![Compulsive Libationers of the Talmud?, featuring Prof. Sacha Stern [ep. 135 of The Jewish Drinking Show]](http://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Compulsive-Libationers-of-the-Talmud-Sacha-Stern-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-600x338.png)
Compulsive Libationers of the Talmud?, featuring Prof. Sacha Stern [ep. 135 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
Introduction Having discussed gentiles and libations previously on The Jewish Drinking Show, I was fascinated to have come across Professor Sacha Stern’s “Compulsive Libationers: Non-Jews and Wine in Early Rabbinic Sources”, Journal of Jewish Studies 64.1 (2013): 19-44. As such, I am very excited to welcome him to the show’s 135th episode to share his research. Biography […]
![Cincinnati Kiddush Club Scotches, featuring Yossi Francus [episode 134 of The Jewish Drinking Show]](http://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Yossi-Francus-Cincinnati-Kiddush-Club-Scotches-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-600x338.png)
Cincinnati Kiddush Club Scotches, featuring Yossi Francus [episode 134 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
Having discussed kiddush clubs previously on The Jewish Drinking Show, every kiddush club has its own unique aspects. One such kiddush club even got their own Scotch from Bruichladdich years ago (here is the article referenced in The New Yorker regarding this distillery), and it finally arrived. One of the members of this group is […]
![Shiran & Ghito Wines: A Tasting [Video]](http://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Shiran-Ghito-Wines-A-Tasting-600x338.png)
Shiran & Ghito Wines: A Tasting [Video]
Continuing the second quarter of 2023 wine-tastings, Jewish Drinking held a texts-and-tasting event yesterday, which featured several Israel wines, all of which are available on KosherWine.com: Shiran The Song of the Birds 2020 Shiran The Conductor 2019 Ghito Adom 2019 Ghito Dudaim 2020 Towards the end, a several people stayed behind to share their thoughts […]
![Rabbinic Expressions in Yiddish Drinking Terminology [Video Clip]](http://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rabbinic-Expressions-in-Yiddish-Drinking-Terminology-Dr.-Jordan-Finkin-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-clip-600x338.png)
Rabbinic Expressions in Yiddish Drinking Terminology [Video Clip]
In this clip from the newest episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Dr. Jordan Finkin shares about Rabbinic expressions in Yiddish drinking terminology:
![Yiddish Drinking Terms, featuring Dr. Jordan Finkin [episode 133 of The Jewish Drinking Show]](http://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Yiddish-Drinking-Terms-Dr.-Jordan-Finkin-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-600x338.png)
Yiddish Drinking Terms, featuring Dr. Jordan Finkin [episode 133 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
Intro Used by many Jews in Europe for centuries, Yiddish is quite the colorful language. Unsurprisingly, there are many amusing and clever terms and phrases in Yiddish associated with drinking. Having come across a column on just this topic (“Have a Drink!”), the 133rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features the author of that column, […]
![Yaakov Oryah Wines: A Tasting [Video]](http://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Yaakov-Oryah-Wines-A-Tasting-600x338.png)
Yaakov Oryah Wines: A Tasting [Video]
Closing out the waning moments of Yom Ha’Atzma’ut, Jewish Drinking held an Israeli wine-tasting accompanied by a discussion on the history of Israeli wines, as part of its monthly events series. The next event in this series will be taking place on May 3rd, featuring further Israeli wines, accompanied by a text-based discussion led by […]
![Early Reform Rabbinic Responses to Prohibition, featuring Rabbi Zachary Goodman [Video Clip]](http://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Early-Reform-Rabbinic-Responses-to-Prohibition-Rabbi-Zachary-Goodman-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-clip-600x338.png)
Early Reform Rabbinic Responses to Prohibition, featuring Rabbi Zachary Goodman [Video Clip]
In this clip from the newest episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Zachary Goodman shares about early Reform rabbinic responses to Prohibition:
![Reform Responses to Prohibition, featuring Rabbi Zachary Goodman [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #132]](http://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Reform-Responses-to-Prohibition-Rabbi-Zachary-Goodman-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-600x338.png)
Reform Responses to Prohibition, featuring Rabbi Zachary Goodman [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #132]
Introduction While The Jewish Drinking Show has previously discussed Prohibition, as well as an aspect of Orthodox responses to Prohibition, the newest episode of the show features a discussion of Reform rabbinic responses to Prohibition, with first-time guest, Rabbi Zachary Goodman. Biography of Guest Rabbi Goodman was ordained by HUC-JIR four years ago, previously served as the […]
![What to Drink at the Seder During the Holocaust? [Video Clip]](http://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/What-to-Drink-at-the-Seder-During-the-Holocaust-Samuel-Levine-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-clip-600x338.png)
What to Drink at the Seder During the Holocaust? [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 131st episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Professor Samuel Levine shares about Rabbi Ephraim Oshry’s rabbinic responsum on what Jews in the Kovno Ghetto could use for their four cups at the Passover Seder:
![Four Cups and the Holocaust, featuring Professor Samuel Levine [Episode #131 of The Jewish Drinking Show]](http://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Four-Cups-and-the-Holocaust-Samuel-Levine-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-600x338.png)
Four Cups and the Holocaust, featuring Professor Samuel Levine [Episode #131 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
Introduction While the Passover Seder is a celebration of the freedom of our Jewish ancestors from Egyptian slavery and becoming a nation, it is hard to picture this in terms of what the experience of being in the Holocaust, as it was very much not an experience of freedom. Moreover, a cornerstone of the Passover […]