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
Interview: The Idan Raichel Project
Only a few years ago, Idan Raichel was just some dreadlocked guy in a Tel Aviv basement, composing music on ...
The True Difference between Secular & Religious Jews
Via Frum Satire, who bridges the gap himself with an impressive wallop of humor and self-mockery. He wrote an (as ...
Yiddish 2.0
It’s weird and somewhat scary to realize that you can put a cap on the number of Yiddish books ever ...
Free Music, Filipinos, and (how) Jews (look)
Hey, remember our video? The one about how Jews look? The theme song was composed by my very good friend, ...
Me and Robert Pinsky down by the Schoolyard
On the heels of this bizarre viral video from the 92Y, JBooks, needing a big kick in the donations bucket, ...
What Makes You Happy
Hand-written scrawl on a bright orange piece of photocopy paper hanging on the street in Crown Heights: ADAR IS NOTOVER ...
Klezmer, Free Jazz, and Japan
One of the reasons that experimental jazz is so popular in Japanese culture, I think, is that it’s a socially ...
Punk Rock Parashah
While Googling for Torah texts, the last thing you expect to pop up is the kinetic face of your new ...
Shalach Manot Stories
Someone driving through our part of Brooklyn honked at Itta and I, waving us over from the sidewalk. “What’s going ...
Everything You Wanted To Know About Mezuzahs (But Were Afraid To Ask)
Almost two years ago, silkscreen artist David Arfa sent out the call for submissions for MezuzaZine, which is exactly what ...