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Benz's gleaming gilded grill and its
iconic hood ornament to highlight
"The Guilt Issue," and articles with
titles like "Yarmulkes on Goyim" —
entices readers toward stories of unex-
pected substance.
"The content of the magazine is
irreverent, sometimes kitschy, politi-
cally progressive, often provocative
and always fun," says Bodzin, 27, who
grew up in Huntington Woods and
now lives in New York City, where
Heeb is published. "We seek to expand
the definition of 'Jewish issues' from

the more narrow definition set by most
Jewish media.
"Our aim is to reflect the diversity
of what it means to be Jewish in the
21st century and give young Jewish
America an open, engaging, non-
denominational home in which to
express itself and grow."
Heeb debuted in February 2002 as a
bi-annual publication after its founder,
Jennifer Bleyer, started the magazine
with a $60,000 grant from Joshua
Venture, a San Francisco-based foun-
dation partly funded by Steven

Spielberg's Righteous Persons
Foundation.
"We try to have an issue out at each
season," Bodzin says. "And they've
generally come out on a sort of Jewish
holiday calendar."
The last issue was published just
before Passover, with a cover photo of
a young woman "snorting" a line of
Gold's kosher horseradish with a mir-
ror and a couple of razor blades. The
next issue was due out right before
Rosh Hashanah, at the end of
September.

A World Of Jews

Of the lessons that helped mold
Bodzin's Jewish identity, possibly the
most unexpected were those learned
while a student at Mercy High School
— the Catholic college preparatory
school for girls in Farmington Hills.
"My decision to go to Mercy was
based on the educational opportunities
offered there," Bodzin says. "I wasn't
expecting it to have such a major
impact on my religious identity, but it
really did."
Growing up, her family belonged to

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