About AmyGuth

Amy Guth is the author of Three Fallen Women, which she is perpetually schlepping around to pimp out. Between travels, she's hard at work on her next novels and is the woman with the pink-stripey hair usually starting up the horah at MOT get-togethers. Keeping true to her stick-it-to-the-man Hebrew namesake (Shifreh), she has written about feminism, sexism, tikkun olam, tzedekah, blaxploitation, social reform, media literacy and all sorts of other things for The Believer, Monkeybicycle, Bookslut, Hungry Chicago, Four Magazine, JewishFringe.com, and The Complete Meal, among others. She blogs Bigmouth indeed Strikes Again about everything, Granola Bar D'var about Jewy eco-kasher goodness, and a few other blogs here and there, has collaborated on a few shows within Second City's Training Center and is an assistant fiction editor at 42 Opus. The select few remember the days when she dabbled in improv, as well, including the night she was the "Kill Whitey" crayon. Stalk her silly at Guth-a-Go-Go.com.

Kindly, with Open Eyes?

Kindly, with Open Eyes?
By AmyGuth September 12, 2007

Last Shabbes two women (an elderly woman and her daughter) walked into a shul in Syracuse that a family I'm close to attends, and in the middle of the morning service, started heckling the rabbi, and a few moments later, … Read More

Sit, Already, and Have a Little Something

Sit, Already, and Have a Little Something
By AmyGuth September 11, 2007

Truth? I enjoy yanking everything out of cupboards and drawers and cleaning my apartment at Rosh HaShanah then again, of course, at Pesach, probably way, way more than I should. I clean, I take care of little nagging errands, and … Read More

All I Wish I Could Say In A Sentence When Asked To Do So

All I Wish I Could Say In A Sentence When Asked To Do So
By AmyGuth September 10, 2007

Though most people seem to refer to December as the time of year when we see differences with our non-Jewish friends/partners/coworkers/whatever the most, I tend to feel more… more what?… more protective about the High Holidays. I think I mean … Read More

Fences

Fences
By AmyGuth August 24, 2007

In this week's parsha, we read of the need to construct a fence around the rooftops of a new home to prevent a fallen person from falling. While it might be easy enough to dismiss this tidbit as hmm, okay, … Read More

Step Aside, Ego, There are Mitzvot To Be Done

Step Aside, Ego, There are Mitzvot To Be Done
By AmyGuth August 23, 2007

Last night, I was talking about what a shameless dork I am when it comes to certain things (Okay, fine, when it comes to most things), specifically, cheering people on at marathons and other races. See, I run, races, long … Read More

Something To Think About Next Time You Feel Like A Complete Twit For Asking

Something To Think About Next Time You Feel Like A Complete Twit For Asking
By AmyGuth August 22, 2007

This week's haftorah is one of seven "Haftarot of Consolation", starting on Tisha B'Av and going until Rosh HaShanah. Yes. Right. I've thinking about consolation a little lately, because let's face it, life happens (as I'm fond of saying) and … Read More

“Get Confident, Stupid!”

“Get Confident, Stupid!”
By AmyGuth August 21, 2007

I love these days leading up to the High Holidays because they feel like the hours leading up to a special house guest arriving. (Not the frantic change-out-of-sweatpants-before-the-buzzer-rings kind of spectacle– I mean when things are in order and you're … Read More