Two Recent Essays on Biblical Wine Terms
In a two-part series of essays, Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein, the featured guest of episode #75 of The Jewish Drinking Show, shares both about words for wine as well as for various understandings of them. These two essays, “Purim: Words For Wine”, were published in The Jewish Press. Part one of this series goes through […]
Advances in Israel’s Wine Industry in 1976 [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 93rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Adam Montefiore describes significant advances in Israel’s wine industry in 1976:
Symbolizing Israel with Wine🍷 [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 93rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Adam Montefiore articulates why he believes that one can symbolize Israel with wine:
Modern Israeli Wine History, Part 2: 1970s-Present, featuring Adam Montefiore – The Jewish Drinking Show episode #93
Following-up from the previous episode of The Jewish Drinking Show on an early history of modern Israel’s wine history, Adam Montefiore shares about Israel’s wine history from the 1970s to the present for the 93rd episode of the show. Adam Montefiore is a wine industry insider turned wine writer, who has contributed to the advance […]
Israel’s First Commercial Kosher Winery: Carmel [clip from ep. 92]
While we take wineries for granted in Israel, there had to be a first one in modern Israel’s history. In this clip from the 92nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Adam Montefiore shares his knowledge on Carmel, the first commercial kosher winery in Israel: If you’re interested, this video clip is also available on […]
Struggling with Shemitah 1888-1889 [clip from ep. 92]
How did Israeli grape-growers deal with their first Shemitah year after Jews began owning vineyards in Israel in the 19th century? In this clip from the 92nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Adam Montefiore shares his knowledge on this challenge: If you’re interested, this video clip is also available on other platforms: LinkedIn Facebook […]
Modern Israeli Wine History, Part 1: Early History, featuring Adam Montefiore – The Jewish Drinking Show episode #92
What has been modern Israel’s history of wine? For the 92nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Adam Montefiore is the featured guest to discuss the early history of this topic. There is so much to discuss on this topic that the next episode (#93) will be recent history (stay tuned!). Adam Montefiore is a wine […]
New Kosher Beverage Resources
Four new resources have been launched to help kosher-concerned consumers consider kosher drinks. Specifically, these pages are on beer wine whiskey whiskey aged in containers that previously held gentile wine (e.g. Scotch in Sherry casks) While these resources are still quite new, I welcome any feedback, suggestions, questions, or more at Drew [at] JewishDrinking.com.
Video Clips from the Professor Marc Shapiro Episode
Interested in checking out a couple of clips from the 84th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, featuring Professor Marc Shapiro? You’re in luck! Here are clips on the censorship of Rabbi Moshe Isserles’ gentile wine responsum and on Italian rabbis permitting the consumption of gentile wine:
Rabbi Moshe Isserles’ Censored Responsum on Gentile Wine, featuring Professor Marc Shapiro
Perhaps one of the most famous instances of Jewish censorship involves wine🍷 Joining The Jewish Drinking Show to discuss this wine-related instance of Jewish censorship is Professor Marc Shapiro. A graduate of Brandeis (BA) and Harvard (PhD), Professor Shapiro holds the Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at Scranton University and is the author of numerous […]