews-olympic-weddings-and-mishpokhe-messages/ The Week in Review with Morning Jew: this week, comics Heather Gold and Katie Halper tackle new anti-gay Jim Crow style laws, crypto-Jews in New Mexico and Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir’s new Jewish husband. Plus a new feature debuts: Mishpokke Messages. (Send us yours!) Watch! Laugh! Share! Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:05:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118044/morning-jew-anti-gay-laws-crypto-jews-olympic-weddings-and-mishpokhe-messages/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118040/morning-jew-a-younger-sexier-adl-head-of-hair-woody-allen-and-amp-a-bubbe-alert/ In the new Morning Jew, Heather Gold and Katie Halper weigh in on Natalie Portman, Woody Allen, a bubbe’s heartfelt warning to a gay grandson not to go to Sochi. Plus, a nomination to take the place of the ADL’s Abe Foxman, who’s stepping down. Watch now to find out who the “new face, new head of hair,” younger, sexier ADL head should be. Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:01:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118040/morning-jew-a-younger-sexier-adl-head-of-hair-woody-allen-and-amp-a-bubbe-alert/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118024/morning-jew-with-katie-halper-and-heather-gold-from-the-warsaw-ghetto-to-the-grammys-to-scandinavia/ In this week’s Morning Jew, comics Heather Gold and Katie Halper ask if this week’s news is good for the Jews — from billionaire, Kristillnacht-fantasizing Ted Perkins to Grammy marriage equality moment with Macklemore, Queen Latifah and Madonna, and Warsaw Ghetto hero Irving Milchberg and Sweden and Denmark’s ban on circumcision. Good for the Jews? Laugh. Weigh in. Share. Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:02:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118024/morning-jew-with-katie-halper-and-heather-gold-from-the-warsaw-ghetto-to-the-grammys-to-scandinavia/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118004/morning-jew-with-katie-halper-and-heather-gold-is-bridgegate-the-best-thing-for-jews-since-sliced-challah/ In the new episode of Morning Jew, Heather wonders if Bridgegate may actually be the best thing for Jews since sliced challah, and the two funny ladies dig into why the New York Times’ Bill Keller feels the need to tell a woman with cancer to shut up already. Plus, Chelsea Handler, and the origins of Ashkenazi names. Watch. Laugh. Share. Sun, 19 Jan 2014 11:51:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/118004/morning-jew-with-katie-halper-and-heather-gold-is-bridgegate-the-best-thing-for-jews-since-sliced-challah/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117994/morning-jew-january-10-with-comics-katie-halper-and-heather-gold/ In this week’s new Morning Jew, comics Katie Halper and Heather Gold plumb the Vortex, slain Hasidic landlord Menachem Stark, and other news stories, asking, “Is the news good for the Jews?” Watch the funny ladies turn the ups and downs of the headlines upside-down in search of the “Shonda of the Week.” Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:33:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117994/morning-jew-january-10-with-comics-katie-halper-and-heather-gold/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117991/morning-jew-2013-was-it-good-for-the-jews/ Zeek is pleased to kick off the new year with a partnership with [Morning Jew], comics Katie Halper and Heather Gold’s tongue-in-cheek takedown of morning news shows, talking heads, and the news itself. Is it good for the Jews? In this webisode, comics Katie Halper and Heather Gold take an absurd look at 2013: Sheryl Sandberg, Orthodox rabbis, marriage equality, Woody Allen, the Pope: what was good for Jews? Who made the kvell and shonda of the year? What could be the best thing for Jews in 2014? Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:07:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117991/morning-jew-2013-was-it-good-for-the-jews/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117942/jewish-vs-goyish-a-chanukah-remix/ Just in time for Chanukah, funnyman Josh Healey’s comedic trip from Mos Def to masturbation to God himself to see who comes out ahead in that age-old battle: Jewish vs. Goyish. Read the article. Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:51:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117942/jewish-vs-goyish-a-chanukah-remix/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117893/design-matters-social-media-and-amp-social-change/ Technologies are not innocent. They embody human values. And the way we design them determines winners and losers among us, writes Asaf Bar-Tura. Here’s what you should be thinking about when you’re thinking about social change online. Fri, 04 Oct 2013 15:08:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117893/design-matters-social-media-and-amp-social-change/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117790/one-womans-quest-for-holy-chutzpah-dude/ “I’m standing on the shoulders of hilarious giants full of chutzpah,” self-described comedienne, director, and writer Jessie Kahnweiler tells Zeek about her new web-based miniseries, “Dude, Where’s My Chutzpah?” The Six Points fellow took time out of her launch celebrations yesterday to answer some questions for Zeek. Fri, 24 May 2013 11:35:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117790/one-womans-quest-for-holy-chutzpah-dude/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117689/a-not-so-brief-reflection-on-limmud-ny-2013-through-twitter/ If Twitter is all about about capturing a moment in time, what happens when we look back? @EstherK reflects on the Twitter trail of Limmud NY 2013. From @ to #. Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:12:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117689/a-not-so-brief-reflection-on-limmud-ny-2013-through-twitter/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117182/in-defense-of-the-online-minyan/ The synagogue in ancient Alexandria, Egypt, was so large that they had to wave flags so that the people in the back knew when to answer “amen.” The online service is essentially the same thing. Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:58:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117182/in-defense-of-the-online-minyan/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117584/the-haredi-world-wide-web/ Last month’s 60,000 strong Ultra-Orthodox rally decrying the Internet made headlines, with many mainstream and Jewish media outlets clucking their tongues. Yet the rally was but the latest chapter in a long history of Haredi engagement with, and fear of, the Internet. The situation is far more complex, nuanced, and interesting than the rally and its media snickerers suggest. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 05:54:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117584/the-haredi-world-wide-web/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117327/getting-beyond-outreach-web-20-judaism/ I told the Federation rep, “You’d have to transfer power and resources from a top-down agenda to a listening agenda. You’d have to grant a voice to people who aren’t major donors yet. You’d have to message differently, write differently, even think differently about what your relationship with your constituents is supposed to look like.” They laughed a bit and said, “That’s not going to happen.” Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:13:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117327/getting-beyond-outreach-web-20-judaism/ http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117281/is-post-rapture-looting-permitted-on-shabbos/ Halachic advice for potential left-behinds in case of global apocalypse. Fri, 20 May 2011 02:36:00 EST http://zeek.forward.com/articles/117281/is-post-rapture-looting-permitted-on-shabbos/