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An Improbable Life by the Jewish Book Festival
Posted by Brenda Corea on 02/04/2025 @ 05:44 PM
A free event on Tuesday, February 11th, at 4:15 PM. This event is being hosted by the Jewish Book Festival and Co-sponsored by The City of Coral Gables and The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies. Dr. Karine Rashkovsky recalls her Father's Escape from Soviet Russia as she talks about her book "An Improbable Life". This event will take place on the campus of the University of Miami. The address for this event is 5202 University Dr. Merrick Building, Room 119 in Coral Gables.
SABBATH QUEEN: Groundbreaking film recounts the journey of Amichai Lau-Lavie from radical drag queen to influential Rabbi of a God-optional, artist-driven New York synagogue
Posted by Sharon Kersten on 02/03/2025 @ 12:08 PM
In Select South Florida Theaters February 4-10 | Featuring Director Q & A
Sandi DuBowski’s epic documentary SABBATH QUEEN—shot over the span of 21 years—follows Amichai Lau-Lavie, an Israeli descended from an unbroken line of 38 rabbis stretching back a thousand years. Yet as SABBATH QUEEN opens, Lau-Lavie has newly arrived in New York in the late 1990s, a young gay man declaring “Artists are the new rabbis” and appearing around the city in drag as Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross, the widow of six Hasidic rabbis, all from the same extended family. He is torn between rejecting and embracing his destiny and becomes a drag-queen rebel, a queer bio-dad and the founder of Lab/Shul—an everybody-friendly, God-optional, artist-driven, pop-up experimental congregation.
As the years pass, Lau-Lavie embraces a range of creative spiritual endeavors, including Storah-telling and Lab/Shul—until he shocks everyone with his decision to become a rabbi himself, studying in the Conservative tradition of Judaism. SABBATH QUEEN is witness to Lau-Lavie’s unfailing courage and grace, as he grapples with key questions of who we are and who we will be. Stimulating and moving, DuBowski’s film ends with Lau-Lavie’s words on Israel and Palestine post-October 7 as he evokes the challenge of our lifetime: “How do we reimagine our sacred traditions to achieve peace?”
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SABBATH QUEEN TRAILER
In an interview, DuBowski said he has shown the film in several places throughout the world, and that it has been invited to more than 55 film festivals, including its world premiere at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival. He said the reactions to the film have been extraordinary.
"People are really connecting deeply to the film," said DuBowski. "It's holding all the questions of what it means right now to deal with gender, with queerness, with Jewish survival, with justice, and art and living in this very complicated world that we live in. It came to be a film that speaks very deeply to a post-Oct. 7 world, to a post-election world. Amichai has such an incredible vision on how to deal with all these big paradigm shifts in our world."
Schedule to Date
February 9 | 1:15pm only, Coral Gables Art Cinema, 260 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables - Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski follows screening
February 4-6, Savor Cinema, 503 SE 6th Street, Fort Lauderdale: **Tuesday, February 4 | 7:30 PM, Wednesday, February | 5:30 PM, Thursday, February 6 | 7:30 PM - Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski follows screening
February 7-10, Cinema Paradiso, 2008 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood: Friday, February 7 | 7 PM - Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski follows screening, Saturday, February 8 | 4:30 PM, Sunday, February 9 | 2:30 PM. & 7 PM, Monday, February 10 | 4:30 PM,
About Director/ Producer Sandi DuBowski
Sandi DuBowski is the Director/Producer of SABBATH QUEEN, Director/Producer of TREMBLING BEFORE G-D, Producer of A JIHAD FOR LOVE, and Co-Producer of BUDRUS. His award-winning work has screened at Sundance, Berlin, Tribeca and Toronto, theatrically released in 150 cities, and broadcast on ZDF/Arte, BBC, Channel 4, PBS. In 2020, he was invited to become a member of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. DuBowski spearheaded a groundbreaking impact campaign with the award-winning TREMBLING BEFORE G-D, personally conducting 850 live events, for over 250,000 people, which changed the lives of countless individuals, their families, religious leaders, and communities around the world.
Feature stories on the project appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NPR, *The Globe and Mail, and BBC News. From 2009-2016, DuBowski worked with over 125 of the world’s best social justice documentaries as the Outreach Director of Doc Society’s Good Pitch. He is Co-Founder of The Creative Resistance, a collective of media makers who create award-winning political ads and design. In the mid-1990’s he began his media and activism work at Planned Parenthood Federation of America focused on the Christian right and the anti-abortion movement. Three generations of DuBowski’s family made chocolate syrup in Deep Coastal Brooklyn.
JFNA Statements on the Hostage Releases This Week
Posted by Lauren Gold on 02/01/2025 @ 02:23 PM
A Statement on the Hostage Release From the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) | February 1
With a sense of deep relief, Jewish Federations welcome home Keith Siegel, Ofer Calderon and Yarden Bibas after a horrifying 484 days in Hamas captivity.
Keith Siegel is a native of North Carolina who moved to Israel 40 years ago, and is the first American citizen to be released as part of the current ceasefire agreement. He and wife Aviva were kidnapped from Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023. Aviva was freed during a previous deal in November 2023. Ofer Calderon is a French-Israeli citizen who was taken hostage from Kibbutz Nir Oz, along with his children, Erez and Sahar. The two children were released under the terms of the previous ceasefire arrangement. Yarden Bibas, his wife Shiri, and their children, Ariel and Kfir, were abducted from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz. At the time, Kfir was just 9 months old and Ariel was 4 years old. Yarden was wounded during his kidnapping and was seen being abducted to Gaza separately from his family. A video of Shiri clinging to her children as they were kidnapped has become an enduring image of the Hamas attacks on Israel. It is unknown whether Shiri, Kfir, and Ariel are still alive, and our community prays for their safe return home.
With every individual released from Gaza and reunited with their loved ones, we are overwhelmed with emotion and hope. Yet our community cannot fully begin to heal from the horrors of October 7 until every last one of the remaining 79 hostages is released. We pray that in the coming weeks, they all will be.
A Statement on the Hostage Release From the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) | January 30
JFNA is overjoyed to welcome home Arbel Yehud, Gadi Mozes and Agam Berger, as well as five Thai nationals, after a horrific 482 days held in Hamas captivity. Arbel Yehud’s family has lived in Kibbutz Nir Oz for three generations. She lost her brother Dolev Yehoud on October 7, and her partner Ariel Cunio and his brother David Cunio remain in Hamas captivity. Eighty-year-old Gadi Mozes is an agronomist from Kibbutz Nir Oz. His partner Efrat was murdered the day he was taken hostage. Agam Berger was taken from Nahal Oz, where she was an observer, and was taken alongside observers Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa and Naama Levy, who were released in previous rounds. The five Thai nationals were in Israel working in agriculture: Thenna Pongsak, Sathian Suwannakham, Sriaoun Watchara, Seathao Bannawat and Rumnao Surasak. Few details have been released about them individually.
With every soul released from captivity in Gaza and reunited with their families, we are filled with emotion and hope. Yet our community cannot fully begin to heal until every last one of the remaining 82 hostages is released. We pray that in the coming weeks, they all will be.
JBS HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF 2/2 – 2/8
Posted by Vlada Barash on 01/31/2025 @ 06:06 PM
Remembering Rabbi Mark S. Golub z”l on his Yahrtzeit
Watch JBS on Comcast X-1 Box 1684, DirecTV 388, Hotwire 269 and streamed on Roku under “educational”, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, ZipWaveTV 29, and www.jbstv.org
For a complete and timely schedule and other television providers, go to www.jbstv.org
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Remembering JBS Founder Mark S. Golub z”l: Commemorative Marathons of Mark's Original Programs
SUNDAY
American Zionist Jew Today
*1:00pm & 7:00pm
MONDAY
Jewish 101
9:00 am - Introduction 9:45am - What is a Jew 10:30am - Our Obsession 11:00am -Defining a Jew 11:30am - The Shabbat
Witness
1:00pm - Judith Altman part 1 2:00pm - Judith Altman part 2
L’Chayim
9:00pm - Joseph Telushkin
TUESDAY
From the Aleph Bet
1:00pm - Blessings part 1 1:30pm - Blessings part 2 2:15pm - The Motzee
L’Chayim
9:00pm - Daniel Gordis
WEDNESDAY
Jewish 101
1:00pm - Creation part 1 1:30pm - Creation part 2 2:15pm - First Human Being
THURSDAY
L’Chayim
12:00am - Cast of Shtisel
Jewish 101
9:00am - First Relation 9:45am - Eating From The Tree 10:15am - Original Sin 10:45am - Human Nature 11:30am - Jewish Journey
Why There Is No Peace
in the Middle East 1:00pm
L’Chayim
2:00pm - Abba Eban z"l
3:00pm - Yossi Klein Halevi
10:00pm – Matisyahu
FRIDAY
L’Chayim
1:00am - Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz z"l 3:00am - Yechiel Eckstein z"l 4:00am - Ruth Messinger 6:30am - Sheldon Harnick 7:30am - Marvin Hamlisch z"l 1:00pm - Yitz Greenberg 2:00pm - Jonathan Sacks z"l 3:00pm - Rabbi David Hartman z"l
From the Aleph Bet
8:30am - The Name of God 9:00am - Two New Hebrew Words
SATURDAY
L’Chayim
3:30am - David Broza
Sunday February 2
Tribute to Mark S. Golub z”l
A special tribute to Rabbi Mark S. Golub z”l with host David Harris and reflections from Jeffrey S. Gurock, Nancy Spielberg, Rabbis Yoffie, Potasnik, and Hammerman, other JBS favorites and hosts, and an arrangement of Mark’s original song Todah L’Chah, performed by his daughters and Cantor Dan Mutlu at Central Synagogue. Sunday - 8:30pm Wednesday - 4:00pm Thursday - 6:30pm & 11:00pm Friday - 9:30am & 3:30pm
Monday February 3
FIDF Briefing
FIDF CEO Steve Weil is joined by Daniel Flesch, Senior Policy Analyst for Middle East and North Africa at the Allison Center for National Security. Monday - 7:00pm Tuesday - 4:00 am & 10:00am
In the Spotlight with Abigail Pogrebin: Marc Katz
Abby Pogrebin sits with Rabbi Marc Katz to discuss Yochanan's Gamble, his book that explores how the pragmatic choices of ancient rabbis offer a framework for navigating modern moral dilemmas with nuance and compromise. Monday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Tuesday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am Wednesday - 5:30am Saturday - 7:30pm
Tuesday February 4
Fighting Antisemitism - The ISGAP Hour
The ISGAP Director Charles Asher Small leads a symposium on the influence of foreign funding and ideological forces on academic culture in the UK, exploring whether these factors contribute to the persistence of antisemitic attitudes in higher education. Tuesday - 7:00pm Wednesday - 4:30am & 10:00am Thursday - 4:00pm Saturday - 11:30pm
Jewish Insights with Justin Pines: Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield
Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield, CEO of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, joins Justin to share her approach to creating culture and fostering purpose as an individual and as a leader of a family and large organization. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Wednesday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am Thursday - 5:00am Saturday - 8:30am & 4:00pm
Wednesday February 5
Defending Israel with David Harris: Antisemitism at Columbia University
David Harris speaks with Alon Levin, a PhD engineering student at Columbia University, about the rise of antisemitism on campus, recent incidents, and how anti-Israel sentiment shapes the broader campus climate. Wednesday - 7:00pm & 11:00pm Thursday - 2:30am & 7:00am Saturday - 8:00pm
Yeshiva University Basketball
Catch the YU Macs in action as the outstanding student-athletes of Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team take the court twice this week at the Max Stern Athletic Center in New York City:
Versus Maritime College
Wednesday - 8:00pm
Versus Purchase College
Saturday - 8:30pm
Thursday February 6
Being Jewish with Jonah Platt: Baby Ariel Martin
Jonah sits down with Ariel Martin (aka Baby Ariel), a social media star and actress who broadened her focus over the past year to advocate for Israel. Thursday - 5:00pm Saturday - 5:00am & 10:30pm
NEWS & ANALYSIS
Thinking Out Loud with Micah Halpern
Micah continues exploring the ethics of releasing convicted terrorists from Israeli prisons, drawing parallels to the 1286 kidnapping and ransom of Rabbi Meir of Rothenberg. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 4:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 5:30pm
ILTV News and Daily News Updates
ILTV reports from Israel followed by JBS Daily News with Teisha Bader Mondays - Thursdays at 6:00pm, Fridays & Sundays at 5:00pm
Good Week Israel
Positive stories from Israel of heroism, unity and support Mondays at 6:30pm
Insider
ILTV reports and interviews Tuesdays at 6:30pm
JEWISH STUDIES
Dimensions of the Daf:Talmud Study with Rabbi Mordechai Becher
Not Taken Literally
Rabbi Becher explores how the Jewish tradition insists that not every passage in the Torah and Talmud is to be taken literally. Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm
Don't Add or Subtract
Rabbi Mordechai Becher explains the importance of following and accepting rabbinic authority in matters of Jewish Law. Sunday - 9:30am Monday - 4:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:30pm
FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICES
REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE
Closed Captioned - 6:00pm, 11:30pm & 2:00am
ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE
With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles - 7:30pm & 10:30pm
SATURDAY MORNING SHABBAT SERVICES
REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE
Closed Captioned - 9:30am & 1:00pm
ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE
With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles - 11:00am & 2:30pm
Vlada Barash Special Projects Manager 201-334-2510 JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3 fulltime television channel Website: jbstv.org
Federation Statement Welcoming Home the Hostages Released January 25
Posted by Lauren Gold on 01/25/2025 @ 09:15 PM
Our hearts are full today as we welcome home Liri Albag, Naama Levy, Karina Ariev and Daniella Gilboa after an unimaginable 477 days held in Hamas captivity. The four soldiers were taken hostage from a base near Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where they were serving as lookouts, and provided some of the earliest warnings of the October 7 attacks as they began.
This second release of hostages gives us hope that in the coming weeks, we will see continued hostage releases until every last one of the remaining 90 hostages are returned home to their families.
JBS HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF 1/26 – 2/1
Posted by Vlada Barash on 01/24/2025 @ 06:08 PM
International Holocaust Remembrance Day; Freed Hostage Aviva Siegel; Jewish Music Leaders; Confronting Mortality
Watch JBS on Comcast X-1 Box 1684, DirecTV 388, Hotwire 269 and streamed on Roku under “educational”, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, ZipWaveTV 29, and www.jbstv.org
For a complete and timely schedule and other television providers, go to www.jbstv.org
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Sunday January 26
Counterfeit Countess
Justin Pines offers remarks and Holocaust experts Elizabeth White and Joanna Sliwa present their book, The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust, blending Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg’s memoir with historical narrative, at the Murray Pantirer Memorial Scholar Lecture in memory of Justin’s grandfather. Sunday - 7:00pm & 11:00pm; Monday - 10:30am & 4:00pm; Tuesday - 4:00am & 1:30pm; Thursday - 10:00am; Saturday - 8:00pm
Monday January 27
FIDF Briefing: Aviva Siegel
FIDF CEO Steve Weil speaks with Aviva Siegel, a freed Israeli hostage still waiting for the release of her husband, Keith Siegel, who is still being held by Hamas in Gaza Monday - 7:00pm; Wednesday - 5:00pm & 8:00pm; Thursday - 2:00am & 1:00pm
In the Spotlight with Abigail Pogrebin: Musicians Jeff & Dan
Abby is joined by Jeff Klepper and Dan Freelander, renowned Jewish music leaders whose jazz inflected folk-rock style has defined a new Jewish spiritual sound, influencing generations of Jewish musicians. Monday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm; Tuesday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am; Thursday - 2:00pm & 7:00pm; Friday - 4:00am & 9:30pm; Saturday - 7:00pm
Tuesday January 28
Fighting Antisemitism - The ISGAP Hour
Music Leaders Abby is joined by Jeff Klepper and Dan Freelander, renowned Jewish music leaders whose jazz inflected folk-rock style has defined a new Jewish spiritual sound, influencing generations of Jewish musicians. Monday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm; Tuesday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am; Thursday - 2:00pm & 7:00pm; Friday - 4:00am & 9:30pm; Saturday - 7:00pm
Jewish Insights with Justin Pines: Shlomo Brody on Confronting Mortality Jewishly
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody, executive director of Ematai, an organization helping Jews navigate aging and end-of-life dilemmas with Jewish wisdom, joins Justin to discuss these issues and physician-assisted suicide through a Jewish lens. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm; Wednesday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am; Thursday - 5:00am; Friday - 9:00am & 8:30pm; Saturday - 8:30am & 4:00pm
Wednesday January 29
Defending Israel with David Harris: Steven Bayme
David reunites with former colleague Steve Bayme, who served as AJC’s Director of Contemporary Jewish Life during Harris's tenure as CEO, to discuss Harris's book On the Front Lines: A Lifetime of Global Jewish Advocacy and his impactful career Wednesday - 7:00pm & 11:00pm; Thursday - 4:00am, 7:00am, 11:30am & 5:00pm; Friday - 5:00am, 4:30pm; Saturday - 9:30pm
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch:The Normalization of Evil
Having just returned from Israel, Rabbi Hirsch reflects on witnessing the release of Israeli hostages and explores the profound emotional relief and deep sense of mutual responsibility that unite the Jewish people, even amid internal divisions. Wednesday - 7:30pm & 10:00pm; Thursday - 1:00am, 4:30am & 7:30am; Friday - 11:00am & 4:00pm; Saturday - 1:30am & 11:00pm
Thursday January 30
Being Jewish with Jonah Platt: Anthony Housefather
Jonah is joined by Anthony Housefather, an outspoken Jewish MP from Montreal, who considered leaving his party over Canada’s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Thursday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm; Friday - 2:00am,10:00am & 2:00pm; Saturday - 5:00am & 10:00pm
NEWS & ANALYSIS
Thinking Out Loud with Micah Halpern
Micah examines the paradoxical question of whether releasing convicted terrorists to free Hamas hostages was a wise decision, given the historical reality that many of these individuals are likely to reoffend. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm; Thursday - 8:30am & 12:30pm; Friday - 5:30am; Saturday - 5:30pm
ILTV News and Daily News Updates
ILTV reports from Israel followed by JBS Daily News with Teisha Bader Mondays - Thursdays at 6:00pm, Fridays & Sundays at 5:00pm
Good Week Israel
Positive stories from Israel of heroism, unity and support Mondays at 6:30pm
Insider
ILTV reports and interviews Tuesdays at 6:30pm
On L’Chayim: Classic Conversations with Mark S. Golub z”l
Jake Ehrenreich
Entertainer, musician and author Jake Ehrenreich shares intimate stories about growing up with survivor parents and his struggles with being different Monday - 9:00pm; Tuesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm; Saturday - 6:00pm
Robin Kanarek
Robin Kanarek, who lost her teenage son David to cancer, describes how she has been able to continue to embrace life, and why she feels the development of palliative care is so essential for patients of all ages. Tuesday - 9:00pm; Wednesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm
Richard Haas
Richard Haass, veteran diplomat, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, and author of A World In Disarray, discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the forces of chaos threatening the world today. Wednesday - 9:00pm; Thursday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm
Susan Tuchman
Susan Tuchman, Director of the ZOA Center for Law and Justice, describes her legal work fighting Jewish injustice of all kinds, particularly with regards to the insidious BDS Movement that aims to delegitimize Israel.
Thursday - 9:00pm;
Friday - 12:00am & 3:00am & 3:00pm
JEWISH STUDIES
Dimensions of the Daf:Talmud Study with Rabbi Mordechai Becher
Tragedy - God or Man
Warnings about potential dangers (and an exploration of whether tragedies are in the hands of heaven or man) are examined in "Put On a Sweater Or You'll Catch a Cold," based on Kesuvos Daf Lamed, in this edition of "Dimensions of the Daf." Sunday - 9:00am; Monday - 4:00am; Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm
Morality in Shoah
As we commemorate Kristallnacht, Rabbi Becher reviews Talmudic examples of how one maintains moral integrity and Jewish identity in extreme circumstances. Sunday - 9:30am; Monday - 4:30am; Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:30pm
Jewish 101: Jewish Tradition and midrash with Rabbi Mark S. Golub z"l
Is It God's Fault?
When something like the earthquake in Haiti occurs, does the Jewish Tradition hold God responsible in any way? Does human suffering challenge the existence of God? Monday - 9:00am; Thursday - 9:00am; Saturday - 1:00am
FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICES
REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE
Closed Captioned - 6:00pm, 11:30pm & 2:00am
ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE
With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles - 7:30pm & 10:30pm
SATURDAY MORNING SHABBAT SERVICES
REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE
Closed Captioned - 9:30am & 1:00pm
ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE
With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles - 11:00am & 2:30pm
Vlada Barash Special Projects Manager 201-334-2510 JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3 fulltime television channel Website: jbstv.org
The Beatles Shabbat B'Yachad
Posted by Lauren Gold on 01/23/2025 @ 01:17 PM
Friday, February 14 | 7 PM
The Annual Beatles Shabbat B'Yachad features Friday night services to the tunes of Beatles songs! Open to the community
Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus, 20350 NE 26th Avenue, Miami
And Now What? Bamachol Dance Performance
Posted by Lauren Gold on 01/21/2025 @ 04:45 PM
Monday, January 27, 29, 30 | 7 PM
The Michael-Ann Russell JCC's Bamachol Dance Program presents a powerful dance performance by Israeli choreographer Shlomi Elimelech, honoring lives lost, resilience and hope after October 7. Through raw storytelling, it’s a tribute to grief, survival and Israel’s unyielding spirit.
Michael-Ann Russell JCC, 18900 NE 25th Avenue, North Miami Beach
Federation Statement Welcoming Home the First Hostages Released
Posted by Lauren Gold on 01/19/2025 @ 11:58 AM
The Jewish community today is overwhelmed with emotion as we welcome Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher back home after 471 days in captivity.
Romi Gonen was shot and kidnapped from the Nova music festival. Emily Damari, the last remaining British hostage in Gaza, was also shot when she was abducted. Doron Steinbrecher was taken from her home at Kibbutz Kfar Aza.
Every day for over 15 months, we have been thinking about them, praying for them and advocating for their release. They have lived through an unimaginable nightmare and our community will do whatever we can to help them on the long journey of healing and reintegration that lies ahead of them. We are hopeful that over the coming weeks, we will see continued hostage releases until every last one of the remaining 95 hostages are returned home.
JBS HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF 1/19 – 1/25
Posted by Vlada Barash on 01/17/2025 @ 05:46 PM
MLK Jr. Day; Small Town Jewish Life; Metta World Peace; YU Basketball
Watch JBS on Comcast X-1 Box 1684, DirecTV 388, Hotwire 269 and streamed on Roku under “educational”, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, ZipWaveTV 29, and www.jbstv.org
For a complete and timely schedule and other television providers, go to www.jbstv.org
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Sunday January 19
Jewish Life in Small Town America
Explore the evolution and resilience of small Jewish communities in America in this discussion celebrating 175 years of Jewish life in Honesdale, PA, featuring Rabbi Dr. David Freidenreich, Macy B. Hart, and Carol Dunn, and moderated by Skip Vichness. Sunday - 10:15pm Monday - 9:45am & 2:45pm Thursday - 9:45am & 7:45pm Friday - 4:45am & 1:45pm Saturday - 1:45am
Monday January 20
FIDF Briefing
FIDF CEO Steve Weil is joined for updates by Brig. Gen. (Res) Nitzan Nuriel, Deputy Commander of the Israeli Staff Command. Monday - 7:00pm Tuesday - 4:00am Wednesday - 5:00pm Thursday - 10:00am
In the Spotlight with Abigail Pogrebin: Sharon Brous
Rabbi Sharon Brous, founder and senior rabbi of LA’s IKAR community and a leading voice at the intersection of faith and justice, sits with Abigail Pogrebin to discuss her first book, The Amen Effect, about the power of community and showing up for each other. Encore Monday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Tuesday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am Wednesday - 5am Thursday - 2:00pm Saturday - 7:00pm
Tuesday January 21
Fighting Antisemitism - The ISGAP Hour
ISGAP leaders Charles Asher Small and David Harris return to the JBS studio for discussion, and speak with prominent student leader, writer, and advocate, Sabrina Soffer. Tuesday - 7:00pm Wednesday - 4:00am & 4:00pm Thursday - 4:00pm Friday - 7:00am
Jewish Insights with Justin Pines: Marc Schneier on Martin Luther King, Jr.
Marc Schneier, Founding Senior Rabbi of The Hampton Synagogue and author of Shared Dreams: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Jewish Community, joins Justin to discuss the strong relationship between Dr. King and the Jewish people, Torah and the State of Israel, and lessons for today. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Wednesday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am Thursday - 5:00am Friday - 9:00am & 8:30pm Saturday - 8:30am & 4:00pm
Wednesday January 22
Defending Israel with David Harris: Loay Alshareef
David is once again joined in conversation by Arab peace activist and supporter of Israel, Loay Alshareef, from the UAE. Wednesday - 7:00pm & 11:00pm Thursday - 4:00am, 7:00am, 11:30am & 5:00pm Friday - 5:00am, 4:30pm & 10:00pm Saturday - 8:00pm
Thursday January 23
FIDF Briefing: Loss and Resilience
Ruthie and Andy Weiser share the complex emotions they’ve faced grieving their grandson, fallen Golani Brigade soldier Roey Weiser, Z”L, who was killed on October 7, and reflect on the broader struggles of grandparents in similar situations. Thursday - 7:00pm Friday - 4:30am & 1:00pm
Being Jewish with Jonah Platt: Metta World Peace
Jonah is joined by former NBA star and social justice advocate Metta World Peace to discuss identity, allyship, and the importance of building bridges between communities to foster understanding and combat prejudice. Thursday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Friday - 2:00am & 2:00pm Saturday - 5:00am & 10:30pm
Saturday January 25
Yeshiva University Basketball
Don't miss the action as the YU Maccabees take on the College at Old Westbury from the Max Stern Athletic Center in New York City. Saturday - 8:30pm
NEWS & ANALYSIS
Thinking Out Loud with Micah Halpern
Micah Halpern explains why bystanders are the bane of any great society and shows how Israel has re-injected and re-energized the spirit of volunteerism after Oct 7. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 8:30am & 12:30pm Friday - 5:30am; Saturday - 5:30pm
ILTV News and Daily News Updates
ILTV reports from Israel followed by JBS Daily News with Teisha Bader Mondays - Thursdays at 6:00pm, Fridays & Sundays at 5:00pm
Good Week Israel
Positive stories from Israel of heroism, unity and support Mondays at 6:30pm
Insider
ILTV reports and interviews Tuesdays at 6:30pm
On L’Chayim: Classic Conversations with Mark S. Golub z”l
Clarence Jones
Martin Luther King Jr.'s attorney and confidant, Clarence Jones, describes how the Jewish community made the civil rights movement possible, condemns Black antisemitism, and calls upon the Palestinians to renounce terrorism as a precondition for peace. Monday - 9:00pm Tuesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm; Saturday - 6:00pm
Abe Foxman part 1
Abe Foxman, who had a 50-year career with the ADL, reflects upon his extraordinary story of becoming a “hidden child,” cared for by his Polish Christian nanny, and discusses the post-Shoah trauma that often haunts the lives of many Survivors. Tuesday - 9:00pm Wednesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm
Abe Foxman part 2
A wide-ranging discussion on the way in which critique in the Jewish community has become a “blood sport." Wednesday - 9:00pm Thursday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm
Team Israel Baseball
From Israel’s National Baseball Team, Eric Holtz (Manager), Eric Brodkowitz (Pitcher) and Peter Kurz (General Manager) discuss the thrill of the team’s winning a spot for the first time in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Thursday - 9:00pm
Friday - 12:00am & 3:00am & 3:00pm
JEWISH STUDIES
Dimensions of the Daf:Talmud Study with Rabbi Mordechai Becher
Truth or Consequences
Rabbi Mordechai Becher discusses the Talmudic principle of of doing what is right regardless of the consequences. Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm
Pray for the State
Rabbi Mordechai Becher explains how the Talmud calls upon the Jew to pray for the secular government wherever the Jew lives. Sunday - 9:30am Monday - 4:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:30pm
Jewish 101: Jewish Tradition and midrash with Rabbi Mark S. Golub z"l
Torah Poetry
Is the Torah "poetry" according to the Jewish Tradition? And what is the "essence" of Torah? Monday - 9:00am Thursday - 9:00am Saturday - 1:00am
FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICES
REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE
Closed Captioned - 6:00pm, 11:30pm & 2:00am
ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE
With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles - 7:30pm & 10:30pm
SATURDAY MORNING SHABBAT SERVICES
REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE
Closed Captioned - 9:30am & 1:00pm
ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE
With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles - 11:00am & 2:30pm
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