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I'm writing a short story for university, but I'm unsure about something. Can Jewish people (the piece is set in Israel), drink at clubs or at any other social occasions?

I'm not Jewish, but I don't see why they couldn't. At least, all the Jewish people I've known don't seem to have had anything against drinking in clubs or whatever.

I'm writing a short story for university, but I'm unsure about something. Can Jewish people (the piece is set in Israel), drink at clubs or at any other social occasions?

Yes. Of course some sects of Judaism refrain from going to clubs. You won't find Hasidim at a "Rave", they have their own raves.

Of course we can, we do have lives afterall. Although you wont see an extreme orthodox or hasid in one. Just like orthodox christians.

Fox

You won't find Hasidim at a "Rave", they have their own raves.
Oh yes for a rave they discuss the Talmud or if they feel really outrageous go to a shuffle board court.

Of course we can, we do have lives afterall. Although you wont see an extreme orthodox or hasid in one. Just like orthodox christians.

Orthodox Christians drink in pubs and clubs and whatever (most of them are Eastern European, after all). Orthodoxy in Christianity is not at all like it is in Judaism.

Of course we can, we do have lives afterall. Although you wont see an extreme orthodox or hasid in one. Just like orthodox christians. lol, I'm not suggesting Jewish people don't have lives. I just wanted to be sure. After all, most sects of Islam don't tolerate public drinking.

Judaism is quite lenient on drinking, several holidays and services actually require you to drink. In fact (My friends always get a kick out of this) on Purim you are commanded to drink until "You can't tell the difference between Cursed be Haman and Blessed be Mordechai" (The villains and hero, respectively, of the holiday). The general message of Judaism does frown on being smashed 24/7 and being a full-blown alcoholic, but you can drink for fun.

Yes. Of course some sects of Judaism refrain from going to clubs. You won't find Hasidim at a "Rave", they have their own raves.

Yes you will. Hassids aren't Amish. :p

Look at me, after all. My family is Breslov.

Yes. Of course some sects of Judaism refrain from going to clubs. You won't find Hasidim at a "Rave", they have their own raves.

That's generally called a "wedding".

I'd say Reform and Conservative Jews are more likely to than Orthodox Jews. Like the others have said, the religion is lenient on drinking, but, from the Jews I know, it seems that the Conservative and Reform would do that, whereas the Orthodox wouldn't.

Yes, there are many bars in Israel, and the synagogue I go to (Conservative) not only has wine for the Kiddush (part after the service where wine is drank), but Seagrams, Jim Beam, etc. As a matter of fact, a lot of Orthodox Jews may not go to bars per se, but it has become quite popular to have "Kiddush clubs" where the Orthodox (not all of course, but some) go after Torah services and drink, shmooze, and eat and everything. Drinking among other people is not anything unheard of with Jews, and clubs have quite a bit of popularity in Israel, as well.

Aleks

I'm writing a short story for university, but I'm unsure about something. Can Jewish people (the piece is set in Israel), drink at clubs or at any other social occasions?
They most certainly can. Although I suppose the more strictly observant ones might first check whether the drink is kosher (easily done by checking the label of the bottle. If it's kosher, it will have a special sign). Then again, alcoholic drinks are normally kosher unless "contaminated" with something non-kosher. If you wash a pig with vodka, you can't drink it after that ;)