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
Make Your Own Do-It-Yourself Video
Dan Sieradski, who revolutionizes the Jewish world on just about a weekly basis, has a massive new project planned. It’s ...
Jonathan Ames Doesn’t Look Jewish
OK, first up — HBO’s series Bored to Death just premiered. Here’s the whole first episode of the new season:Jonathan ...
A Sukkah of One’s Own
Jeremy looked out the window to the office and announced it wasn’t raining. “There are a few people with umbrellas,” ...
Saturday Night Sukkah
Just when you thought Yom Kippur was over — I mean, it is — Sukkot shows up and blows all ...
A Day of Jewish Learning
Here at MyJewishLearning.com, we like to say that every day is a Jewish learning day. Then again, we’re nerds. Rabbi ...
Matisyahu Covers Played on Ukuleles
For some reason, if you search YouTube — I’m still not sure how I figured this out — you will ...
Set Report from Madonna’s New Movie
Rabbi Elli Meyer, better known as the King of Broadway, is an actor (The Sopranos, Law & Order, New York, ...
A Tashlich Confessional
I am a slacker, but a repentant one. The tashlich ceremony, where we ask forgiveness by praying at the water, ...
Casting the Perfect Baal Teshuva
Just spent way more time than I realized on the phone with some folks at National Geographic, who are planning ...
Half a Life
In Torah times, when someone accidentally killed another person, the victim’s family was allowed to make a revenge killing. The ...