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
Kohane of Newark: The Interview
Ricky Orbach is a singer, poet, music producer, and patron of the arts — but, really, it’s more accurate to ...
Three Things I Love about Maurice Sendak
If you couldn’t tell from my new article, I love Maurice Sendak. (No, my favorite story of his isn’t Wild ...
In the Sukkot Market
In this special installment of the Jewish Book Council/MyJewishLearning Authors Blog series, we spotlight book illustrator and visual artist Eliyahu ...
God Is Not the Creator.
Look, it’s all semantics, okay? Whatever you want to call God — Hashem, Elokim, the Creator, the One, the Dude, ...
JDub Records & the Big Jewcy Buyout
Sometimes when two really good friends of yours hook up, it’s a sign of impending disaster. The drama, the cliques, ...
Maurice Sendak
From monsters under the bed to the horrors of the Holocaust, the artist and author knows his way around a child's brain.
Seriously, Coen Brothers…
The new film “A Serious Man,” by Joel and Ethan Coen — long-rumored to be their most serious, their most ...
Where in the World is Simhat Torah?
It took me about five minutes into meeting the fabulous Sean Altman to blurt out: “Ispentfiveyearsofmylifewatchingyou!”To children of the ’80s, ...
The Festival of Where-Should-I-Eat?-ness
Yes, Sukkot is a time of joy. In our prayers, we call it “z’man simhatenu,” which literally means “the happy ...
Buying an Etrog in Brooklyn
What do you look for in an etrog? It was hard to top last year, but we had to try. ...