Tu B'Shvat; Tal Becker; Robert Siegel on What's Next in Washington

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Monday February 10

FIDF Briefing: Mordechai Kedar

FIDF CEO Steve Weil is joined by Israeli scholar of Arab Culture at Bar-Ilan University, Mordechai Kedar, to examine Arab culture through a historical lens. Monday - 7:00pm Tuesday - 4:00am Wednesday - 1:00pm & 5:00pm

In the Spotlight with Abigail Pogrebin: Lee Yaron

Abby sits with Haaretz reporter Lee Yaron to discuss her book 10/7: 100 Human Stories, the 2024 National Jewish Book Award winner, which recounts the massacre through victims’ stories and its impact on Israeli society and the Middle East. Monday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Tuesday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am Wednesday - 5:00am Thursday - 2:00pm & 10:30pm Friday - 4:00pm & 9:30pm Saturday - 7:00pm

Tuesday February11

Fighting Antisemitism - The ISGAP Hour: The Green Prince

ISGAP leaders Charles Asher Small and David Harris discuss fighting antisemitism with Mosab Hassan Yousef, also known as The Green Prince, the former militant son of a Hamas co-founder who became a Shin Bet agent and Israel advocate. Encore Tuesday - 7:00PM Wednesday - 4:00am & 10:00am Thursday - 4:00pm Friday - 7:00am

Jewish Insights with Justin Pines: Elie Feder - Physics and God

For Tu B’Shvat, the new year for trees, Rabbi and mathematician Dr. Elie Feder joins Justin to explore our relationship with nature, the cosmos, and creation, examining how recent discoveries in physics shape our understanding of God’s existence and how Judaism engages with evolution. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Wednesday - 2:00am, 7:00am, 11:00am & 4:00pm Thursday - 5:00am & 1:00pm Friday - 9:00am & 8:30pm Saturday - 8:30am & 4:00pm

Wednesday February 12

Defending Israel with David Harris: Tal Becker

David Harris speaks with Tal Becker, legal expert, peace negotiator, and newly appointed Vice President at the Kogod Research Center of the Shalom Hartman Institute, about his pivotal role in advancing educational initiatives on Israel and the Jewish world. Wednesday - 7:00pm & 11:00pm Thursday - 4:00am, 7:00am, 11:30am & 5:00pm Friday - 5:00am, 4:30pm & 10:00pm Saturday - 7:30pm

Global Connections with Robet Siegel: What’s Next in Washington DC in 2025

Robert Siegel returns with his annual discussion on the latest political trends in Washington, D.C., and what lies ahead for the year, with panelists Tamara Keith (NPR), E.J. Dionne, Jr. (Brookings Institution), and Evan Osnos (The New Yorker). A program of the American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC). Wednesday - 8:00pm Thursday - 2:00am Friday - 4:00am & 10:00am Saturday - 9:00pm

Thursday February 13

Noah Aronson Concert: Let There Be Love

This Valentine's Day, enjoy Jewish singer-songwriter Noah Aronson performing an evening of original music with his all Israeli/Jewish band on the theme of love in all its manifestations in this exclusive concert event for JBS. Encore Thursday - 7:00pm Friday - 1:00pm Saturday - 3:30am & 8:00pm

Being Jewish with Jonah Platt: Dr. Drew Weissman

Jonah Platt is joined by Dr. Drew Weissman, Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose groundbreaking discoveries in mRNA technology enabled the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines and are now paving the way for treatments for diseases like cancer, influenza, and heart failure. Thursday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Friday - 2:00am & 2:00pm Saturday - 5:00am & 10:00pm

NEWS & ANALYSIS

Thinking Out Loud with Micah Halpern

Micah affirms the strong U.S.- Israel relationship but stresses that, in the end, Israel must rely on itself and its true supporters. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 4:30am, 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

Yossi Prager

Yossi Prager, Avi Chai Foundation Executive Director for North America, reviews the enduring legacy of President Abraham Lincoln, and discusses the Jewish Tradition's notion of God's role in human events. Monday - 9:00pm Tuesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

Eric Kandel

Renowned psychiatrist, neuroscientist and professor of biochemistry and biophysics at Columbia University, Eric Kandel talks about leaving Austria during World War II, his relationship with Vienna today, and his life work studying the brain & the mind as a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist. Tuesday - 9:00pm Wednesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

Timna Park in Israel

David Chudnow describes how his father Avrum (z”l) conceived of and created a national park in the Sinai Dessert, and Professor Erez Ben-Yosef (Tel Aviv University) discusses the remarkable finds at the park’s copper mines, dating back to the Iron Age. Wednesday - 9:00pm Thursday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

Aaron Ben Ze'ev - Love Online

In advance of Tu B'Av, "the Jewish Valentines Day," professor of philosophy and author of Love Online Dr. Aaron Ben Ze'ev sits to discuss the psychology of love. Thursday - 9:00pm
Friday - 12:00am & 3:00am & 3:00pm; Saturday - 6:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Dimensions of the Daf: Talmud Study with Rabbi Mordechai Becher

Tu B'shvat

As Jews celebrate Tu B’Shvat -- the Jewish “New Year for Trees” when trees begin to bloom in the Land of Israel, Rabbi Mordechai Becher discusses the Talmudic view of the holiday. Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm

Sanhedrin

Rabbi Becher offers a Talmudic explanation of the Sanhedrin, the traditional Jewish court that shaped Jewish law and Jewish thought. 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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