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
What Do You Call Pitom in French?
Our favorite Jewish-jazz-heavy-metal-freak band Pitom — fronted by Yoshie Fruchter (who we’ve featured on MJL) and named after a part ...
“Moses Was Jazzy!”
I think that Forward cartoonist Eli Valley‘s latest comic, a homage to (or take-off from) Kafka’s Metamorphosis, will probably catch ...
Spiritual Karate
Somewhere between a field guide, an instruction manual, and a well-meaning memoir, Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein’s new book The Challenge ...
How to Write a Hanukkah Song
The rest of the world is still eons away from Hanukkah. If you’re super-prepared — like my mother, for instance ...
The Jewish Music Woodstock
How do you discover great Jewish music? I’m not talking about Barbra Streisand or Yossele Rosenblatt — or, no, not ...
Frum Toilet Paper
99 reasons why I love being Orthodox…. …but this ain’t one. Here’s my big question. Why does pre-cut toilet paper ...
Everyone Loves Bad Poetry
Who doesn’t love bad poetry? As part of their new issue on poetry, 614 Magazine posted a new interview with ...
Jewish Life on Orchard Street
Maya Escobar, a Jewish Latina video director, performance artist, and creator of shomer negiah panties, has previously worked with young ...
30 Days Since You Died
In Jewish practice, on the thirtieth day after a person dies, the mourners observe sheloshim — a lessening in severity ...
As A.J. Jacobs Says, So the World Goes
There’s a chapter in A.J. Jacobs’ new book, The Guinea Pig Diaries (which we just interviewed him about on MJL) ...