About JessM

Jessica Miller is a former Jewcy Editorial Intern. She recently graduated from Barnard College with a B.A. in religion and a minor in English.  She is currently trying to make it as a real person in New York City.

Eliot Spitzer’s Hooker Scandal Has Biblical Echoes

By JessM March 14, 2008

With Eliot Spitzer out as New York's Governor and David Paterson now being portrayed as the sole righteous man in Sodom, America is busy getting to know a new character: Ashley Alexandra “Kristen” Dupre, the high-end call girl who Spitzer … Read More

What Happened to Britney’s Kabbalah Tattoo?

By JessM March 14, 2008

Remember when the most controversial thing about Britney Spears was that she was really into Kabbalah? Well, it seems those days are really over. TMZ informs us that Britney has had her Hebrew letter neck tattoo removed. The tattoo, which … Read More

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation: Good, or Just Jewish?

By JessM March 7, 2008

Oscar season has come and gone, leaving behind a list of winners, a few great catchphrases (“your eggo is preggo”… um, and something about milkshakes), and people like me with an even longer list of movies to see this winter … Read More

Scarlett Johansson is Saving the World in Style (And She Wants Your Help)

By JessM March 4, 2008

Actress Scarlett Johansson announced a plan today that will combine two of everyone’s favorite things: tzedakah and big swanky Hollywood parties. ScarJo will purportedly auction off two tickets to the premiere of her upcoming movie, He’s Just Not That Into … Read More

Today in Amy Winehouse: She Does Bar Mitzvahs!

By JessM March 4, 2008

While playing a set at the opening of the new Fendi store in Paris, singer and oft-mentioned Jewcy celeb Amy Winehouse commented that she was glad to get the gig, and jokingly (?) added that she was also available for … Read More

Want to Get Married? First Prove You’re Jewish

By JessM February 29, 2008

Here at Jewcy, Izzy has been keeping us in tune with all the gruesome details of wedding planning, from how to not look like a total square in front of your Indie-rock loving hipster guests and how to pick up … Read More

Manischewitz Screwed Up, Passover’s Gonna Suck

By JessM February 28, 2008

With Passover less than two months away, matzo aficionados are getting psyched to indulge in some serious unleavened products! Okay, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but many of us have come to depend on and even enjoy Passover products like … Read More

Adolf Hitler Makes a Creepy Disney Movie Even Creepier

By JessM February 25, 2008

"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a pretty creepy story if you think about it, what with the stepmother contracting a woodsman to cut the heart out of a little girl so she can keep it on her dresser … Read More

Hey Parents, God Wants You to Have More Sex

By JessM February 21, 2008

God wants you to have a great sex life—if you’re married, that is. This is the claim being made by Paul Wirth, lead pastor of Tampa, Florida’s Relevant Church. Pastor Wirth has issued a thirty day sex challenge to his … Read More