Tamar Fox
Tamar Fox is an associate editor at MyJewishLearning.com. She has an MFA in fiction writing from Vanderbilt University, and a BA from the University of Iowa. She has worked as the editor of the religion blog at Jewcy.com, and is on the Editorial Board at The Jew and the Carrot. She spent a summer as a fellow at Yeshivat Hadar, and was a Senior Apprentice Artist for four years at Gallery 37 in Chicago.
Articles by Tamar Fox
Making Aliyah Is Not A Job
We’re about three minutes away from weekend, but I just want to take this opportunity to vent a little bit. ...
Like Holy Rollers, But True
I didn’t get a chance to see Holy Rollers, the movie about Hasidic kids who get involved smuggling drugs into ...
As Long As They Don’t Get Any Bright Ideas About Gefilte Fish
On these sweltering summer days, we’re all dreaming about ice cream. But when you dream about ice cream does your ...
The Quality of Mercy is Not Strain’d
Yesterday night I went to see The Merchant of Venice at the Public Theater in New York. Shakespeare in the ...
Jaron Will Pray For You
Remember way back in 2001 there was that band, Evan and Jaron, and they were Jewish brothers who made catchy ...
Praising God? There’s An App For That
I don’t have an iPhone, so I don’t find myself downloading tons of apps. However, I do have an iPod ...
The Hitler Ringtone
Or: Approximately as Hateful and Annoying as California Gurls I once dated a guy who had Truly Madly Deeply as ...
Israeli Eurovision Retrospective
There’s a long and hilarious article in this week’s New Yorker about the Eurovision contest, and it includes a short ...
Condolences to Justice Ginsburg
All eyes were on Elena Kagan today, as the nice Jewish girl from New York took the stand for day ...
Summer Reading Recommendation: These Mountains
It’s hot outside. Too hot to focus on anything. I usually love to read a big fat novel, but in ...