JBS Highlights 5/2-5/8: Biden and JCPOA, Lessons from Elie Wiesel, Identity - 92Y Becoming Eve, FIDF Live
Posted by Edith Samers on 04/30/2021 @ 04:55 PM
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FIDF Live: Technology & Innovation
Learn about top technologies in the IDF and outstanding strides of innovation being made by Israeli soldiers on FIDF Live. Monday - 7:30pm & 2:30am; Wednesday - 1:30pm; Thursday - 5:30am; Saturday - 10:30pm & 1:30am
Biden and the JCPOA
One of the world’s leading experts on the Iranian regime Mark Dubowitz (CEO, Foundation for Defense of Democracies) argues against Biden re-joining the JCPOA, explaining why it would be a dangerous mistake. A program of Honest Reporting Canada. Monday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Wednesday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 7:00pm & 2:00am
Lessons from Elie Wiesel
Rabbi Ariel Burger shares insights from Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom, his National Jewish Book Award-winning book that explores what we can learn from the great Nobel laureate, teacher, writer, and Survivor.
Tuesday - 8:00pm & 1:00am; Thursday - 2:00pm; Saturday - 8:00pm & 4:00am
In The News: Israel's Covid 19 Success
Israelis are beginning to go back to normal. What has been the secret of Israel's Covid 19 success? What lessons can we learn from it? Prof. Ronni Gamzu, Israel's former Corona Czar and Sourasky's Medical Center Director, tells it all. With Shahar Azani. Monday - 6:30pm, 11:30pm; Tuesday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm; Saturday - 11:30pm
Thinking Out Loud
The historical importance of bipartisan support for the state of Israel in the halls of Congress, and how the nature and breadth of this support may be changing. Also, Russia's belligerent intentions with regards to Ukraine, and what the Biden administration can do to stand up to Putin's aggression. Wednesday - 6:30pm & 11:30pm; Thursday - 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm
On L’Chayim
Sunday - Fauda Star Lior Raz
*The co-creator and star of the hit Israeli series on Netflix, Fauda, discusses how the action series draws a sharp distinction between Palestinian violence and the Israeli response while portraying the humanity of both societies. Sunday - 12 Noon & 6:00pm; Monday - 3pm *
Monday: LGBTQ In Israel
Tyler Gregory discusses his work as executive director of A Wider Bridge, a North American organization working to create equality in Israel by expanding LGBTQ inclusion in Israel, and equality for all Israelis.
Monday - 9:00pm & 12 Midnight; Tuesday - 3:00pm
Tuesday: Hungarian Jewry
Zsuzsa Fritz, Director of the Jewish Community Center in Budapest, describes how she first learned she was a Jew at age 16 and discusses the resurgence of Jewish life in Hungary and the lack of populist antisemitism in Hungary. (2018) Tuesday - 9:00pm & 2:00am; Wednesday - 3:00pm
Wednesday: Jewish New York
Historians Deborah Dash Moore (U. of Michigan) and Jeffrey Gurock (Yeshiva U.) discuss the history of New York City and of the Jews of N.Y. chronicled in their book “Jews of New York: The Remarkable Story of A City and A People.”
Wednesday - 9:00pm & Midnight; Thursday - 3:00pm
Thursday: Ken Brander, Ohr Torah
Rabbi Kenneth Brander, who leaves Y.U. to succeed Rabbi Shlomo Riskin as the Pres. and Rosh Yeshiva of Ohr Torah Stone educational institutions in Efrat, Israel, discusses his perspective on women’s issues relating to Jewish Law.
Thursday - 9:00pm & Midnight; Friday - 3:00pm
Saturday: Yiscah Smith
Yiscah Smith, author of 40 Years in the Wilderness: My Journey to Authentic Living, describes her transition from life as an Orthodox man in Jerusalem to an observant Jewish woman who travels the world as a spiritual activist.
Saturday - 6:00pm
Jewish Studies:
Talmud Study: Pray For Rain
How the Jewish view of life is revealed in the traditional prayers for rain. Sunday - 9:00am; Tuesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Thursday - 7:00pm; Friday - 4:00am
Talmud Study: Capital Punishment
Rabbi Mordechai Becher, Senior Lecturer at Gateways and author of Gateways to Judaism, discusses the Talmudic view of Capital Punishment and the strict restrictions on its application. Sunday - 9:30am; Tuesday - 9:30am & 5:00pm; Thursday - 7:30pm Friday - 4:30am
From The Aleph Bet: Lesson 17
New vowel sounds and rules of the Sh'vah. Monday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Tuesday - 7:00pm; Wednesday - 4:00am; Thursday - 1:00pm; Friday - 5:00am; Saturday - 8:00am
Jewish 101: Maimonides
Excerpts from Maimonides' "Guide Of The Perplexed," on how the Torah is to be read as "parable" and on the Rambam's metaphor for religious experience. Also Martin Buber's "I-Thou;" and the Rabbinic concept of K'ilu ("As If"). Wednesday - 9:00am & 4:30pm; Friday - 1:00pm
92nd Street Y: Becoming Eve
Transgender activist Abby Stein reflects on her journey from ultra-orthodox rabbi to woman of trans experience in an intimate conversation with Scott Perlo, rabbi and leader in Jewish outreach. A program of the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Sunday- 8:00pm & 2:00am; Monday - 10:00pm; Tuesday - 4:00am & 10:30am; 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
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