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

5 Tips For Making Non-Kosher Recipes Kosher

Recently I saw a recipe online that looked delicious…but it called for gelatin. One of my all-time favorite Passover dessert ...

Shabbos is Coming!

Last week was the first week of early Shabbat. Once the clocks go back, Shabbat jumps back an hour, too. ...

Cloth Napkins Will Save You

When I was a kid and it was my turn to set the table I usually forgot to put out ...

Politicians in the Kitchen

The Awl has an interesting post up about a cookbook called Political Pot Luck: A Collection of Recipes from Men ...

Curried Vegetable and Chickpea Soup

A warm soup for a cool night.

Beyond Jewish Penicillin

I’m at the tail end of a bad cold. I have a bottle of Dayquil sitting next to me on ...

Pharaoh Was A Nazi

You know how Godwin’s law says that every internet argument eventually breaks down into someone calling someone else Hitler or ...

How Do You Test A Recipe?

As I’ve mentioned before, over the past week or so I’ve been kind of obsessed with soups. On Monday I ...

We Have a Winner

Thank you to everyone who entered our High Holiday Photo contest. We were on the hunt for great pictures of  ...

Is Gilad Shalit Really Coming Home?

I don’t know whether to believe it. Many news outlets are now reporting that Israel has struck a deal with ...