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
Jewish Suriname
I’ve recently become obsessed with the idea of going to Suriname. Until about a month ago I wouldn’t have been ...
Find God, Win Fabulous Prizes!
There’s a famous Jewish text called the Kuzari, written by Judah HaLevi. In it, the king of the Khazars has ...
Shabbat Picnic
In the winter, there’s nothing I like more than huddling around a table in a warm kitchen with good friends, ...
Atheist Summer Camp?
I tend to think of Richard Dawkins as slightly deranged, but I respect his right to have an opinion. I ...
I’ll Be At Home Eating Worms
I’m getting very very close to the end of the 11 months of saying Kaddish for my mother, and I ...
What Rhymes With Jewish?
Bluish? Newish? Shrewish? Trueish (a cousin of truthiness)?Get on your thinking caps, because we’re launching a Bad Poetry Contest to ...
Where Are the Jewish Food Movies?
I love food movies. Like Water for Chocolate? Hot. Eat Drink, Man Woman? Steamy. Mostly Martha? Phenomenal. Chocolat? Luscious. Big ...
Everybody Dance (and Daven) Now
You know what the shema has always been missing? Blonde girls in leggings. Also a DJ. And awkward dance moves. ...
How Gross Are Bar/Bat Mitzvah Parties?
Um, very. A recent bat mitzvah party in Stamford Connecticut had to be cleared out by the police because 14-year-olds ...
Gossip Causes Cancer
I spend lots of time at shul these days, but I tend to be the only woman in the women’s ...