Third Annual KiddushFest 2023 Upcoming
The third annual KiddushFest is taking place next month in New York City. As someone who attended last year, I greatly enjoyed my experience, with not only Bourbons and Scotches available, but also beers, an array of delicious fleishig food, and great people. KiddushFest, a kosher whiskey and spirit festival, will be taking place on […]
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 […]
Booze in the Holy Land 2022 Taking Place in November Announcement & Press Release
The first-ever Booze in the Holy Land trip is back on! The new dates for this first-of-its-kind trip to Israel are now November 8-15, 2022. A collaboration between Jewish Drinking and Jews and Booze, the trip was originally to take place in March 2022, as announced in November. However, after Omicron derailed that timing, we […]
KiddushFest 2022 Taking Place Next Week
Taking place for the first time since prior to the pandemic, KiddushFest is returning to action. This event will be taking place at Hudson Yards Synagogue on Thursday, June 30th, featuring 300 bottles of whiskey from 40 brands around the world. In addition to the featured whiskies, there will also be a cigar stand and […]
Cincinnati Wine-Tasting Event: October 28, 2021
In 20 days, a wine-tasting event will be taking place in Cincinnati, Ohio to explore wine in the Jewish tradition and wine-tasting. Taking place at the Mayerson JCC on October 28th at 7pm, “An Introduction to Wine in Jewish Life: A Pairing of Tasting and Tradition” will be exactly that: an introduction to wine-tasting, as […]
Kosher Food & Wine Experience Going Virtual for 2021
With sold-to-capacity online crowds, the annual Kosher Food & Wine Experience (KFWE) is among the hottest tickets in the kosher culinary world. These massive events which have taken place in pre-pandemic times in New York, California, Israel, Miami, and London have attracted thousands of restaurateurs, chefs, caterers, and foodies who wait all year to sample […]
Next “Drinks & Discussion” Session for August 27th
On the topic of Drinking During the Ten Days of Repentance, the next “Drinks & Discussion” will be taking place by Zoom. Just as the previous “Drinks & Discussion” session on the topic of Drinking During the Nine Days was turned into a podcast/video episode, so, too, will this session. This is an opportunity to […]
Upcoming WebYeshiva Series to Focus on Drunkenness
Beginning this upcoming Monday and continuing for the following four weeks, Rabbi Dovid Fink will be teaching an online course drunkenness in halakhah. The course is scheduled to take place June 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29 at 1pm EDT (10am PDT & 8pm IDT). Focussing on drunkenness, Rabbi Fink will be considering “certain halachic […]