Having read about the findings from the Cincinnati 2030 forum, I was struck by how relevant my Jewish Drinking initiative is for these findings. For those less familiar with my Jewish Drinking initiative, I began it a couple of years ago with resources on drinking in Jewish history, tradition, andContinue Reading
I am excited to share that I will be leading a tasting-and-teaching event in just three weeks from today. Taking place at the Mayerson JCC on October 28th, “An Introduction to Wine in Jewish Life: A Pairing of Tasting and Tradition” will be exactly that: an introduction to wine-tasting, asContinue Reading
I am excited to share that the 76th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show published today, in which I got to chat with Rabbi Noah Ferro, who is the head rabbi at Northern Hills Synagogue-Congregation B’nai Avraham in Cincinnati. For this episode, we discussed the Talmudic drinking story known asContinue Reading
In the newest episode of the JewishDrinking.com Show, Rabbi Andie Cosnowsky, senior rabbi of Congregation Etz Chaim in Lombard, Illinois, joined me to alcoholism and alcohol abuse in the Jewish community. Here is the episode, in both video and podcast versions: Video: Podcast:Continue Reading
One of the lengthier discussions on wine and drinking in rabbinic literature occurs in the Babylonian Talmud on Eruvin 64-65, which happens to also be the pages of the current Daf Yomi cycle for today and tomorrow. So, for my 47th episode of the JewishDrinking.com podcast and video show, IContinue Reading
On the newest release amongst Jewish Drinking.com’s podcast/video episodes, Alieza Salzberg Yizhar joins me on the show to discuss a particular incident in the Talmud where Yalta destroys 400 jugs of wine (see below for text from the Babylonian Talmud on this incident). She teaches Talmud at the Conservative YeshivaContinue Reading
The 40th episode of the Jewish Drinking podcast/video series was published today on the topic of Drinking During The Nine Days. A new aspect of this episode that I had not yet done in any of the previous episodes was to host a live discussion on texts, inviting folks toContinue Reading
Very excited to announce the newest podcast & video episode for Jewish Drinking: The Libation Episode featuring Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier! In this episode, we discuss libations in both Biblical and Rabbinic literature. Enjoy!Continue Reading
My newest podcast and video episode for JewishDrinking.com is now up! Featuring Maharat Ruth Balinsky-Friedman, “Miriam’s Well” is the topic of the episode, which is a bit amusing, since it has nothing to do with drinking of alcohol, yet it is still drinking. The podcast episode is available on AppleContinue Reading
My 35th podcast episode for JewishDrinking.com is now published! Featuring Rabbi Avi Finegold, we discuss wine at Jewish lifecycle events – enjoy!Continue Reading