August 2026’s Texts-and-Tasting Event Explores Breaking the Glass Under the Ḥuppah at Jewish Weddings
This past Thursday, Rabbi Drew led Jewish Drinking’s monthly Texts-and-Tasting event in Cincinnati. This month’s Texts-and-Tasting event provided an exploration of the practice of Breaking the Glass Under the Ḥuppah at Jewish weddings, as we enjoyed reposado tequilas that were leftover from the Kosher Spirits Awards earlier in the summer. People enjoyed it greatly, as […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]