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
Where Hasidim Went Wrong
Arthur Green, rector of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College, just published an article in the Forward on how Hasidim ...
Jewish Camp Goes Green
Today is the first day of Eden Village Camp, a Jewish sustainable, environmentally-aware sleepaway camp 50 miles north of New ...
Allegra Goodman Goes to Berkeley
Next week I’m especially psyched that we’re going to host Allegra Goodman to the MJL/Jewish Book Council Authors’ Blog. Goodman ...
The Do-It-Yourself Prayerbook
Patrick Aleph is the lead singer of the Southern Jewish punk band Can!!Can and a former employee of Modern Tribe ...
All Look Same
Thing #147 that Black folks and Jewish folks have in common: We all look the same to everybody else. In ...
The Rebbe and the Forty-Nine Hipsters
Last week, I told you how the Biala Rebbe was coming to our house. And I’ve gotten a bunch of ...
Cooking the Bible
Let’s get this out first: Kitty Morse’s texually-inspired cookbook A Biblical Feast is not a Jewish book. Or, to be ...
Marriage by Shoe
I usually don’t have any trouble believing impossible things, before breakfast or at any other time. But here’s today’s inscrutable ...
Meeting the Rebbe
Tomorrow night, we’ll be hosting the Biala Rebbe of Jerusalem, Rabbi Avraham Yerachmiel Rabinowicz, in our house. Some of our ...
Almost a Restaurant Review
There’s a new kosher restaurant right near our office. It’s called Tiberias. The food looks yummy and the decor looks ...