Last month, a scholar spoke in Long Beach about Jews and booze in Poland. As part of the Jewish Studies Program at California State University, Long Beach’s monthly speaker series, Dr. Glenn Dynner spoke on “Jews, Liquor & Life in...
Last night, I had the opportunity to check out San Pedro Brewing Company. Located in downtown San Pedro, San Pedro Brewing Company is currently the only brewery in San Pedro (although that will change once Brouwerij West opens up) and...
Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to visit a recently-opened brewery in Southern California. Having opened up a couple months ago and having officially opened up earlier this month, Phantom Carriage is located in Carson, CA. They had twelve...
Last week, I went to The Bruery in Placentia for my second time, having been there once previously a half-year ago. It was once again an enjoyable visit. I went with a small group of young adults on March 17th...
On Sunday, I had the pleasure of attending a wine-tasting. Since I seldom get to do wine-tastings (although I went to one in November), this was kind of a bit different for me, since I’m used to tasting whiskeys, beers,...
While there is a well-known tannaitic teaching that one says a blessing – בורא פרי הגפן (Creator of the fruits of the vine) – over wine (mBerakhot 6:1), one of the interesting blessings that is created during the period of...
Last week, towards the outset of the AIPAC Policy Conference, an interesting session took place, which garnered the attention of many attendees. So many, that several encore presentations were necessary in order to accommodate all of the interest in the session....
This past Sunday, I got to experience a rye whiskey-tasting for my first time.* While I have had a rye whiskey or a rye whiskey there, I was not particularly familiar with rye whiskey beyond having a sense that it...
Last night, I visited Bottle Logic Brewing for the first time last night. While I had enjoyed one of their beers in November, I really was not familiar with the brewery nor their beers. It seemed to be a very appropriate...
Before I went to Israel on my recent trip, several people, independent of each other, had recommended I visit Dancing Camel Brewery, as one of the premier breweries in Israel. Clearly, I had to visit. Located in an area that...
