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
What’s the Best Way to Give to Haiti?
In the days since the devastating earthquake in Haiti, you have likely been inundated with requests to give money and/or ...
Armed (With Tefillin) And Not Dangerous
When I lived in Nashville I got used to the people at the airport pulling out my tefillin and getting ...
The IDF in Haiti
This video from CNN has been making the rounds on facebook for a couple of days, but I wanted to ...
Limmud NY 2010: The Quintessential Limmud Experience
The thing I always love about Limmud is the sheer number of times every day that my world is completely ...
Limmud NY 2010: Pet Peeves and the Holocaust
This morning at Limmud NY I overslept and just barely made it to the beginning of a session about Holocaust ...
Limmud NY 2010: Drinking, Sex, and Megillat Esther
Shabbat is over at Limmud NY, and once again I’m skipping the big havdalah event to write up some quick ...
Limmud NY 2010: OMG Adin Steinsaltz!
I arrived at Limmud NY an hour and rushed to my room to drop my bags before coming back to ...
Where Are the Good Kosher Caterers?
This is one of my real pet peeves. Plain and simple: there are not very many kosher caterers, and most ...
Fast for Rain
According to IsraelNN, the Chief Sephardic rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Shlomo Amar has called for a fast and prayer for ...
I Don’t Roll On Shabbos!
Like most Jews, I love The Big Lebowski. It’s just so freaking fantastic. If you haven’t seen it, go get ...