Heather Gold

New Video! – Morning Jew Ep. 44: how we and Morning Joe achieved the Ceasefire in Gaza (8/1/2014)

Comics Heather Gold (@heathr) and Katie Halper (@kthalps) look at the headlines and ask: Is it good for the Jews? This week, we discover that Mika Brzezinski & Joe Scarborough, of Morning Joe fame, are huge fans of Morning Jew! Mika even let it slip when she called her own show Morning Jew. Then, Joe Scarborough, clearly influenced by Morning Jew, criticizes Israel for being indiscriminate in its bombings. And then Israel and Hamas agree to a Ceasefire.

New Video! – Morning Jew 9: Braless Jewesses pt 2 & the Government Shutdown (10-4-13)

Comics Heather Gold (@heathr) and Katie Halper (@kthalps) look at the headlines and ask: Is it good for the Jews? We return to the issue of bralessness and the public health risks it poses to Jewesses throughout history. And the less important issue of government shutdown.

New Video! – Morning Jew Ep. 11: The Sequester (10/18)

Comics Heather Gold (@heathr) and Katie Halper (@kthalps) look at the headlines and ask: Is it good for the Jews?

New Video! – Morning Jew Ep. 43: Gaza, George Zimmerman’s Brother, Deval Patrick

This week we finally look at the Israeli Palestinian conflict, Right Wing Israeli Professor Mordechai Kedar’s not so kosher thoughts on raping terrorists’ sisters, #JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies, and give an award for Most Appropriate Use of the Holocaust in an Analogy. Plus, could Katie become the next First Lady of Massachusetts?

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Morning Jew Ep. 42: Circumcision Debate, Auschwitz Selfies & Wall Art

This week we talk to Michael Wex again about the one issue Heather & Katie can’t see eye to eye on: the origins of circumcision. Plus why are people taking selfies at Concentration Camps and why were Walmart and Sears selling concentration camp decor? You can subscribe directly to Morning Jew here.

New Video! – Morning Jew Ep.Morning Jew Ep 42: Circumcision Debate, Aushwitz Selfies & Auschwitz Wall Art

Comics Heather Gold (@heathr) and Katie Halper (@kthalps) look at the headlines and ask: Is it good for the Jews? This week we talk to Michael Wex again about the one issue Heather & Katie can’t see eye to eye on: the origins of circumcision. Plus why are people taking selfies at Concentration Camps and why were Walmart and Sears selling concentration camp decor?

Emmy nomination for The Future Starts Here!

Big news! The Future Starts Here, Tiffany Shlain’s aol series I work on as creative consultant was just nominated for an Emmy!The documentary series has been incredibly popular and this just happened out of the blue!

Morning Jew: Born to Kvetch author Michael Wex on Jews sounding alike and sex in Yiddish

This week Morning Jew (@morningJewshow) get Biblical on your tush and ask Yiddish, historical and religious expert Michael Wex some critical questions: What’s the difference between Judaism and Christianity? Why do so many Jews sound alike? And why are there so many  Yiddish words for dick?

Morning Jew: Conservative pundit Ben Stein’s tsuris and open relationship

Here’s the latest Morning Jew, Episode number 40. This week we talk about economist, Nixon fan and occasional character actor Ben Stein’s tsuris. Following Donald Sterling’s affair racism with his own flavour, he now seems to be one of those traditional values for everyone else, special good creepy times for me kind of guys. We also discuss the recent Supreme Court Hobby Lobby decision, and Facebook learning how to scale passive aggression. Which, it turns out, is surprisingly not good for the Jews at all.

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Uncle Ed’s Leg

My Uncle Ed buried his leg. For real. It turns out that it’s an Orthodox Jewish practice. My story and about it aired on the CBC show How to Do It today. It’s a funny one. You can read more on the show in development I mention in the piece, Everything Is Subject to Change, here.