JBS-Jewish Broadcasting Service Highlights Dec 2-Dec 8 on Atlantic Broadband CH 168, DIRECTV CH 388, Hotwire CH 269, the Roku streaming player under "Educational", and at www.jbstv.org
Posted by Edith Samers on 12/01/2018 @ 10:39 PM
L'Chayim: Fauda's Yaakov Daniel
Yaakov Zada Daniel, who plays a leading role in the hit Israeli TV series Fauda (which follows an elite Israeli unit combating Palestinian terrorists on the West Bank - available on Netflix), describes his personal story -- from actually serving himself in an IDF counter-terrorism unit to fulfilling his life-long dream of becoming a successful star of stage, screen and television. Wednesday - 9pm & Midnight; Thursday - 3pm; Next Sunday - Noon & 6pm
FIDF Gala
JBS's exclusive television presentation of the 2018 Friends of the IDF Gala featuring a number of amazing soldiers of the IDF who tell their personal stories, including Staff Sgt. Bar, an IDF Paramedic who describes how he saved a Syrian infant injured in Syria during its civil war, and Major Or Ben-Yehuda, who explains how her mother Dina, a Hadassah Hospital professor, inspired her own acts of bravery that saved her squad from a Palestinian surprise attack.
With the music of Cantor Netanel Hershtik, Israeli pop singer Shiri Maimon and the IDF Musical Ensemble. Hosted by National FIDF President Peter Weintraub, from the Hilton Hotel in NYC. Monday - 8pm & 1am; Wednesday - 2pm; Saturday - 7pm & 2am
L'Chayim: FIDF - Peter Weintraub Rabbi Peter Weintraub, now the National President of the Friends of the IDF, describes how he fell in love with Israel; his son's wedding in Caesaria; running a company in Sderot; and the importance of the FIDF. Saturday - 6pm
Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
The 2018 WZO-AZM symposium on antisemitism with Israeli Consul General Dani Dayan, his daughter Ofir Dayan (Students Supporting Israel), Amanda Berman (Lawfare Project), Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Benjamin Sweetwater (Maccabee Task Force), Alexander Joffe (Editor, BDS Monitor, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East), Elizabeth Berney (The Zionist Organization of America), Kenneth Stern (Center for the Study of Hate), and Stephanie Hauser (Israel Action Network). Moderated by Rabbi Joe Potasnik (NY Board of Rabbis) from The Conference Center in NYC. Tuesday - 7:30pm & 1am; Thursday - 1:30pm
92Y: Jews & Punchlines
Female comics Judy Gold and Jackie Hoffman explore the Jewish gene for comedy where nothing is off limits - from money to mothers to food. From the 92nd Street Y in NYC. Tonight (Sun) - 8pm & 1:30am; Monday - 10pm & 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Friday - 8pm & 1am; Saturday - 3pm & 5am
L'Chayim: Jackie Mason
One of American Jewry's iconic comedians, Jackie Mason, reflects upon his choice to give up the Orthodox rabbinate for the world of comedy, discusses his controversial career, and shares some of his observations on Jewish life today. Thursday - 9pm & Midnight; Friday - 3pm
Jake Ehrenreich Show
If you missed the premiere of the Jake Ehrenreich Show last night, he still can enjoy comedienne and impressionist Marilyn Michaels, and Alan Dershowitz as you've never seen him before (reminiscing about his youth in the Catskills and singing "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah") - as well as Jake's inducting Jerry Lewis into the Catskills Hall of Fame. Tonight (Sunday) - 10pm & 1am; Tuesday - 2pm; Thursday - 10pm & 1am; Saturday - 2pm
CELEBRATE CHANUKAH WITH JBS LIGHT THE MENORAH EACH NIGHT 5:30pm & 11:30pm EST
FIRST NIGHT (Sun, Dec 2) - DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER
SECOND NIGHT (Mon, Dec 3) - RICHARD SHIFF
THIRD NIGHT (Tue, Dec. 4) - JAKE EHRENREICH
FOURTH NIGHT (Wed, Dec 5) - FRAN KLAGSBRUN
FIFTH NIGHT (Thu, Dec 6) - FYVUSH FINKEL z"l
SIXTH NIGHT (Fri, Dec 7) - GIL HOVAV
SEVENTH NIGHT (Sat, Dec 8) - TOVAH FELDSHUH
EIGHTH NIGHT (Sun, Dec 9) - RON ELIRAN
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