July 4th; Julie Platt; David Denby; Jews & Iran

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Sunday June 29

FIDF Briefing: Mordechai Kedar

Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Israeli Scholar of Arab Culture at Bar-Ilan University, provides an expert analysis on the Israel-Iran conflict, describing how it’s weakened the Iranian regime, emboldened opposition groups, and shifted regional dynamics. Sunday - 7:00pm & 11:00pm Mon - 7:00am & 1:00pm Wed - 5:00pm & 8:30pm Thursday - 4:30am & 7:30am

Unpacked Israel: Jews and Iran

A look at Jewish life in Iran, shifting Israeli-Iranian relations and moments of unexpected Muslim-Jewish alliance across history. Sunday - 8:00pm Monday - 2:00am; Tuesday - 5:00am Wednesday - 7:30pm; Saturday - 8:30pm

Monday June 30

FIDF Briefing: Eitan Amsalem - Jerusalem's Museum of Tolerance

FIDF CEO Steve Weil is joined by Eitan Amsalem, Director of Visitor Experience, Delegations, and Public Relations at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem. Monday - 7:00pm Tuesday - 4:00am & 4:00pm

Eric Goldman’s Jewish Cinematheque: Amir Kovacs - Book of Joshua

Filmmaker Amir Kovacs joins Eric to discuss The Book of Joshua: Walls of Jericho, his animated adventure film that brings to life Joshua’s biblical battle to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land. Monday - 8:30pm & 11:30pm Tuesday - 2:30am, 7:30am, 11:30am Wednesday - 5:30am & 1:00pm Thursday - 6:30pm; Saturday - 8:00pm

Tuesday July 1

Jews at the Pinnacle: David Danby with Joe Klein

Eminent Jews author and New Yorker writer David Denby discusses Leonard Bernstein, Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, and Norman Mailer in this conversation about identity, legacy, and the American Jewish experience with political commentator Joe Klein in a program of the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center. Tuesday - 7:00pm Wednesday - 4:00am Thursday - 2:00am, 10:30am & 4:00pm Friday - 7:00am & 1:00pm Saturday - 9:00pm

Jewish Insights with Justin Pines: Jewish Voices in Constitutional Law with Michael Avi Helfand

In this special July 4th episode, legal scholar Professor Michael (Avi) Helfand (Chair in Law and Religion at Pepperdine and visiting professor at Yale) joins Justin to explore how Jews contribute to, and are shaped by, the American legal system. Tuesday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Wednesday - 2:00am, 7:00am & 11:00am Thu - 5:00am; Fri - 9:00am & 8:30pm Saturday - 8:30am & 4:00pm

Wednesday July 2

Defending Israel with David Harris: Rabbi Shlomo Goldfarb

David Harris is joined in conversation by Rabbi Shlomo Goldfarb, a teacher of Jewish philosophy and halacha, and the Chief Rabbi of Kfar Vradim in Israel, where he serves on the frontlines with the IDF. Wednesday - 7:00pm & 11:00pm Thu - 4:00am, 7:00am, 11:30am & 5:00pm Friday - 5:00am, 4:30pm Saturday - 7:30pm

Unpacked Israel: Jews and America

A series of entertaining and informative videos about American history, politics, sports and culture through a Jewish lens. Thursday - 2:30pm, 7:30pm & 10:00pm Friday - 11:00am & 10:00pm

Thursday July 3

Being Jewish with Jonah Platt: Julie Platt

For the season one finale of his podcast, Jonah welcomes his mother, Julie Platt, an accomplished Jewish leader and only the second woman in history to serve as Chair of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA). Thursday - 8:00pm & 11:00pm Friday - 2:00am, 10:00am & 2:00pm Saturday - 5:00am & 10:00pm

NEWS & ANALYSIS

Thinking Out Loud with Micah Halpern

This week on Thinking Out Loud, Micah Halpern asks whether the world will ever thank Israel for protecting it from Iran and explains why he believes the answer is no. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm Thursday - 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 & Friday (ILTV) at 5:00pm; ILTV News Sunday 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

Rabbi Elie Abadie - Part 1

Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie, the former Senior Rabbi of the Jewish Council of the Emirates and the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities, discusses the challenges of promoting Sephardic Jewish culture on the American Jewish scene. Monday - 9:00pm Tuesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

Rabbi Elie Abadie - Part 2

Rabbi Abadie describes his ties to Israel and discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a Sephardic Jewish perspective. Tuesday - 9:00pm Wednesday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

Steve Gutow

Rabbi, lawyer, community activist, former president and CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), Steve Gutow reflects upon the need for Jews to be involved in both Jewish concerns and universal concerns. Wednesday - 9:00pm Thursday - 12:00am; 3:00am & 3:00pm Saturday - 6:00pm

Jewish Historians

Three of American Jewry’s leading historians -- Jeffrey Gurock (YU), Jonathan Sarna (Brandeis), and Shuly Rubin Schwartz (JTS) - reflect on their field and their book Conversations With Colleagues. Thursday - 9:00pm
Friday - 12:00am, 3:00am & 3:00pm

JEWISH STUDIES

Dimensions of the Daf: Talmud Study with Rabbi Mordechai Becher

Reading God's Mind

"Reading God's Mind," based on the famous Talmudic argument that explores the "reason of the verse," is the title of this edition of "Dimensions of the Daf," a JBS TV original series on Talmud study hosted by Rabbi Mordechai Becher. Sunday - 9:00am Mon - 4:00am; Tue - 9:00 am & 5:00pm

Let the Sun Shine In **How the Talmud encourages us to enjoy life and the world. Sunday - 9:30am Mon - 4:30am; Tue - 9:30 am & 5:30pm

Jewish 101: Jewish Tradition and midrash with Rabbi Mark S. Golub z"l

Circumcision

An adult discussion of the reasons for Brit Milah-the circumcision ceremony which brings Jewish boys into the Covenant of the Jewish People-and why it is an important Jewish ritual is provided by Rabbi Mark S. Golub z"l on this "Jewish 101" episode 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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