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
When Israeli Music Becomes World Music
Fool’s Gold is a truly multicultural band: Caribbean guitars, African rhythms, a big-band horn section, and American indie-rock production. And, ...
How Does Ice Cream Become Kosher?
Paul Nasrani is the owner of Adirondack Creamery, a New York State ice cream company that uses local labor and ...
Kappara: A Poem
Just in case you forgot, our recent Bad Poetry Contest netted us a vast and diverse — if not encyclopedic ...
Return of the Brooklyn Chickens
I still have mixed feelings about KaparotOn one hand, the pre-Yom Kippur ritual where we transfer our sins onto some ...
Sukkot On the Run
One thing I’ve always wondered about the holiday of Sukkot: If the makeshift tabernacles that we’re commanded to erect are ...
Inglourious Basterds: What You Didn’t See
So I’ve been reading the script (downloadable here) to the film Inglourious Basterds. And it’s pretty over-the-top insane.Not that you ...
Cloudy, with a Chance of Falafel
Movie titles translate differently into different cultures. There are all sorts of tangled idioms associated with different cultures. For instance, ...
The Secret Shofar of Barcelona
Rafael lives in 15th-century Spain. His father, Don Fernando, is the conductor of the Barcelona Symphony. But their family harbors ...
Jeremiah Lockwood sings Hineni
Sometimes, you just gotta let your heart cry out. In honor of Rosh Hashanah, and in honor of the Sway ...
Jennifer Steinman’s “Motherland”: Mourning and Rejoicing in Africa
Filmmaker Jennifer Steinman has completed projects for PBS, the Discovery Channel, The Food Network and The Gap. Her first feature-length ...