The Use of Raisin Wine Amongst American Jews in the 19th Century
In this clip from the 100th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Professor Jonathan Sarna shares about the use of raisin wine amongst American Jews in the 19th century: In addition to being available on YouTube, this video clip is also on Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Instagram.
How the Use of Raisin Wine Amongst American Jews in the 19th Century Became a Part of American Political Discourse
In this clip from the 100th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Professor Jonathan Sarna shares In addition to being available on YouTube, this video clip is also on Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Instagram.
Jewish Link Wine Guide 2022
The Jewish Link has released its second annual edition of its wine guide. The Jewish Link Wine Guide, building off its inaugural edition last year, has expanded for this year’s edition. Co-published by Moshe Kinderlehrer and Mendy Schwartz, with editing by Elizabeth Kratz, this year’s Wine Guide features a bunch of articles, which are very […]
Two Recent Essays on Biblical Wine Terms
In a two-part series of essays, Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein, the featured guest of episode #75 of The Jewish Drinking Show, shares both about words for wine as well as for various understandings of them. These two essays, “Purim: Words For Wine”, were published in The Jewish Press. Part one of this series goes through […]
Modern Israeli Wine History, Part 2: 1970s-Present, featuring Adam Montefiore – The Jewish Drinking Show episode #93
Following-up from the previous episode of The Jewish Drinking Show on an early history of modern Israel’s wine history, Adam Montefiore shares about Israel’s wine history from the 1970s to the present for the 93rd episode of the show. Adam Montefiore is a wine industry insider turned wine writer, who has contributed to the advance […]
Modern Israeli Wine History, Part 1: Early History, featuring Adam Montefiore – The Jewish Drinking Show episode #92
What has been modern Israel’s history of wine? For the 92nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Adam Montefiore is the featured guest to discuss the early history of this topic. There is so much to discuss on this topic that the next episode (#93) will be recent history (stay tuned!). Adam Montefiore is a wine […]
Wine for 12th Century Jewish Traders in the Indian Ocean, featuring Professor Elizabeth Lambourn
For business, people sometimes have to travel. For some, that may mean travelling for long periods of time, as some Jewish traders in the twelfth century experienced. Ultimately, though, what did they drink? To explore these questions, the 89th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Professor Elizabeth Lambourn discussing what alcohol did Jewish traders […]
New Kosher Beverage Resources
Four new resources have been launched to help kosher-concerned consumers consider kosher drinks. Specifically, these pages are on beer wine whiskey whiskey aged in containers that previously held gentile wine (e.g. Scotch in Sherry casks) While these resources are still quite new, I welcome any feedback, suggestions, questions, or more at Drew [at] JewishDrinking.com.
Video Clips from the Professor Marc Shapiro Episode
Interested in checking out a couple of clips from the 84th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, featuring Professor Marc Shapiro? You’re in luck! Here are clips on the censorship of Rabbi Moshe Isserles’ gentile wine responsum and on Italian rabbis permitting the consumption of gentile wine:
Rabbi Moshe Isserles’ Censored Responsum on Gentile Wine, featuring Professor Marc Shapiro
Perhaps one of the most famous instances of Jewish censorship involves wine🍷 Joining The Jewish Drinking Show to discuss this wine-related instance of Jewish censorship is Professor Marc Shapiro. A graduate of Brandeis (BA) and Harvard (PhD), Professor Shapiro holds the Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at Scranton University and is the author of numerous […]