JBS Highlights starting 12/14: Dov Lipman on Obama’s Book, Divahn Concert, Chabad Telethon, Chanukah
Posted by Edith Samers on 12/13/2020 @ 12:32 AM
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L’Chayim: Obama Book & Israel Former Knesset Member, Dov Lipman, discusses the gross omissions and distortions in Barack Obama chapter on Israel and the history of Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his new autobiography “A Promised Land.” A 90-minute L’Chayim special. Wednesday - 9pm & Midnight; Thursday - 3:00pm
LIVE: Chabad Chanukah Telethon
The annual Chabad of Mineola Telethon hosted by Rabbi Anchelle Perl, rabbi of Congregation Beth Sholom Chabad of Mineola, NY Tonight (Sunday) - 8pm
Remembering Yitzhak Rabin z”l
A moving tribute to Israel’s former IDF Chief of Staff, U.S. Ambassador, Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Laureate Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated Nov. 4 1995. With Amb. Ron Dermer, Sen. Ben Cardin, Sen. Rob Portman and Dennis Ross. By U.S. Embassy of Israel. Monday - 7:30pm & 2:00am
Divahn In Concert
A concert celebrating Divahn’s album release of Shalhevet (April 2020), with Iranian-descended singer Galeet Dardashti leading the all-female Middle Eastern Jewish ensemble. Recorded live at Joe’s Pub, the music venue of the Public Theater in Manhattan. Monday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Wednesday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 7pm
92nd Street Y:Capture of Adolf Eichmann
Fifty-nine years ago this month (December 15, 1961), Adolph Eichmann was sentenced to death by hanging. Avner Avraham, a former Mossad agent, and Eli Rosenbaum, a former prosecutor of Nazi war criminals for the U.S. Dept. of Justice, describe Israel’s dramatic capture of Adolf Eichmann in 1960. With novelist Thane Rosenbaum at the 92nd Street Y in NYC.
Tonight (Sunday) – 2am; Monday - 10:30pm; Tuesday - 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Saturday - 1:00am & 4pm
Also on L’Chayim
Today (Sunday) – Masha Merkulova
Russian born Masha Merkulova, Founding Exec. Dir. of “Club Z,” describes how she did not know she was a Jew till age 16; and explains her passion for educating American teens about Zionism so they go to college as proud Zionists. Sunday - 12 Noon & 6pm; Monday - 3pm
Monday: 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. Monday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight; Tuesday - 3:00pm
Tuesday: "Foodie" Gil Hovav
Israeli celebrity chef, culinary journalist, author and TV personality Gil Hovav discusses his Jerusalem family background and his work in Israeli culinary arts and media. Tuesday - 9:00pm & 2:00am; Wednesday - 3:00pm
Thursday: Ken Spiro on Values
Aish HaTorah lecturer and author Ken Spiro (“World Perfect” and “Destiny”) discusses antisemitism as anti-Zionism, American Jewry and today’s Democratic party, and the core values of Jewish idealism. Wednesday - 9:00pm & 2:00am; Thursday - 3:00pm
Saturday: Mathew Lazar - Zamir
Matthew “Mati” Lazar, founding director of the Zamir Choral Foundation, describes his Jewish background and his love of music; and the Jewish philosophy and joys of Zamir – especially the teen HaZamir Chorale.
Saturday - 6:00pm & 12 Midnight
Talmud: Dreams in Judaism
As the Jewish world reads Parashat Miketz, which describes how Joseph interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams, Rabbi Mordecia Becher (Gateways and Yeshiva University) explores how the Jewish tradition views the importance of "dreams," and whether they are God's way of communicating. Today (Sunday) - 9:00am; Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Thursday - 7:00pm; Friday - 2:00am
Jewish 101: The Torah
Learn about the Five Books of Moses and the relationship between the Torah and the Jewish Bible. Is there an American equivalent to the Torah? Why do Jews never call their Bible The Old Testament? With Rabbi Mark S. Golub. Today (Sunday) - 10am
Jewish 101: The Exodus
Learn how the rabbinic interpretation of the Exodus story helps explain the Jewish Tradition's understanding of what it means to a Jew, and a part of the Jewish People, on this episode of "Jewish 101" with Rabbi Mark S. Golub. Wednesday - 9am & 4:30pm; Friday - 1:00pm
In The News: Remembering Jews of Yemen
Professor Yigal Ben-Shalom, President of the Association for Yemenite Jewish Culture in Israel, discusses the importance of preserving the legacy & traditions of the Yemenite Jewish community in commemoration of Jews of Arab Lands. With Shahar Azani. Thursday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm; Friday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm
Light The Menorah With JBS – each night at 5:30 pm and 10:pm
Tonight (Sunday) – 4th Candle with author Fran Klagsbrun
Monday – 5th Candle with a replay of an evening with actor Fyvush Finkel z”l
Tuesday – 6th Candle with Israeli food expert Gil Hovav
Wednesday - 7th Candle with star of stage, screen and television Tova Feldshuh
Thursday - 8th Candle with Israel’s “Ambassador of Song,” Ron Eliran.
Jake Ehrenreich Show: Singer Julie Budd
Singer Julie Budd and cast members from the Yiddish production of “Fiddler On The Roof” are Jake Ehrenreich’s special guests, and he inducts Sid Caesar into the Catskills Hall of Fame. Taped before a live audience at the Triad Theater in Manhattan. Wednesday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Thursday - 2:00pm; Saturday-– 8:00pm & 1:30am
Friday Evening Shabbat Services
Friday Night
Reform: Central Synagogue Shabbat Services - 6pm, 11:30pm & 2:00am
Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue
Shabbat Services - 7:30pm & 10:30pm With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles
Shabbat Morning
Reform: Central Synagogue Shabbat Morning Services - 9:30am & 1pm
Orthodox: Hampton Synagogue
Shabbat Morning Services - 11am & 2:30pm With Hebrew, Transliteration And English Subtitles
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