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FAITHHACKER

Jews and their Whiskey

Tamar Fox
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This is just to make the official announcement that I am the girl who shows up at big Jewish conventions with a bottle of whiskey and unpopular politics. I share both freely, and usually end up with some guy's phone number written on my arm in blue, courtesy of the free highlighters distributed by CBL. This week at the GA I hung out with Mobius and he kept calling me a frummy and a Litvak. I also hung out with a random group of college students (Ari, from OSU--I washed your number off by accident. Sorry!) and brought food to the hungry. Whiskey for Breakfast: with bagels, obviously.Whiskey for Breakfast: with bagels, obviously.

My next venture will be at Limmud again in January, with my bottle in tow (I'm thinking bourbon as opposed to the more traditional Scotch, but now is the time to make your requests) and I'm psyched for learning, drinking, and general rousing of rabble. In the next few weeks Faithhacker will be featuring some of the exciting speakers who will be at Limmud (Akiva the Believer! Aaron Freeman! Rachel Elior! Ruth Messinger!) and reminding you to register. Plus, at Limmud I'll be hosting a special little gathering of Jewcers who can get together to talk trash about various political candidates, call each other names, roll eyes, and compete as to whose glasses are most indie. You bring the angst and I'll bring the fire and brimstone.

Register now, people!



Tamar Fox

Tamar Fox has an MFA from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, but she still doesn't like sweet tea. Born and raised in Chicago, she's also lived in Iowa City, Dublin, Oxford, and Jerusalem. When she's not rocking out at honky tonks she teaches


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Jonathan


And I thought this was going to be another post criticizing the drinking of too much scotch in shul. Why do you think us old guys show up every monring anyway?

Lest there be any doubt, most scotches are kosher. Check out: http://www.jeremyrosen.com/halacha/scotch.html "there is no halachic basis at all for forbidding Scotch whisky.This position is supported by the London Beth Din under Dayan Chanoch Eherentrau which allows whisky at its supervised functions."

And, for American, have no fear:

"Over 50 years ago, the great Rav Moshe Feinstein z''l was asked by Rav Pinchas Teitz z''l, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, whether or not it was permitted to drink this Kentucky whiskey. In a series of replies printed in his collected responsa, Iggros Moshe (Yoreh Deah 62.63.64), Rav Feinstein permitted it on a range of grounds."