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
Bad Poetry: The 3rd-Worst Jewish Poem Ever
With only 16 hours to go till Bad Poetry Day begins, we’re beginning our immersion in everything that says Jewish, ...
I’m Still the Star Author in My Family
I was asked by RedRoom, a website for writers, to blog about the problems of publicity when my first book ...
Eprhyme’s “Punklezmerap” Video
From the people who brought you Y-Love, Eprhyme is Shemspeed Records’ newest catch — and, if JDub is the Haskalah ...
Love Songs, Pop Songs, and Musical Holocaust Memoirs
There are generally two kinds of Jewish kids who are obsessed with music — the Broadway musical type, and the ...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Becoming Orthodox
The cover of The Baal Teshuva Survival Guide, a handbook to making it as a newly-minted Orthodox Jew, depicts a ...
In Defense of Modern Orthodoxy
Is it just me, or is every article about Orthodoxy these days either glorifying it or attacking the very existence ...
Yiddishe Alef-Bais (in Hebrew)
I have no idea what’s going on here. But a secular Israeli in a Spider-Man outfit and a shtreimel — ...
Jewish Rhyme Bible
Our Bad Poetry Contest is getting close to the end, with 3 potential winners out of over 100 entries so ...
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s “A Heart Afire”
As one of the founders of the Jewish Renewal movement, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi has labored his whole life to make ...
Tweet One Your Love
Okay, I’m not Stevie Wonder, and chances are you aren’t, either — but let’s not forget the grand Jewish tradition ...