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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It’s Purim In August!

Today is the first day of the last month of the Jewish year, Elul.  Since…

Sex, Drugs and Idol Worship—Our Ancestors Uncovered in Fiction

The Jewish Journal has a really interesting article this week about this relatively new phenomenon…

Synagogues Are For Suckers

I have always been a shul-goer. On Shabbat I get completely thrown off if I…

Spiritual Clothing and Hiding From God

Earlier this week I went to yoga class wearing a shirt that says I Heart…

May I Offer You A Beverage or a Foot Bath?

Growing up I was part of a very social community. The families involved in the…

A Debate Sexier than Barack Obama

A while back I saw a snippet on the Forward’s website about a big porn…

Making Ketubahs Modern–Your Love Is Worth Seven Goats, A Sheep, An Ox, and an iPod

A while back Laurel wrote a couple of pieces about ketubahs, and notably about how…

Jews::Intermarriage as Babies::Bathwater

For the third week running the Shabbat lunch I attended ended up focusing on Noah…