Matthue Roth
Matthue Roth's newest book is Automatic. He is also the author of three novels and the memoir Yom Kippur a Go-Go, and is an associate editor at MyJewishLearning.com. His screenplay 1/20 is currently in production as a feature film.
Articles by Matthue Roth
What Black Jews Really Think of Black Jews
“Maybe Y-Love and Shyne could team up with Matisyahu and do a protest against crappy Jewish music.” It’s been over ...
Kosher Nation
Why do we love to read about food?I’m in the middle of Kosher Nation , a history of kosher food ...
The Moment When All Prayers are Answered
When you pray by the first light of dawn, the Talmud says, Heaven pays attention to your prayers immediately. And ...
Goji Berries
I know that not EVERYONE watches The Adventures of Todd and God as much as we do at MJL headquarters. ...
Koby Oz, You’re My Hero (most of the time)
So I’m editing this little daily email called Jewniverse, which tells you about one cool/amazing/unusual thing each day that you’ve ...
The New Jewish Internet
We here are MyJewishLearning are, rightfully so, excited about a just-released study by Professor Ari Kelman at UC Davis, conducted ...
A Jazz Talmud
Jake Marmer is the Gen-X Jewish Beat poet who never made it to the Beat Movement, born 40 years or ...
Sayed Kashua Gets Serious
I can’t get enough of Sayed Kashua. If you haven’t subscribed to Jewniverse, our new daily culture and inspiration email, ...
The Mikveh Experience: Splashing Back
As a writer, it’s always an honor to hear from readers. After all, most of the things you publish and ...
Great House – National Book Award Finalist
A day after its release, Nicole Krauss’s novel Great House was named a National Book Award finalist, which is either ...