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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Mitzvah of the Week: Visiting the Sick

I’m back in Chicago for the weekend, hanging out with my mother, who just had…

Irish Poetry Meets the Talmud

So my friend Adam sent me to this awesome blog by a chick who has…

Decorate Your Shabbat Table (Y’know, If You’re Rich)

I’m going to be honest and say that I have never had the problem described…

I Am Not Crunchy Enough For Jews in the Woods

So there’s this awesome thing called Jews in the Woods. Basically, it’s a shabbaton held…

Don’t Steal the Bible

In case you were thinking of knocking off a Judaica shop let me remind you…

Endangered Languages and the Tower of Babel

This week we read the story of Noah, and then we read about the Tower…

It’s Okay To Be Bitter In Cheshvan

Tonight begins Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan, or the beginning of the month of Cheshvan, though you…

Coffee:Christians:: Kiddush:Jews

There’s a really funny and interesting piece up over at SOMA about how important coffee…