This week on the Jewish Drinking Show Rabbi Drew and guest Dr. Jordan Finkin discuss Yiddish drinking terms. Yiddish was used by many Jews in Europe for centuries; it is quite a 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!”), this episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features the author of that column, Dr. Jordan Finkin, to share Yiddish drinking terms.
This week on the Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Drew and guest Phil Lieberman discuss terms for beverages in the literature of the Geonic rabbis. Phil Lieberman is a social, economic, and legal historian of the Jews of the medieval Islamic world. He holds a BA (with distinction in economics) from the University…
This week on the Jewish Drinkin Show: Man Seders. Man Seders have previously received coverage in such publications as The Forward (“Is the ‘Man Seder’ Wrong?”) and The Wall Street Journal (“‘Man Seders’ Flow With Steak and Scotch”), which feature meat and whiskey. In this episode, Rabbi Drew welcomes Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Sinensky to…
Rabbi Drew hosts a "Drinks and Discussion" episode this week on the Jewish Drinking show and guides us through a text-based discussion on drinking during mourning. While not typically considered, drinking is something that one may do during mourning in Judaism. There is a prohibition against drinking between the death…
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