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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Why I’m Not Shomer Negiah

It’s always easier to argue that we should limit someone’s choices than to argue that…

Tzedakah We Love: Fight Hunger Here and in Israel

You know how empty the refrigerator is when you come back from a long vacation…

Jews and Their Culture of Violence: Commence Shitstorm

I’ve never been a big fan of the OnFaith series that Newsweek does because the…

Lie Back, Think of England

So I’ve returned from all of my far-flung travels. I spent an inordinant amount of…

On the Nightstand: The Return by Sonia Levitin

Continuing on my Jewish Young Adult book kick, I want to recommend Sonia Levitin’s The…

Young Israel Is So Passe

A while back Soccer suggested I write about the Young Israel decision to ban converts…

Half-Naked Missionaries

There’s this website where you can look at Mormon missionaries posted around the world, and…

Tzedakah We Love: Encounter Exposes Jews to Palestinian Daily Life

Israel education is a hugely important factor in any Jewish community and Jewish life, but I don’t feel like I’ve ever gotten an adequate exposure to Palestinian life.