Tamar Fox

Tamar Fox has an MFA from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, but she still doesn't like sweet tea. Born and raised in Chicago, she's also lived in Iowa City, Dublin, Oxford, and Jerusalem. When she's not rocking out at honky tonks she teaches text study, cooks elaborate meals, and volunteers for a hospice. When she grows up she wants to be a professional whiskey taster.

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Naked Chef Jamie Oliver Becoming a Kosher Slaughterer

Naked Chef Jamie Oliver is working on some PETA style exposes that would condemn shechita,…

How To: Plan A Shabbat Dinner

My favorite part of any week is Shabbat dinner. Good food, good friends, and usually…

Jewish Mythbusters: Jews Don’t Believe in Exorcisms

A Washington Post article about the revival of interest in exorcisms in Eastern Europe made…

Pope Says Jews No Longer “Blind”

Pope Benedict XVI recently decided to reformulate the Catholic Church's traditional Good Friday prayers, which…

Humanistic Judaism for New Wave Jews

NPR’s Faith Matters has a really interesting interview with Rabbi Adam Chalom, the rabbi of…

Light My Fire: Why You Should Be Happy It’s Adar I

Today is the first day of Rosh Chodesh Adar, the beginning of the month of…

Jewish Mythbusters: Israeli Apartheid

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard Israel referred to as an…

Jewish Modesty Warriors Take Up Burkas

Y-Love, over at Jewlicious, calls attention to a crazy new trend in the ultra-Orthodox community.…