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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‘Oh, my gosh, what if we have, like, a Mormon prom?’

I went to an Orthodox high school, and so we didn’t get a prom. A…

Make Your Own Tallit

I have to admit that I kind of like a plain cotton white tallis with…

Instruments are For Wusses

During the counting of the Omer we’re supposed to be in a state of mourning,…

Nostalgic for Shtetl Life?

I don’t really get those people who are always waxing nostalgic about life in small…

Learn Some Trope, Make Some Cash

I went to a Jewish day school, (this one, specifically) and in third grade we…

What To Expect When You’re Not Expecting

Yesterday in my fiction workshop we talked about a story I wrote in which a…

Five Ways to Rock Yom Ha’atzmaut

A ew things you can do to focus your day on Israel and on freedom.

Notes on Camp: Making Happy Jewish Campers

Jewish summer camps are the most important and effective forms of Jewish education going on…