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JBS Highlights 2/20-2/26: Black History Month-Talia Caldwell, Derrick Johnson & Tracee Ellis Ross, In the Spotlight, FIDF Live, Bassem Eid

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

Rabbi on the Sidelines: Talia Caldwell

Talia Caldwell, WNBA and European professional basketball player and community activist, joins Rabbi Erez Sherman in conversation about the intersection of faith and sports. For more, follow on twitter@RabbiESherman, Instagram@rabbi_erez_sherman, and Facebook@SinaiTempleLA Sunday - 7:00pm & 1:00am Monday - 1:00pm Tuesday - 10:00am Thursday - 5:00am & 10:00pm

FIDF Live: Northern Border

Journey to Israel’s northern border, where host Joel Chasnoff encounters a Hezbollah activist in the midst of his meeting with the brave IDF soldiers who protect the Jewish State from dangerous threats in the region year-round. Monday - 7:30pm & 2:00am Tuesday - 2:00pm & 2:30am Wednesday - 10:30pm & 2:30am Saturday - 7:30pm

In the Spotlight: Danny Kahn

Danny Kahn, Chair of Natan Worldwide Disaster Relief, joins JBS’s Shahar Azani to discuss his organization, which facilitates Israeli professionals taking time off from their jobs to help victims of earthquakes, fires, and other natural disasters, on this second episode of the new JBS original series. Monday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Tuesday - 11:00am & 10:00pm Wednesday - 2:00pm Friday - 2:00pm Saturday - 8:00pm

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch: On Anger

In a teaching based on the parasha where Moses shatters the stone tablets out of anger, Rabbi Hirsch expounds on the notion that while the enraged are often impervious to reason, anger can also be a force for good. Tuesday - 7:00pm & 2:00am Wednesday - 10:30am & 10:00pm Friday - 11:00am Saturday - 5:30am & 4:00pm

Black-Jewish Relations: Derrick Johnson From the JBS studios, celebrate Black History Month with Derrick Johnson (President & CEO, NAACP) as he sits with Rabbi Marc Schneier (President, Foundation for Ethnic Understanding) and Valerie Nash (FFEU Chief of Staff) to discuss the state of Black-Jewish relations today. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Wednesday - 11:00am Thursday - 2:00pm & 2:30am Friday - 10:30am Saturday - 7:00pm

ADL: Tracee Ellis Ross & Baratunde Thurston

Actor, producer and director Tracee Ellis Ross joins writer, comedian and activist Baratunde Thurston for a conversation about identity, comedy, connecting to joy and dreaming of a world where there is no need for discussions of hate.
Tuesday - 8:30pm & 1:30am Wednesday - 11:30am & 2:00am Thursday - 2:30pm Saturday - 4:30pm

Global Perspectives with Ellie Cohanim: Bassem Eid

Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid joins Ellie Cohanim to discuss the Palestinian Leadership's abuse of its own people, the international community's furthering of the conflict, economic prosperity as the path to peace, and more. Thursday - 7:30pm & 2:00am Friday - 10:00am

Top Story: Barry Shrage

Jonathan Tobin discusses the banning of the book Maus, and the importance of not confusing censoring books with the need to fight critical race theory indoctrination, and he’s then joined by veteran Jewish communal leader Barry Shrage to discuss woke politics and the future of American Jewry. Thursday - 8:00pm & 1:00am Friday - 9:00am

In The News: Black History

Pastor Dumisani Washington, Founder and CEO of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) and author of Zionism and the Black Church joins Shahar Azani for Black History Month. Today (Sunday) - 5:30pm

In The News: Jonathan Greenblatt

CEO of the ADL, Jonathan Greenblatt, discusses Whoopi Goldberg's Holocaust remarks and how he feels now upon her return after a 2 week suspension to The View, as well as his new book about antisemitism. With Teisha Bader. Monday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 11:30pm

Thinking Out Loud

In this new episode, Micah opines about various public controversies regarding the Holocaust in the news right now, including the continuing fallout from the Whoopi Goldberg comments, as well as the more recent remarks by Marjorie Taylor Greene.

He also highlights the long career of former Ambassador David Friedman and his role in various Trump administration initiatives Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm Saturday - 5:30pm

On L’Chayim

Sunday: Yityish Aynaw - Miss Israel

Yityish “Titi” Aynaw discusses her journey from her hometown in Ethiopia to aliyah to Israel, to serving in the IDF, to becoming the first Ethiopian Miss Israel in 2013.
Today (Sunday) - 12:00 Noon Today (Sunday) - 6:00pm

Monday: Stars of "Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"

In celebration of the season 4 return of the hit Amazon series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” meet stars Rachel Brosnahan (Midge), Alex Borstein (Susie), Michael Zegen (Joel) and Marin Hinkle (Rose). Monday - 3:00pm

Monday: Jason Gewirtz - IDF’s Talpiot Unit Jason Gewirtz, author of Israel’s Edge, describes the elite IDF unit “Talpiot,” a corps of brilliant young Israelis who create Israel’s high-tech defense systems, satellites and cyber security that make Israel a world military leader.
Monday - 9:00pm & Midnight Tuesday - 3:00pm

Tuesday: H. Alan Scott - Mormon Convert

Comedian & writer H. Alan Scott describes the journey that led him from his Mormon upbringing to a gay Jewish convert and explains why he always felt he was “Jewish.” Tuesday - 9:00pm & & Midnight Wednesday - 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm

Wednesday: Clarence Jones Meet Clarence Jones, a personal friend of Martin Luther King, Jr. who helped create the I Have A Dream speech. Wednesday - 9:00pm & & Midnight Thursday - 3:00pm

Thursday: Jeffrey Gurock - Parkchester

In Parkchester: A Bronx Tale of Race & Ethnicity, Jeffrey S. Gurock (Professor of Jewish History, Yeshiva University) describes the unique “get along” character of his own childhood community, a “model” neighborhood built in NYC in 1940. Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight Friday - 3:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Hebrew: From The Aleph Bet : Lesson 8

Hebrew letters "Pay," "Fay," and "Final Fay" are introduced, along with the correct pronunciation of the Hebrew word for a festive Jewish holiday. Download Lessons and Worksheets free on the JBS website. Monday - 9:00am & 5:00pm

Talmud Study: Don't Be Pagan

Prohibitions regarding the "Ways of the Pagans" are explored in the JBS series, Dimensions of the Daf, taught by Rabbi Mordechai Becher. Today (Sunday) - 9:00am Monday - 4:00am Tuesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Wednesday - 7:00pm

Talmud Study: Does the End Justify the Means?

When a sin is committed for the sake of a mitzvah, how does the Jewish tradition address the Issue? Today (Sunday) - 9:30am Monday - 4:30am Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:30pm

Jewish 101: Story of Noah

Does God ever make a mistake? How does the Jewish Tradition understand the notion of God acting in history? Through Rabbinic interpretation (midrash) of the story of Noah (Genesis 6-11), these questions are addressed. Sunday (Today) - 10:00am Wednesday - 9:00am & 5:00pm Thursday - 4:00am & 11:00am Friday - 5:00am & 1:00pm

92nd Street Y: Rabbi Capers Funnye

Meet Michelle Obama's first cousin (once removed), Rabbi Capers Funnye, who discusses his conversion to Judaism, his work in Africa, and what the black Jewish experience is like in America. JBS exclusive from the stage of the 92nd Street Y in NYC. Sunday - 8:00pm & 2:00am Monday - 10:00pm Wednesday - 1:00pm Saturday - 10:00pm

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

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