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JBS Highlights 12/5-12/11: JNF Zionism-Elisha Wiesel, Rabbi Hirsch Sermon-Premiere, Hampton Authors-Kaiser, Robert Siegel-COVID, JNS-May & Krach, Chabad Telethon

Watch JBS on Comcast X-1 Box Ch 1684, Atlantic Broadband 168, Hotwire Ch 269, DirecTV Ch 388, Blue Stream Ch 110, streamed on Roku under "educational", Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and jbstv.org. For a complete and timely schedule and other television providers, go to www.jbstv.org

Conversations on Zionism: Elisha Wiesel

Elisha Wiesel, son of Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, sits with JNF-USA CEO Russell Robinson to share inspirational words on why he’s passionate about Zionism, the Jewish Tradition, carrying on his father's legacy and more, in another episode of “Conversations On Zionism: Reclaiming The Narrative” Monday - 7:30pm Tuesday - 11:30am Wednesday - 5:30am & 1:30pm Thursday - 1:00pm Friday - 10:30am Saturday - 7:00pm & 1:00am

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch: Reflections on Antisemitism

In the first of a new weekly offering of sermons from Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, senior rabbi of The Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, Rabbi Hirsch shares a harrowing story from Auschwitz, and reflects on the dangers of antisemitism. Tuesday - 7:00pm & 2:00am Wednesday - 2:00pm & 2:00am
Thursday - 11:00am Friday - 5:00am

Author Discussion Series: Menachem Kaiser

Author Menachem Kaiser discusses his book Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure, in a program of The Hampton Synagogue with Rabbi Avraham Bronstein. Wednesday - 7:30pm Thursday - 1:30pm & 2:30am Friday - 11:00am Saturday - 7:30pm

Robert Siegel: COVID Are We Safe

Robert Siegel looks at where we stand with the COVID pandemic with Dr. Kavita Patel (Brookings Institution), Dr. Nahid Bhadelia (Boston University), Dr. Irwin Redlener (Columbia University), and Dr. Michael Drescher (Rabin Medical Center) Wednesday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Thursday - 2:00pm Saturday - 8:00pm & 4:00am

Global Perspectives with Ellie Cohanim: Keith Krach

Former U.S. Under Sec. of State Keith Krach joins Ellie Cohanim to explain what motivates him to take on the Chinese Communist Party, and discuss the Clean Network, an alliance of democracies to address threats to data privacy, security and human rights. Thursday - 7:30pm & 2:00am Friday - 10:00am Sunday 12/12 1:00am

Top Story with Jonathan Tobin: Clifford May

Veteran journalist and Foundation for the Defense of Democracies founder Clifford May joins Jonathan Tobin to discuss the threat from Iran and China as well as the collapse of journalism. A program of JNS. Thursday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Friday - 9:00am Saturday - 2:00am

Thinking Out Loud: Micah Halpern

This week, Micah Halpern explains why, in his opinion, Hanukkah is most definitely not the "Jewish Christmas." And he also provides updates on the status of the high-stakes nuclear talks between the U.S., Europe, and Iran. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 5:30pm

On L’Chayim

Sunday: Noa

Israel's leading international concert and recording artist, Noa, discusses her Yemenite roots and her musical style influenced by Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Leonard Cohen of the 1960s. Sunday- 12:00 Noon & 6:00pm

Monday: Sheldon Harnick

Sheldon Harnick, the Tony Award winning lyricist of "Fiddler On The Roof," describes his Jewish background and how he came to work with composer Jerry Bock, and tells stories about the show celebrating its 50th anniversary. Monday - 3:00pm

Monday: Tuvia Tenenbom

Journalist and author Tuvia Tenenbom discusses his break from his ultra-Orthodox childhood in B'nei B'rak, and the upsetting realities he chronicles in his book Catch The Jew! - conversations which show how Palestinians and Israelis are worlds apart. Monday - 9:00pm & Midnight Tuesday - 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm

Tuesday: Rabbi Uri Regev

Rabbi Uri Regev, President and CEO of HIDDUSH - For Religious Freedom and Equality, discusses issues of Jewish pluralism in Israel and the way Orthodoxy impacts how American Jews feel about Israel. Tuesday - 9:00pm & & Midnight Wednesday - 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm

Wednesday: Jane Eisner

One of American Jewry's foremost journalists, Jane Eisner, former editor-in-chief of the Jewish Forward, describes her own Jewish journey and offers discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the future of American Jewry.
Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight Thursday - 3:00pm

Thursday: Bernard-Henri Levy

France's leading Jewish intellectual, journalist and author, Bernard Henri Levy, discusses his own Jewish journey and how he came to write a book about Jewish identity, antisemitism and the Jewish Tradition, The Genius of Judaism. Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight Friday - 3:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Talmud Study: Laws of Kashrut

Rabbi Mordechai Becher explores how the Jewish Tradition treats issues related to the Laws of Kashrut in an episode entitled: "Kopi Luwak and the Kashrut of Coffee." Sunday - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm

Talmud Study: Importance of Dignity

The Jewish value of protecting a person's dignity, and how this reflects the Jewish emphasis on "free will," is presented by Rabbi Mordechai Becher on this edition of the JBS original series, "Dimensions of the Daf." Sunday - 9:30am Monday - 4:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm Thursday - 7:00pm

Jewish 101: The Exodus

What it means to be a "Jew" (according to the Jewish tradition), and Jewish sensitivity to the pain of one's enemies are explored through the Exodus story with rabbinic commentary of the midrash. Sunday - 10:00am Monday - 5:00am Wednesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm Friday - 1:00pm

92nd Street Y: Cynthia Ozick

Renowned essayist and novelist Cynthia Ozick shares her views on Jewish writers --including why she disdains the term — and discusses Jewish world themes and the modern portrayal of Israel. A program of New York's 92nd Street Y. Sunday - 2:00am Monday - 10:00pm & 2:00am
Wednesday - 10:30am Saturday - 1:00am & 4:00pm

92nd Street Y: Living Biblically

Author and Esquire journalist AJ Jacobs (The Year Of Living Biblically) describes what it was like living a year according to Biblical Laws. A program of New York's 92nd Street Y. Monday - 2:30am Monday - 10:30pm & 2:30am
Wednesday - 11:00am Saturday - 1:30am & 4:30pm

Reform And Orthodox Shabbat Services

Friday Evening Shabbat Services

Reform: Central Synagogue 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 9:30am & 1:00pm

Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles 11:00am & 2:30pm

Edith Samers Vice President 203.536.6914 (cell phone) JBS Jewish Broadcasting Service, a 501c3 fulltime television channel Website: jbstv.org

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