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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How To Make A Shiva Call

This is kind of morbid, but I want to give some tips on how to…

When Do You Go To Your Rabbi?

I grew up going to a minyan that didn’t have a rabbi running the show.…

Popularity Saves

As I’ve been reading the op-eds about Virginia Tech I’ve started getting irritated with the…

Mmmmm, Jesus Pizza

Today’s Washington Post has an article about a program run by a church in Alexandria…

Taking a Bite Out of Crime

A good friend of mine e-mailed me a link to a story in the Foreign…

Shalom, Imus

I have to be honest and say I’m surprised and impressed by the way things…

Jew Dew It

There are precisely two parts of Passover that I like. One is making my family’s…

Talking Dirty Bible-Style

Tomorrow, if you get yourself to synagogue you’ll hear somebody sing The Song of Songs,…