Rabbi Drew Speaks to Rockdale Seniors on Kiddush & More🥃
Alongside a bourbon-tasting, Rabbi Drew Kaplan provided insights into the ceremonial ritual drinking practices of Shabbat last month for seniors last month. “Our Seniors Group had a fantastic time sampling bourbons, sipping cocktails, and learning about Jewish involvement in the bourbon world,” exclaimed Rockdale Temple‘s senior rabbi, Rabbi Meredith Kahan. Leading a tasting of several […]
Announcing Summer Series
Having held three spring Cincinnati local Texts-and-Tastings events around the holidays, Jewish Drinking is now gearing up for a summer series on drunkenness in rabbinic literature. Spring Events Kicking off the spring’s events with an event on the semi-rare celebration of Purim Katan, the event delved into texts in our tradition on this topic, resulting […]
Speaking at Winter 2023-2024 Events
As winter gives way to spring, this is an excellent opportunity to share winter events at which Jewish Drinking content was shared. This is in addition to the Cincinnati local monthly tasting events, which also took place. Introduction to Drinking in Judaism for JPro Cincy For the Cincinnati group of JPro, I spoke to a […]
Kosher Food and Wine Experience 2024
Taking place a few weeks ago, the 18th annual Kosher Food and Wine Experience (KFWE) took place in New Jersey. As reported previously, this year was different from previous years in that it was closed only to those in media and the industry. While it had been in New York City last year, it returned […]
Royal Wine’s KFWE Makes Changes for 2024
The annual Kosher Food & Wine Experience (KFWE) is taking place three weeks from today, albeit more of an exclusive experience than in previous years. Featuring nearly 1,000 kosher wines, a plethora of spirits – including whiskies, bourbons, vodkas, tequilas, rum, and gin – and cordials, sampling and tasting will be available for attendees. This […]
Upcoming Cincinnati Texts-and-Tasting Events [July, August, & September 2023]
Interested in attending upcoming monthly texts-and-tasting events of Jewish Drinking in Cincinnati? The schedule is now out: July 12 – The Third-Century Kiddush Controversy and the Location of Kiddush [Facebook Event Page] August 2 – Drinking in the Mourning House [Facebook Event Page] September 13 – Drinking In/Out of Sukkot [Facebook Event Page] For this […]
Third Annual KiddushFest 2023 Upcoming
The third annual KiddushFest is taking place next month in New York City. As someone who attended last year, I greatly enjoyed my experience, with not only Bourbons and Scotches available, but also beers, an array of delicious fleishig food, and great people. KiddushFest, a kosher whiskey and spirit festival, will be taking place on […]
May 2023 Event
Last night, JewishDrinking held a learning event on Jewish holiday practices, especially since these holidays come up in this week’s Torah portion. Specifically, the discussion was on how drinking plays a part in enjoying Jewish holidays, with a focus on Talmudic texts, as well as post-Talmudic texts written by Maimonides and Rabbi Yosef Karo, amongst […]
Kosher Food & Wine Experience 2023
Having greatly enjoyed attending Royal Wine Corporation‘s Kosher Food and Wine Experience (KFWE) last year in New Jersey, I was excited to return last week for the 2023 event. While last year’s event was still somewhat amidst the pandemic, so it wasn’t typical, this year’s event retained some changes that they had made for last […]
Spirit & Liqueur Companies at KFWE 2023
Just this morning, I received the following list of companies pouring spirits and liqueurs at today’s Kosher Food & Wine Experience (KFWE in New York City. It’s possible it’s a similar list for Wednesday’s KFWE event in LA. Here is the list: ADICTIVO, CAVA DE ORO JELINEK, PALINCA DE MARAMURES RON ABUELO DISTILLERIE DES MOISANS […]