Matthue Roth
Matthue Roth's newest book is Automatic. He is also the author of three novels and the memoir Yom Kippur a Go-Go, and is an associate editor at MyJewishLearning.com. His screenplay 1/20 is currently in production as a feature film.
Articles by Matthue Roth
The Holocaust in Culture: The Best of 2009
Yes, this is a weird culture category; and no, this isn’t the “best of the Holocaust.” After last year’s ubiquity ...
Paris Hilton Is Responsible (and Jewish)
The awesome Jewish poetry magazine The Blue Jew Yorker has its new issue online today. It probably seems like I’m ...
Jewish Books You Didn’t Read: The Best of 2009
All week, we’ll be spotlighting the year’s best new Jewish culture in books, music, television, and more. Next: The best ...
Two Days of Jewish Confusion
If you haven’t heard, tonight starts Christmas — which I think is the only non-Jewish holiday that starts at sunset, ...
Kindly Ones Keep Us Company
I got a review copy of Jonathan Littell’s novel The Kindly Ones — a massive, 982-page paperweight of a novel ...
Blood Libel Blues
I’m not sure whether to be offended or amused by this — right after I professed my love for all ...
I Hate Christmas
We are in the strange void between Hanukkah and Christmas, a time where Jews are already sick of being proud ...
770s of the World
Admittedly, 770 Eastern Parkway, the biggest synagogue in Crown Heights and the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidic Judaism, ...
Religious Life (the Fan Video Version)
This new video has been making the rounds. It’s an Internet viral video, so I’m not going to psychoanalyze it ...
Hanukkah Minstrels Are Making the Rounds
MyJewishLearning’s new versions of traditional Hanukkah songs have been getting noticed! Alicia Jo Rabins’ cover of “Sivivon Sov Sov Sov” ...