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
Progress and Stasis in Mourning
I was overjoyed about the inauguration of our 44th President on Tuesday, but couldn’t help feeling a little sad, too. ...
Atheist Bus Ads Still Pissing People Off
A while back I mentioned some atheist bus ads that were going up in Britain. Apparently they’ve been successful enough ...
Would You Invite Isaac Mizrahi Into Your Kitchen?
I was pointed to a video of Isaac Mizrahi and Chef Mark Bittman making braised artichokes this morning, and though ...
A Prayer for the Inauguration
A friend of mine, Michael Millenson, has a piece over at the Huffington Post about why tomorrow is an amazing ...
Special Confession
The Washington Post has an interesting article about the Vatican’s “tribunal of conscience” which is an extra special level of ...
Dropping the S Bomb
I have a friend in his fifties who has been dating for about thirty years now. He’s a smart, interesting ...
You’re Doing It All Wrong: Latkes
I know latkes are so two weeks ago, but I just found this video and think it’s kind of awesome. ...
Fresh Take on Sex and Contemporary Jewish Lit
I’m not a big fan of Philip Roth. I know I should be and everything, but he alternately bores me ...
Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?
The ultra-frum neighborhood where I grew up in Chicago has been subject to anti-Semitic graffiti and vandalism in the past ...
Halakha and Avoiding Civilian casualties
England’s Jewish Chronicle is running a great Op-Ed by Daniel Reisel about the Jewish legal obligation to avoid civilian casualties ...