Tamar Fox
Tamar Fox is an associate editor at MyJewishLearning.com. She has an MFA in fiction writing from Vanderbilt University, and a BA from the University of Iowa. She has worked as the editor of the religion blog at Jewcy.com, and is on the Editorial Board at The Jew and the Carrot. She spent a summer as a fellow at Yeshivat Hadar, and was a Senior Apprentice Artist for four years at Gallery 37 in Chicago.
Articles by Tamar Fox
A Style Guide for Nazis
If you’re busy running a fascist dictatorship you really have to control a lot of things–including design elements and branding ...
Jewish Review of Whiskies
If you were trying to buy my love you should start with whiskey, and mix in some excellent novels and ...
A Jewish Response to Suicide
Every year in America, nearly 35,000 people commit suicide. Many Jews are among those who take their own lives, and ...
Mice Are Cuter Than (Some) El Al Employees
One time I was going to Israel and at JFK was stopped to chat with one of the El Al ...
The Past Isn’t Buried
I’m catching up on the last season of one of my favorite shows, Friday Night Lights, and in an episode ...
No Porn on Shabbat
I have been having an ongoing debate with one of my guy friends about pornography, and why I think it’s ...
Debating a Porn Star on the Merits of Holocaust Films
Yesterday I had a heated twitter debate with porn star Johnny Anglais about the merits of Holocaust movies. Really.How it ...
Religion Versus Financial Planning
These days I spend a lot of time volunteering as a gabbai at Kehilat Hadar, and among other things this ...
It’s Double Mitzvah Time!
Yesterday I had occasion to google the term “double mitzvah.” Growing up going to Jewish day schools, we all knew ...
Movies for Tu Bishvat
Over at New York Magazine’s Vulture blog they have a list of movies to help you celebrate Tu Bishvat. Now, ...