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
The War on Hanukkah Gelt
Yesterday I gave a bag of Hanukkah gelt to a non-Jewish friend of mine. It was leftover from the holiday, ...
Avatar and the Blue Jewish Ladies
The blog for the Washington DC JCC notes that the blue ladies of Avatar are reminiscent of the work of ...
Is Porn Ruining Your Sex Life?
Try Orthodox Judaism! A recent article in New York magazine repeats a concept I’ve seen a number of times before. ...
What We Missed, 2009 Edition
Almost every day I come across some article or blog post that’s worth sharing with the Mixed Multitudes. I usually ...
Food Year Resolution
I tend to make my real New Years Resolutions in September for Rosh Hashanah, but this year I am making ...
What Really Counts as Tzedakah?
It’s the end of the year, and you’ve probably been getting a lot of emails from your favorite (and not ...
Whisky Menorah
I customarily make a Hanukiyah out of beer bottles, as a kind of homage to the hipsters in my life. ...
New(ish) Hanukkah Songs and Videos
I think Christmas is to blame for all of the completely bizarre Hanukkah music out there. And this year you ...
There Really Was a Flood
This article from the BBC carefully avoids making any reference to the Bible. Still, sounds an awful lot like a ...
Happy Hanukkah, David Beckham
On this, the first night of Hanukkah, I give to you a picture of David Beckham wearing a kippah. Apparently ...