Category Archives: Wine

Rare Cache of Silver Coins Dating to the Hasmonean Period Discovered in Modi‘in

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: June 8, 2016

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO-r4HGA1tc[/youtube] A hoard of silver coins dating to the Hasmonean period (126 BCE) was exposed in April in an archaeological excavation the Israel Antiquities Authority is currently conducting near Modi‘in, [Modi’in is located 22 miles southeast of Tel Aviv and 19 miles west of Jerusalem] with the participation of local youth. The excavation is being carried out […]

Also posted in Archeology, Israel, Judaism, Torah | Tagged Ancient Israel, Antiochus VII, Avraham Tendler, Bar Kokhba, Dr. Donald Tzvi Ariel, Hasmonean, Jewish Revolt Against Rome, Modiin, Ritual Baths, Wine | 1 Response

Book Review: For the Love of Wine

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: March 3, 2016

As most of my readers know, Seraphic Secret does not drink. Not wine, nor any type of liquor. That’s because alcohol, even the smallest amount, is a sure-fire trigger for a migraine. So, you ask, why is Seraphic Secret reviewing a book dedicated to wine? Well, it’s simple, the author of this elegant and fascinating volume, […]

Also posted in Book Reviews, Books, Free Market | Tagged Alice Feiring, Deborah, Dr. Andrew Jonathan Feiring, Free Enterprise, Georgian Wine, Jael, Natural Wine | 5 Responses

The Best Kosher Wines for Passover

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: March 18, 2013

Passover is almost here. We’re scrubbing Casa Avrech top to bottom, switching dishes and silverware, purchasing tons of kosher for Passover food, and shopping for new clothing. And many are wondering which wines to buy for the Passover seders in which we are commanded to drink four cups of wine. Seraphic Secret does not drink […]

Also posted in Passover | Tagged Alice Feiring, Chateau La Clare., Domaine Netofa, Domaine Ruhlmann, Drappier Champagne, Feiring Line, Four Gates, Harkham, Naked Wine, Natural Wine, Peraj Petita, Pierre Miodownick | 24 Responses

My Cousin Alice: Wine Critic and Hurricane Hero

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: November 1, 2012

Seraphic Secret has not, so far, written about Hurricane Sandy (what a terrible name for such a devastating storm) because, frankly, we had nothing original to say. We all know that nature is pitiless, government services fail, and neighbors help neighbors while politicians pose and preen. Seraphic Secret has one daughter in Teaneck and one […]

Also posted in Family | Tagged Alice Feiring, Feiring Line, Hurricane Sandy, Long Beach | 9 Responses

Passover Wine According to Alice ‘Naked Wine’ Feiring

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: March 29, 2012

Passover is almost here. We’re scrubbing our houses, changing dishes and silverware, purchasing tons of kosher for Passover food, shopping for new clothing, and many are wondering which wines to buy for the Passover seders in which we are commanded to drink four cups of wine. Medical Interpolation: Seraphic Secret does not drink wine, does […]

Also posted in Passover | Tagged Alice Feiring, Benyamin Cantz, Four Gates, Jean Harlow, Kosher Wine, Marilyn Monroe, Naked Wine, Passover wine, The Battle for Wine and Love, Wallace Ford, William Powell, wine critics | 15 Responses

Naked Wine

By Robert J. Avrech | Published: November 3, 2011

Of the finer things in life, wine is the subject of which I am least qualified to write. However, my cousin Alice Feiring has authored Naked Wine, a fascinating book. And because Alice and I practically grew up together in Brooklyn, and because Alice writes a beautiful prose, and because Alice defended my film A […]

Also posted in Books, Family | Tagged Alice Feiring, Benyamin Cantz, Book Review, Brooklyn, Four Gates Winery, Kosher Wine, Naked Wine, Natural Wine, Wine Critic | 33 Responses

How I Married Karen

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by Robert J. Avrech

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About Me
Robert J. Avrech
Los Angeles, California
I'm an Emmy Award winning screenwriter. I'm also an observant Jew, a religious Zionist, a conservative Republican, and a member of the NRA. I've been writing and producing in Hollywood for over twenty-five years. But the focus of my life is my family: my radiant wife, Karen—with whom I have been in love with since I was nine years-old—and my two daughters, who, thankfully, look like Karen. Not too long ago, we had three children. But our son, Ariel, died at the age of twenty-two from cancer. We miss him terribly. We think about him practically every minute of every day. People tell us that time heals, but Karen and I know this is not true. Time grinds away doing its terrible work. Ariel is gone. Yet absence becomes presence.

Ariel Chaim Avrech, ZT'L, May His Righteous Memory be a Blessing.
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Memorial Lectures
Young Israel of Century City
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Fifteenth: June 10, 2018
Jackie Danicki: “Confessions of a Convert: A Humbling, Joyful Journey to Judaism.”

Blog Post | Audio: (94 MB)

Fourteenth: June 11, 2017
Daniel Greenfield: “Fighting Anti-Semitism and Defending Israel in the Age of BDS.”

Blog Post | Audio: (100 MB)

Thirteenth: May 22, 2016Ben Shapiro: “How You Can Save Israel”

Blog Post | Audio: (70 MB)

Twelfth: June 7, 2015
Larry Elder: “The New Black Anti-Semitism”

Blog Post | Audio: (100 MB)

Eleventh: June 8, 2014
Michael Medved: “Shifting Alliances: Why Liberals No Longer Reliably Support Israel — And Conservatives Do.”

Blog Post | Audio: (97MB)

Tenth: June 9, 2013
David Horowitz: “The War Against Judaism on the University Campus.”

Blog Post | Audio: (16MB)

Ninth: June 3, 2012
Joel B. Pollak: “The Mainstream Media’s Betrayal of Israel.”

Blog Post | Audio: (15MB)

Eighth: June 5, 2011
Yossi Klein Halevi: “What is Expected of a Survivor People: Lessons My Father Taught Me.”

Blog Post | Audio: (18MB)

Seventh: June 13, 2010
Dennis Prager: “Happiness is a Mitzvah, Not an Emotion.”

Blog Post | Audio: (80MB)

Sixth: June 21, 2009
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky: “Conformity in Jewish Life: Vice, Virtue or Affectation?”

Blog Post | Audio: (64MB)

Fifth: June 15, 2008
Rabbi Dr. Gil S. Perl: “What Was the Rosh Yeshiva Reading: Intellectual Openness in 19th Century Lithuania.”

Blog Post | Audio: (70MB)
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