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Wodka vodka ads, called anti-Semitic, removed

Jewish Journal November 23, 2011

An offensive billboard that the Anti-Defamation League said reinforces anti-Semitic stereotypes was removed.

ADL raps Wodka vodka ads for stereotyping

Jewish Journal November 22, 2011

The Anti-Defamation League criticized the New York ad campaign of Wodka vodka for reinforcing anti-Semitic stereotypes.

Jewish Vodka Rocks in Russia

Lev Krichevsky January 9, 2003

As Russia celebratesthe 500th year of its unofficial national beverage, Yevreskaya Vodka — or Jewish Vodka — is succeeding with Russians by emphasizing Jewish religion and culture. Yevreskaya sells in Moscow at about $2 for a pint — a medium-priced vodka by local standards. The Urozhai distillery, located in a village five miles outside of Moscow, first put Yevreskaya on the market six years ago.

Ask the Rabbi

Michael Aushenker November 1, 2001

It\’s late on Sunday evening at KFI 640 AM\’s &\’9;Koreatown station, and within the confines of an overly bright fluorescent-lit radio booth, a tall man with Phil Donahue-white hair and a scraggly reddish beard worthy of the Norse god Thor sits alone at the mike.\n\nDressed in dependable Chabad wear — white dress shirt, black slacks, yarmulke and tzizit hanging out — Rabbi Chaim Mentz is an unexpected voice, booming out of the radio in a heavy Brooklyn accent.\n\n\”You got questions, I got answers!\” Mentz enthuses in a gravelly voice.\n\n