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
Rahm Says
No: Rahm Emanuel is not strictly observant — at least, not in the Joe Lieberman sense of the word. But ...
Lekh Lekha (Get out of here.)
That’s right — the next time you don’t like someone, tell them Lekh lekha. That’s what G-d told Abraham, who ...
This One’s for Sarah
The press has a love-hate relationship with fierce-minded politicians. At the same time as we of the liberal media quiver ...
40 Days, 40 Nights
Just when it seems there’s nothing Shemspeed can’t do, they take another bite of the Jewish music plate and grind ...
Election Roundup
Just in: According to ABC News and Fox News, Rahm Emanuel has been offered the position of President Obama’s Chief ...
The Chabad Emissaries of Cool
In areas like Williamsburg, Brooklyn, hipsters and Hasidim have existed in their own separate worlds, isolated except for rare events ...
Brooklyn Authenticity
First-time novelist Ilana Stanger-Ross discusses in Publisher’s Weekly how her publishers needed to use her bio to “prove” that she ...
Jewish Publication Society: Until 120 and On
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, speaking at last night’s Jewish Publication Society 120th Anniversary Banquet, could not constrain himself from talking ...
Half a Torah
What is a haftarah, exactly? You should visit MJL’s haftarah page to become an authority on the matter in less ...
Impurim
San Francisco, for all that city’s rent chaos and interweb madness, still has one of the most productive, experimental, and ...