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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God Says When I’m Upset About Something, I Should Throw Things

I mentioned on Friday that there’s some major shit hitting the fan in Ramat Beit…

This Just In: Not All Young Jews Want to Make Aliyah

I just finished reading an article at Jpost about ‘The Conference on the Future of…

What To Do In the Wake of Humiliation

On Monday I received pretty much the worst insult of my life. Ironically, it was…

Are Kids Wreaking Havoc on Your Spirituality?

The other day I read this post over at Visualize Possibilities called Congratulations! It’s A…

10 Ways to Keep Kosher, and 3 Ways To Ask About Someone Else’s Level of Kashrut

In Nashville, people are always asking me if I’m kosher. And even though I know…

What Not To Ask Jews in Public

I was recently at a Shabbat meal with a bunch of people from a mix…

How To Deal With Your Weekly Theological Crisis

For a number of reasons I’m friends with a lot of people who are constantly…

Relevant Redemption

Jewish liturgy is all about redemption. The number of times we ask to be redeemed…