Attitudes Towards Gentile Wine in the Talmud
In this clip from the 135th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Prof. Sacha Stern discusses Talmudic attitudes towards gentile wine:
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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 […]
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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 […]
New Riff and Selling of Hametz
A question I not infrequently receive concerns New Riff Distilling. While I enjoy that it is less than a twenty-minute drive from my house and greatly enjoyed featuring them on The Jewish Drinking Show in 2020, it turns out there is more to the story. While on the show, one question we discussed regarded their […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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Whiskey and Other Spirits in Yiddish [Video Clip]
In this clip from the newest episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Dr. Jordan Finkin shares about Yiddish terms for whiskey and other spirits:
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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 […]
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The Innovation of Ḥametz-Selling and Its Aftermath, featuring Dan Rabinowitz [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #130]
Intro Having previously published episode #24 of The Jewish Drinking Show on “Whiskey As the Catalyst for the Selling of Chametz, the 130th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show delves more deeply into this topic, for which we are excited to have Dan Rabinowitz on the show to discuss this topic. Biography of Guest In […]
List of Kosher For Passover Tequilas 2023
{Please note that this list is for 2023 (for the 2024 list, see here)} The Greater Phoenix Va’ad HaKashruth has released its annual list of kosher for Passover tequilas, noting that these are silver/blanco-only tequilas, silver/blanco mezcals, and sotols, “even when KFP status is not indicated on the bottle”. This list is organized by manufacturer and comes to […]