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
Member of the Tribe
Recently, a friend’s father died suddenly, and I found out a few days later through a mass email that one ...
Stop the Presses! Jewish Book and Manuscript Auction
The New York Times has a fascinating article today about the Valmadonna Trust Library, a collection of more than 13,000 ...
Jewish Music Sale! $5 for Great Tunes
Craig N Co Music is having a huge sale, all CDs going for only $5. This means the full stock ...
Happy Tu Bishvat! Three Easy Ways to Celebrate
Today is the birthday of the trees. Whoop-dee-do. If you didn’t get a chance to go to a seder last ...
Refuah Shelemah, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the only woman on the US Supreme Court, and one of two Jewish Justices (Breyer is the ...
Dear Pope, For Serious? Sincerely, Tamar
Well, it’s a real shitstorm over at the Vatican since Pope Benedict lifted the excommunication that had been imposed on ...
Borat as Bruno Makes Over the Messiah
Sasha Baron Cohen’s upcoming movie focuses on his character Bruno, a campy gay Austrian fashion journalist. In the clip below ...
Mourning Stinks
On Sunday afternoon I went to mincha/maariv at an Orthodox synagogue in my neighborhood. Last week some random lady there ...