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JBS Highlights for September 13 - September 19

Rosh Hashanah Services, Reflections ahead of Yom Kippur, and More on JBS

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 Now with Closed Captioning! Turn on Closed Captioning on your television settings to enable. All Times are ET and are Subject to Change

ROSH HASHANAH MORNING SERVICES

ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE

With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles - Sunday • 8:00am | Encore • 3:30pm

REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE

Closed Captioned - Sunday • 10:00am (Live) | Encore • 5:30pm

FEATURED PROGRAMS

In the Spotlight with Abigail Pogrebin | The Final Solution to the Jewish Question | Dara Horn

Dara Horn, award-winning novelist, essayist and scholar of Jewish literature, joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss her provocative new book, The Final Solution to the Jewish Question: A Love Story for the Living — and a question readers posed after People Love Dead Jews: What can actually be done about antisemitism? Monday • 8:00pm • 11:00pm | Tue • 2:00am • 7:00am • 11:00am | Wed • 5:00am | Thu • 2:00pm | Sat • 7:00pm

Jewish Insights with Justin Pines | Returning to Yourself: Rabbi Avi Weiss on Yom Kippur

Rabbi Avi Weiss takes us on a journey through Yom Kippur, from Kol Nidre to the final shofar. The founder of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and Maharat on teshuva as a return to yourself, love as a decision, and why the holiest day is also a day of joy. Tuesday • 8:00pm • 11:00pm | Wed • 2:00am • 10:00am | Thu • 4:00am • 7:00am | Fri • 9:00am • 9:30pm | Sat • 8:30am • 4:00pm

Defending Israel with David Harris | Dr. Fiamma Nirenstein

Dr. Fiamma Nirenstein, an Italian-Israeli journalist, author and politician, joins David Harris in conversation. Wednesday • 7:00pm • 11:00pm | Thu • 1:00pm • 6:30pm | Fri • 5:00am • 8:30am • 12:30pm | Sat • 8:00pm

Being Jewish with Jonah Platt | Best of Icons

Highlights from conversations with Stuart Weitzman, Cindy Crawford and Jason Alexander exploring Jewish identity, speaking out, and the different ways they stand with and support the Jewish people. Thursday • 8:00pm • 11:00pm | Fri • 2:00am • 10:00am • 2:00pm

Living as a Person of Faith | Elana Stein Hain

Elana Stein Hain from Shalom Hartman Institute explores what Jewish faith demands in an era of isolation and uncertainty, drawing on ancient wisdom to consider the meaning of modern emunah. A program of the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Community Leadership Program. Sunday • 8:00pm • 11:00pm | Mon • 7:00am • 1:00pm | Tue • 5:00pm | Thu • 2:00am • 5:00am | Sat • 3:30am • 11:00pm

Tikvah | The Binding of Isaac | Dr. Jacob Wisse

Dr. Jacob Wisse, art historian and scholar, shows how artistic interpretations of the Binding of Isaac reveal Abraham’s inner struggle and how different eras and traditions have depicted the biblical story. Sunday • 9:00pm | Mon • 12:00am • 2:00pm • 5:00pm | Thu • 5:00am

Tikvah | Relating to God | Prayer and Repentance | Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter

Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, scholar of Jewish history and thought, explores how prayer is possible and its relationship to repentance in this program of Tikvah. Wednesday • 1:30pm • 7:30pm | Fri • 10:00am | Sat • 4:30am • 8:30pm

Tikvah | Soloveichik on Yom Kippur | The Nature of Man

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik explores Yom Kippur and what its call to repentance teaches about human nature, rejecting the idea that we are inherently fallen and finding instead a message of faith, hope and divine purpose. Friday • 4:15pm • 9:30pm | Sat • 1:00am

Totally Booked with Zibby | The Optimists | Brian Platzer

Brian Platzer joins Zibby Owens to discuss his novel exploring loyalty, love and loss through the story of a beloved teacher, his students, and the relationships that bind them. Thursday • 7:30pm

NEWS & ANALYSIS

Thinking Out Loud

Journalist and commentator Micah Halpern analyzes stories, op-ed pieces and cartoons in the news. Wednesday • 6:30pm

JBS Daily News

ILTV reporting from Israel and JBS coverage of American and global Jewish news, culture and community, hosted by Teisha Bader. Monday - Thursday • 6:00pm | Friday • 5:00pm

Good Week Israel

Positive stories from Israel of heroism, unity and support. Mondays • 6:30pm

ILTV Insider

ILTV reports and interviews. Tuesdays • 6:30pm

On L’Chayim — Classic Conversations with Mark S. Golub z"l

Rabbi Robert Wolkoff

Monday • 9:00pm

Rabbis Reflect on God | Steinmetz, Hermann, Kormis

Tuesday • 9:00pm

Shai Held, Part 2

Wednesday • 9:00pm

Rabbis Discuss God and Yom Kippur | Wohlberg, Ain, Gutow

Thursday • 9:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Weekly Parsha | Ha’Azinu

Following Jewish 101 Monday & Thursday | Friday • 5:30pm | Saturday • 12:30pm

Talmud Study with Rabbi Mordechai Becher

Facilitating Repentance

Monday • 4:00am

Jewish Tradition and Midrash with Rabbi Mark S. Golub z"l

Jewish 101 | Not in Heaven

Monday • 9:00am • 4:00pm | Thursday • 9:00am • 4:00pm

From The Aleph Bet

Hebrew For Rosh Hashanah

Sunday • 6:00am

FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICES

REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE

Closed Captioned - 6:00pm (Live) | Encores • 11:30pm • 2:00am

ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE

With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles - 7:30pm | Encore • 10:30pm

SATURDAY MORNING SHABBAT SERVICES

REFORM: CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE

Closed Captioned - 9:30am (Live) | Encore • 1:00pm

ORTHODOX: HAMPTON SYNAGOGUE

With Hebrew, transliteration and English subtitles - 11:00am | Encore • 2:30pm

Vlada Barash Operations Manager 201-334-2510 JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3 fulltime television channel. Website: jbstv.org