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Tamar Fox

Tamar Fox is an associate editor at MyJewishLearning.com.

  • (Illustration by Margarita Korol; based on photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration via Shorpy.com)
    (Illustration by Margarita Korol; based on photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration via Shorpy.com)
    Belief section icon
    Pay to Pray

    From chanting at the Western Wall to saying Kaddish, several organizations offer to pray on your behalf, for a fee they claim to donate to charity. Is a farmed-out prayer as effective as a personal one?

    byTamar Fox
  • (Faith Spinks)
    (Faith Spinks)
    Arts & Letters section icon
    Of the Books

    After Amazon started recommending Christian novels for me, I gathered a group of Jewish friends to explore them and discovered an unexpected reconnect with spirituality

    byTamar Fox
  • A Jerusalem ceremony to mark Yom Hazikaron, April, 2010.(Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
    A Jerusalem ceremony to mark Yom Hazikaron, April, 2010.(Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
    Community section icon
    Remembering

    This year Mother’s Day falls on the eve of Israel’s Memorial Day. For one motherless daughter, the coincidence brings up comparisons she can’t ignore.

    byTamar Fox
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