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JBS Highlights 8/29 - 9/4: Durban Revisited with Bret Stephens, Irwin Cotler and other key speakers; Afghanistan; High Holiday Preparations

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

Durban Revisited: Bret Stephens

In partnership with B’nai Brith International, JBS premieres a series of programs marking 20 years since the infamous UN conference. In this first conversation, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens discusses Israel, Zionism and antisemitism with B’nai B’rith International CEO Dan Mariaschin. Monday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Tuesday - 2:00pm & 1:00am; Thursday - 1:00pm; Friday - 5:00am; Saturday - 7:00pm

Durban Revisited: Irwin Cotler

Canadian human rights champion and former MP Irwin Cotler discusses Israel, Zionism and antisemitism with B’nai B’rith International CEO Dan Mariaschin for “Durban Revisited,” a series marking 20 years since the infamous UN conference. Monday - 8:30pm & 1:30am; Tuesday - 2:30pm & 1:30am; Thursday - 1:30pm; Friday - 5:30am; Saturday - 7:30pm

Durban Revisited: Anti-Zionism & Antisemitism

Former Maldives foreign minister Ahmed Shaheed, South African activist Olga Meshoe Washington, academic Gerald Steinberg and Sherri Mandell, the mother of an Israeli terror victim, discuss anti-Zionism & antisemitism with B’nai B’rith International’s UN Director David Michaels. Tuesday - 8:00pm; Wednesday - 2:00am; Thursday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 8:00pm

Withdrawal from Afghanistan

US Army veterans Col. Liam Collins, John Crowley and Micah Jones describe their service in Afghanistan and relationship to the country before analyzing and opining on America’s withdrawal. A program of the MirYam Institute with Benjamin Anthony. Wednesday- 8:00pm & 2:00am; Thursday - 11:00am; Friday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 10:00pm

The 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 guests on JBS’s new series, “The Jake Ehrenreich Show,” with Jake’s inducting Sid Caesar into the Catskills Hall of Fame. Taped before a live audience at the Triad Theater in Manhattan. Thursday - 10:00pm & 2:00am *

On L’Chayim

Sunday: Eric Kandel - Nobel Laureate

Eric Kandel, professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics at Columbia University, talks about leaving Austria during World War II, his relationship with Vienna today, and his life’s work studying the brain & the mind as a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist. Sunday - 12 Noon & 6:00pm; Monday - 3:00pm

Monday: American Zionism - Herbert Block

Herbert Block, Executive Director of The American Zionist Movement (AZM), discusses the various expressions of pro-Israel activism in the United States and reflects on why some American Jews do not appreciate the nobility of Zionism. Monday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight; Tuesday - 3:00pm

Tuesday: Kenneth Levin - Oslo Syndrome

Historian and psychiatrist Kenneth Levin suggests why some American Jews are anti- Israel as a means of feeling more comfortable and accepted in a non-Jewish society, similar to the pattern described in his book The Oslo Syndrome. Tuesday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight; Wednesday - 3:00pm

Wednesday: Rabbis Reflect On High Holidays

Rabbis Chaim Steinmetz (Orthodox), Lauren Grabelle Herrmann (Reconstructionist) and Marcelo Kormis (Conservative) discuss the themes they believe are important to address in High Holiday sermons. Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight;Thursday - 3:00pm

*Thursday: Rabbi Daniel Cohen - Jewish Legacy

Orthodox rabbi Daniel Cohen of Agudath Sholom in Stamford, CT, talks about a moment in all of our lives when we experience a wake-up call. Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight; Friday - 3:00pm

Saturday: Rabbis Discuss High Holidays

Rabbis Mitchell Wohlberg (Orthodox), Rachel Ain (Conservative) and Steve Gutow (Reconstructionist) discuss how they feel about the High Holidays and the messages they feel are relevant for the Days of Awe. Saturday - 6:00pm

Jewish Studies

Talmud Study: Intent of Prayer

Explore the Jewish prayer service (Sh'moneh Esrei) with the rabbinic concept of "intent" in prayer, and learn the Soloveitchik approach to the study of Talmud in the JBS series Dimensions of the Daf, taught by Rabbi Mordechai Becher. Sunday: 9:00am & 4:30pm; Thursday - 7:00pm; Friday - 4:00am

Talmud Study: Pirkey Avot

The rabbinic view of "Repentance and Free Will," as discussed by Maimonides in his commentary to Pirkey Avot (Ethics of the Fathers). Sunday - 9:30am; Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm; Thursday - 7:30pm; Friday - 4:30am

Jewish 101: The Jewish Obsession

The Jewish Family has had an historical obsession that has shaped the unique character of the Jewish People. Rabbi Mark S. Golub explains what this obsession is on the JBS series "Jewish 101" that is an introduction to Judaism and Jewish life. Wednesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Thursday - 5:00am; Friday - 1:00pm

92nd Street Y: Wiesel z"l & Kandel

Keeping one's mind and memory alive is discussed by Nobel Prize winners Eric Kandel and Elie Wiesel z"l in an engaging conversation entitled, "Mind, Body, and Soul," moderated by Gail Saltz. Taped before a live audience at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Sunday - 8:00pm & 2:00am; Monday - 10:00pm; Tuesday - 4:00am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Saturday - 1:00am & 4:00pm

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 & 1pm

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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