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:
Exploring Jewish drinking wisdom
In this clip from the newest episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Dr. Jordan Finkin shares about Yiddish terms for whiskey and other spirits:
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, […]
Years ago, a predecessor of mine composed an essay, “Why I Drink Beer On Shavuot” in the Jewish Journal (subsequently re-posted on HuffPost), in which he writes: While conducting some research on Shavuot a few years back, I came across an important footnote in the Netei Gavriel, a encyclopedic series of books on Jewish laws and […]
The new issue of the Oneg Shabbas parashah sheet, the unofficial parashah sheet for kiddush clubs, is now available. This issue has a d’var Torah on the parashah and a look at the newest episode of The Jewish Drinking Show.
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 […]
In this clip from the newest episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Zachary Goodman shares about early Reform rabbinic responses to Prohibition:
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 […]
The new issue of the Oneg Shabbas parashah sheet, the unofficial parashah sheet for kiddush clubs, is now available. This issue has a d’var Torah on the parashah and a look at the newest episode of The Jewish Drinking Show.
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:
The new issue of the Oneg Shabbas parashah sheet, the unofficial parashah sheet for kiddush clubs, is now available. This issue has a d’var Torah on the parashah and a look at the newest episode of The Jewish Drinking Show.