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
Interview with Angella Nazarian, Author of ‘Life as a Visitor’
Forced to flee to the United States after the violent Iranian Revolution of 1979 at age eleven, Angella M. Nazarian ...
When Food Comes Between Us
I’m a vegetarian, but I kiss meat-eating men pretty regularly. I’m not afraid of cooking a chicken (or a brisket, ...
I Would Go to Jewish Camp for Him
I first saw Jeremy Fisher at a bar in Nashville. My friend Danny invited with me to go see his ...
Would You Host Your Own Living Funeral?
Apparently in Taiwan there’s a new trend of people throwing their own funerals while they’re on their deathbeds, but not ...
Wise Fridays: Professional Development
Rabbi Judah says: Whoever does not teach his son a trade or profession teaches him to be a thief. –Babylonian ...
Kosherfest III
Being at Kosherfest kind of makes me want to go home and take a shower, but there are a number ...
Kosherfest II
Everything here seems to have the label “All Natural,” which doesn’t make a lot of sense to me since as ...
Kosherfest 2009: It Smells Like Eastern Europe In Here
I’m liveblogging today from Kosherfest, a kosher food and food service trade show held in Secuacus, NJ.The first thing I ...
Dessert Hummus: The Verdict
Some of you may remember my post from a few weeks ago about what I considered to be a blasphemous ...