About 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.

No Sex With Bedouins?

By Tamar Fox February 3, 2010

High school girls in the Israeli town of Kiryat Gat are being warned not to become romantically involved with Bedouins, via a program run by a social worker named Chaim Shalom. A 10-minute film called Sleeping With the Enemy cautions … Read More

The Miracle of the Undead Baby…Who Died

By Tamar Fox August 22, 2008

In a story that will likely be featured in pro-life literature for years to come, a baby that had been pronounced dead began breathing and showing vital signs hours later in Nahariya, Israel. A baby breathing hours after being pronounced … Read More

A Half-Hearted Defense of AgriProcessors

By Tamar Fox August 18, 2008

Since the raid on the Agriprocessors plant on May 12th, bashing the kosher meat giant has become something of a sport. Everyone from the New York Times to failed messiah to yours truly has taken a few shots (some cheap, … Read More

Are “Minority Discounts” for Israeli Arabs Reverse Discrimination?

By Tamar Fox August 15, 2008

Home Center, an Israeli home wares chain, has been offering  a secret discount to Arabs. When customer Eli Chai discovered and reported this last week, a Home Center spokesperson explained, “Home Center offers a wide range of attractive discounts throughout … Read More

Is Israel Cultivating A Neglectful Society?

By Tamar Fox August 8, 2008

Lately there have been a number of high profile neglect cases in Israel. We’ve learned that many Holocaust survivors live in abject poverty. A woman revered as a spiritual authority was found to have abused and neglected many of her … Read More

What Tisha B’Av Can Teach Us About AgriProcessors

By Tamar Fox August 8, 2008

Tisha B’Av begins tomorrow night, and Jews all over the world will be fasting, reading the book of Lamentations, and thinking about the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem that took place almost two thousand years ago. But Tisha B’Av … Read More

Eruv: The Ultimate Loophole?

By Tamar Fox August 7, 2008

There’s a dispute brewing over whether a community in Long Island can build themselves an eruv. An eruv is an enclosed space in which it’s permissible for observant Jews to carry items (such as books, keys, and food) from place … Read More

God’s Mail, E-Mail, and the Alpha-Male

By Tamar Fox August 1, 2008

Last week, a minor political scandal unfolded around the note that Barack Obama put between the stones of the Kotel when he visited the Wall during his tour of Israel. Dug out from between the stones by a yeshiva student, … Read More

How Much Religious Freedom Should Your Gynecologist Have?

By Tamar Fox August 1, 2008

Imagine going to the doctor for a morning after pill or an abortion, and being told that you can't have the prescription or the procedure because of the doctor's religious beliefs. Sounds kind of absurd, right? Well, pretty soon it … Read More

AgriProcessors Roundup: Fake Documents, Underage Workers, and the Boycott That Wasn’t

By Tamar Fox July 30, 2008

Last we heard, Agriprocessor’s PR firm had been caught trying to smear the reputation of Rabbi Morris Allen and Uri L’Tzedek, but there have been several developments since then. Failed Messiah broke the news that the May 12th raid also … Read More