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
Find Me an Online Match!
After speaking with Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger, and Orthodox matchmaker Chana Rachel Frumin, I wanted to speak with someone who ...
Cooling Off: A Look Back
Only a few days ago I finished saying Kaddish, and today was the day my mother would have turned 56. ...
Secrets of an Orthodox Matchmaker
Chana Rachel Frumin is the director and founder of the Jerusalem Narrative Family Therapy Institute, where she is a marriage ...
Ending Kaddish on Tisha B’Av
In a few hours we begin mourning the destruction of the Temple. Tisha B’Av is considered the saddest day of ...
Matchmaker, Make Me A Millionaire!
Coming up on August 5th is Tu B’Av, (the 15th of Av), a Jewish day for matchmaking and love. According ...
I Would Kiss You, But I’m Milchig
If you just ate a hamburger, are you allowed to kiss your wife, who just had a milkshake? Do you ...
Religion in Outer Space
Today is the 40th anniversary of the landing on the moon–a pretty momentous occasion for everyone on earth. For some, ...
Save A Life
Are you registered to be a bone marrow donor? There are thousands of people around the world looking for bone ...
What Isaac and MJ Have in Common
One of the fascinating things about the Bible, especially the book of Genesis, is the way that family dynamics play ...
Jimmy Carter Finally Makes A Good Point
In second grade everyone in my class was given a US President to study. Mine was Jimmy Carter, and long ...