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
Get Your Peanuts Out of My Chickpeas!
I love it when hummus is in the news. Partially this is because I love hummus. I had hummus for ...
Who Are Messianic “Jews”?
These Christians observe some Jewish practices, but the major Jewish denominations do not recognize their faith as a form of Judaism.
Talking to a Rabbi About Gay Marriage
The Governor of Hawaii is a Jewish woman, and pretty soon she is going to decide whether to veto a ...
Why I Know My Binyanim
Last night I had a dream that I was back in high school, and was working on some homework form ...
How Do Jews Clear Tables?
Here at MJL we’ve seen how Jews eat, but my friend Leah Jones over at Accidentally Jewish has a great ...
The Waste-Free Shabbat Picnic
This Shabbat I had my first Shabbat meal picnic of the summer, and it was a lot of fun. Gorgeous ...
Wise Fridays: Location, Location, Location
“A Torah scholar should not live in a town that doesn’t have a court of law, a charity fund, a ...
Nixon’s Jewish Cabal
Apparently it’s a pretty well-known fact that Richard Nixon was an anti-Semite. I’m not shocked by this, but I guess ...
Hitler–A Fashion Icon?
You guys, Hitler is back. Not as the leader of the Third Reich, but as a sales man for an ...
Summer Reading Recommendation: Esther Goes to Madison, WI
Last month I was picking through a pile of books and came across Good for the Jews, by Debra Spark, ...