![Reform Responses to Prohibition, featuring Rabbi Zachary Goodman [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #132]](https://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 […]
![Four Cups and the Holocaust, featuring Professor Samuel Levine [Episode #131 of The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://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 […]
![The Innovation of Ḥametz-Selling and Its Aftermath, featuring Dan Rabinowitz [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #130]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/The-Innovation-of-Ḥametz-Selling-and-Its-Aftermath-Dan-Rabinowitz-of-Seforim-Blog-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-600x338.png)
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 […]
![Four Cups at the Seder and Consciousness, featuring Rabbi Zac Kamenetz [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #129]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Four-Cups-at-the-Seder-and-Consciousness-Rabbi-Zac-Kamenetz-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-600x338.png)
Four Cups at the Seder and Consciousness, featuring Rabbi Zac Kamenetz [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #129]
Introduction With Passover only a couple of weeks away, including the four cups minimum of wine at the Passover Seder, how has the transformative experience of alcohol-consumption been considered in the Jewish tradition? To share a teaching of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810), as written by Rabbi Nathan Sternhartz (1780-1844), on this topic is Rabbi […]
![18th &19th Century Rabbis on Purim-Drinking (Later Aharonim), featuring Rabbi David Fried [Episode 127 of The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/18th-19th-Century-Rabbis-on-Purim-Drinking-Later-Aharonim-featuring-Rabbi-David-Fried-Episode-127-of-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-600x338.png)
18th &19th Century Rabbis on Purim-Drinking (Later Aharonim), featuring Rabbi David Fried [Episode 127 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
Intro Having discussed medieval rabbis’ normative writings previously on The Jewish Drinking Show, as well as 16th-17th century rabbis’ normative rabbis on Purim-drinking on The Jewish Drinking Show, I’m excited to welcome back Rabbi David Fried to discuss significant rabbinic normative writings in the 18th-19th centuries on this matter. (Here is the source sheet we used […]
![Massekhet Purim: An 18th Century Talmudic Parody, featuring Professor Richard Sarason [The Jewish Drinking Show, Episode #126]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/18th-century-Purim-parody-Richard-Sarason-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-episode-126-600x338.png)
Massekhet Purim: An 18th Century Talmudic Parody, featuring Professor Richard Sarason [The Jewish Drinking Show, Episode #126]
Introduction As Purim is a time for not only merry-making and drinking, but also for some silliness, there have also been Hebrew parodies written for Purim, including, as we have discussed before, 14th century Hebrew parodies. Moving closer to our time, the very amusing Massekhet Purim, a Talmudic parody for Purim in the 18th century, […]
![Kiddush Club Experiences, featuring Udi Zinar [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #125]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Kiddush-Club-Experiences-Udi-Zinar-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-episode-125-600x338.png)
Kiddush Club Experiences, featuring Udi Zinar [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #125]
Introduction Having provided an introductory overview of kiddush clubs (episode #45), as well as a fascinating framework in which to consider kiddush clubs (episode #124), the 125th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Udi Zinar discussing a range of kiddush club experiences. Brief Biography of Guest Ehud “Udi” Zinar is a Relationship & personal […]
![Kiddush Clubs as Mens’ Clubs, featuring Dr. Michal Shaul [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #124]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Kiddush-Clubs-as-Mens-Clubs-Michal-Shaul-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-600x338.png)
Kiddush Clubs as Mens’ Clubs, featuring Dr. Michal Shaul [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #124]
Intro Having previously discussed kiddush clubs on the 45th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, there is a lot more to explore, especially considering that only a half-year ago, the first ever academic paper to be published on the topic came out. “Kiddush Club: Fraternity, Authority, Class and Gender Challenges in the Modern Orthodox Synagogue,” was […]
![Lives of Tavernkeeping Jews in 18th & 19th Century Poland, featuring Prof. Glenn Dynner [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 123]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Lives-of-Tavernkeeping-Jews-in-18th-19th-Century-Poland-featuring-Professor-Glenn-Dynner-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-episode-1223-600x338.png)
Lives of Tavernkeeping Jews in 18th & 19th Century Poland, featuring Prof. Glenn Dynner [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 123]
Intro Having previously featured Professor Glenn Dynner speaking on Jewish Tavernkeepers in 18th & 19th Century Poland on the 12th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, he returns to the show again to speak more in-depth about their lives. Biography of Guest Professor Dynner currently serves as Director of the Bennett Center for Jewish Studies […]
![A Jewish Tavern: Lehrhaus, featuring Rabbi Charlie Schwartz [Episode 122 of The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Lehrhaus-featuring-Rabbi-Charlie-Schwartz-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-episode-122--600x338.png)
A Jewish Tavern: Lehrhaus, featuring Rabbi Charlie Schwartz [Episode 122 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
Having announced a first-of-its-kind Jewish tavern in America in August, Joshua Foer and Rabbi Charlie Schwartz then appeared on the Identity/Crisis podcast nearly two months ago to share further about their tavern. As their tavern, Lehrhaus, is set to open a week from today, I’m excited to share that Rabbi Schwartz is the featured guest […]